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Archive for April, 2011
Wednesday, April 13th, 2011
The NBA regular season ends tonight and that means the playoffs are right around the corner. I can’t wait. The Eastern Conference seems to be pretty wide open right now. The Celtics are the defending Eastern Conference Champs but they have not looked like a championship team since they traded ...
Posted in Boston Celtics, Chicago Bulls, Los Angeles Lakers, NBA | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, April 13th, 2011
Another remarkable season is just about in the books for Scott Brooks and his Oklahoma City Thunder. With just one game remaining in the regular season, the Thunder stand at 55-26, tied with Dallas for the third best mark in the Western Conference. There's a number of different scenarios in ...
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Wednesday, April 13th, 2011
It’s early in the season, but if you haven’t been paying attention, the Cleveland Indians are the hottest team in all of baseball. Even though their eight game winning streak came to an end last night at the hands of Dan Haren and the Angels, the Tribe have gotten off ...
Posted in Cleveland Indians, MLB | 3 Comments »
Wednesday, April 13th, 2011
With Derrick Rose paving the way, the Chicago Bulls were always going to be pretty good and very entertaining. A first-place team out of the East? That seemed a bit far-fetched. After all, the East has the Big Three in Miami, an experienced championship group in Boston and another team ...
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Wednesday, April 13th, 2011
To say the top-seeded Washington Capitals are feeling the heat this time around in the postseason would be a severe understatement. The Capitals have wrapped up their fourth consecutive division title, but only have one playoff series victory to show for it. It seems like each of the last four ...
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Wednesday, April 13th, 2011
With Philip Rivers at the helm, the San Diego Chargers were supposed to continue to be a factor in the AFC this past season. Instead, thanks to some special teams blunders early, they finished 9-7 and placed second in the West to the Kansas City Chiefs.
San Diego general manager A.J. Smith isn't ...
Posted in NFL, San Diego Chargers | 4 Comments »
Wednesday, April 13th, 2011
In the words of Mike Babcock there are a lot of teams that come and go. There are only a handful of teams in the NHL that do it year-after-year, knocking on the door, striving for excellence. Babcock has taken pride in his Red Wings team knocking on the door ...
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Tuesday, April 12th, 2011
It's been nearly two weeks since Brian Stow was beaten outside Dodgers Stadium on opening day of the new baseball season. For what? Just being a fan of the rival San Francisco Giants. There are still no arrests to my knowledge, but at least Stow is in stable condition and on ...
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Tuesday, April 12th, 2011
The days of the Detroit Pistons winning nearly 60 games in the regular season and competing for an NBA Championship again seem like a long way away. There’s no Chauncey Billups to stabilize the roster and things are crumbling in Detroit. The Pistons entered this season with expectations of getting ...
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Tuesday, April 12th, 2011
The Baltimore Orioles are in first place in the American League East. The Boston Red Sox are in last. Up is down, down is up, dogs and cats are living together. What in the world is going on here to start the season?
Nick Swisher's take isn't exactly original, but like ...
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