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Archive for February 17th, 2012
Friday, February 17th, 2012
Last offseason the Arizona Cardinals went out and made a bit of a blockbuster trade to try to land their quarterback of the future. The Cards traded a second round pick as well as a Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie for then 26-year-old Kevin Kolb. The thinking was Arizona would finally fill the ...
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Friday, February 17th, 2012
To be 19, beautiful, wealthy and at the center of the modeling universe at the moment. Such is life for Kate Upton, who of course, was recently revealed as this year's cover model for Sports Illustrated's Swimsuit Issue. Upton, who found out that she would be gracing the cover on ...
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Friday, February 17th, 2012
Houston Rockets third-year forward Chase Budinger has been selected to participate in the NBA Slam Dunk Contest. He will join Paul George of the Indiana Pacers, Derrick Williams of the Minnesota Timberwolves and Iman Shumpert of the New York Knicks.
Now these aren't names like Blake Griffin, Dwight Howard and LeBron James, but the ...
Posted in Houston Rockets, NBA | 2 Comments »
Friday, February 17th, 2012
“Suga” Rashad Evans and Jon “Bones” Jones used to be friends and training partners. Nothing could be further from the truth now. The bad blood between the two fighters will come to a boiling point at UFC 145 in Atlanta. Jones is considered one of the best pound-for-pound fighters in ...
Posted in MMA | 12 Comments »
Friday, February 17th, 2012
While some teams have been unable to orchestrate switching conferences due to buyouts and such, West Virginia announced this week that it settled a lawsuit with the Big East in order to make the move to the Big 12 this fall. Mountaineers athletic director Oliver Luck wouldn't release the settlement ...
Posted in College Basketball, College Football, NFL, Uncategorized, West Virginia Mountaineers | 2 Comments »
Friday, February 17th, 2012
Somehow the NFL survived what was nearly a nuclear situation for their business, the prolonged lockout in the spring and summer months of 2011. However, when the lockout was lifted in August, the NFL didn't skip a beat, as the entire season was played and fan interest remained undiminished. At ...
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Friday, February 17th, 2012
Kevin Love put in the work during the offseason to make sure that he'd been in shape if and when an NBA season rolled around. Love lost 20 to 25 pounds to come back in better shape, and it's something that he can point to now as he makes his ...
Posted in Minnesota Timberwolves, NBA | 6 Comments »