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Archive for May 16th, 2011
Monday, May 16th, 2011
What a night at the United Center in Chicago. The Bulls struck first blood on Sunday night in the Eastern Conference Finals with a resounding 103-82 win over the Miami Heat. Derrick Rose led the way with 28 points for the Bulls, but it was the play of the bench ...
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Monday, May 16th, 2011
At this point in time in the ongoing NFL Lockout saga, it's pretty tough to understand or know what's going on or what lies ahead. But one good way to get an idea of where things stand is by simply listening to the rhetoric being used by both sides. On ...
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Monday, May 16th, 2011
Nick Collison has been through some of the worst moments in the NBA. He was drafted by the Seattle Supersonics and after four years in Seattle playing on a downtrodden franchise, the team was moved to Oklahoma City. Now after all he has been through in the league, Nick Collison ...
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Monday, May 16th, 2011
Reggie Bush made about as many draft-day headlines as anyone that was picked. After the New Orleans Saints selected Heisman Trophy-winning running back Mark Ingram in the first round, Bush tweeted that his time in New Orleans had been fun, basically insinuating that his time was also over.
Bush now says ...
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Monday, May 16th, 2011
Dirk Nowitzki can't get it done in the postseason. That seems to always be the knock when it comes to the Dallas Mavericks' big man. At least until this year.
Nowitzki has been the star on plenty of Dallas teams that have had high expectations, only to come up well short, ...
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Monday, May 16th, 2011
Will the Super Bowl hangover plague the Green Bay Packers in 2011? (Assuming there is a 2011 season.) Just last week I was thinking that perhaps the Packers might turn out to be beneficiaries of the NFL Lockout in a roundabout way. Why? Well, usually the reigning Super Bowl champs ...
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Monday, May 16th, 2011
Much of the talk after the Miami Heat's series clinching win in game of five of the Eastern Conference semifinals centered around LeBron James over-celebrating just a little too much when the horn sounded. Did someone have to remind the Heat, specifically "King James", that his team is only half ...
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Monday, May 16th, 2011
The fact of the matter is that the Boston Celtics are finally showing their age. The glory days of Beantown's "Big Three," may indeed finally be behind them. The Celtics can still get valuable play from the likes of Paul Pierce, Ray Allen and Kevin Garnett, all of whom are under ...
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