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NBA Playoffs: So What Have We Learned After Week 1?

April 23, 2016 By Dan Voicescu

NBA Playoffs: So What Have We Learned After Week 1?

Short answer is, we learned that the Second Round can’t come soon enough. The first week has been short on drama and competitive games,, and high on blowouts. Out of the first 19 games in the first week we have had 11 games where the margin of victory was 15 points or higher. We had five […]

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5 Series Predictions For The 2016 NBA Playoffs

April 17, 2016 By Eric Lemus

5 Series Predictions For The 2016 NBA Playoffs

Pro basketball is the sport when most often, the best team is crowned champions at the end of the season. There isn’t the survive-and-advance format of college hoops and college and pro football, or the “get hot at the right time” theme that takes over so many MLB and NHL postseasons. No, in the NBA very rarely does […]

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Spurs? Cavs? Can Anyone Beat The Warriors In The Playoffs?

April 17, 2016 By Dan Voicescu

Spurs? Clippers? Can Anyone Beat The Warriors In The Playoffs?

After one of the most memorable last day of the season in recent history, the NBA heads into the “real season” with one dominating storyline to unfold over the next two months: Will the Golden State Warriors be able to continue their domination over the rest of the league and crown their record-setting regular season with another Larry O’Brien […]

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Pros & Cons To The Potential Colin Kaepernick, Denver Broncos Trade

April 14, 2016 By Cynthia Vargas-Recio

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Will Colin Kaepernick be enjoying the sunny skies of Santa Clara, California this season or will he need to invest in some fur coats and snow boots for his move to Denver, Colorado. The talk about a trade between the San Francisco 49ers and Denver Broncos for quarterback Colin Kaepernick has been trending for some time now. Broncos […]

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9 Picks In This Year’s NFL Draft Guaranteed To Make An Impact

April 12, 2016 By Eric Lemus

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We have finally made it to April. It’s draft month! The 2016 draft may be one of the deepest drafts in league history and certainly has the potential to produce more than a few Hall of Famers. The big names are known amongst aficionados everywhere, but how about some lesser-known names? Here are nine sleepers (one […]

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The Slow & Steady Demise Of College Basketball

April 8, 2016 By Dan Voicescu

The Slow & Steady Demise Of College Basketball

On the heels of an incredibly dramatic, high-level championship game, the timing to discuss the demise of college basketball is less than ideal. Yet, here we are. Attendance numbers have been declining for seven straight years. TV ratings have taken a nosedive. The future top NBA picks are no longer household names, and the game itself seems relegated […]

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VIDEO: Michael Jordan Congratulates Allen Iverson… On The Bus

April 5, 2016 By Nick A.

VIDEO: Michael Jordan Congratulates Allen Iverson... On The Bus

On a day that the Internet was posting non-stop crying Michael Jordan memes, it was good to see something different. Not long after his North Carolina Tar Heels lost in one of the most heartbreaking ways possible in the national championship game against Villanova, Jordan looked to be all smiles… on a bus. Not because he was […]

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Opinion: Opening Day Has Lost It’s Flair & Isn’t What It Used To Be

April 5, 2016 By Patrick Shearer

Opinion: Opening Day Has Lost It's Flair & Isn't What It Used To Be

  Opening day in baseball used to be stupendous occasion for years. In 2016, it’s not what it used to be. It’s now split into three days, and even with multiple interleague games scheduled, it doesn’t draw enough interest from people and the crowds in the stadiums aren’t filled to the brim like they were in the past. Baseball just […]

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World Champions On Miserly Wages? The U.S. Women’s National Team Goes To Court

April 2, 2016 By Dan Voicescu

World Champions On Miserly Wages? The U.S. Women's National Team Goes To Court

The World Cup champions are taking the proverbial hand that is feeding them to court by filing a wage-discrimination action against the U.S. Soccer Federation. Among the main charges is the fact that the women’s program received almost four times less pay last year than the U.S. men’s national team, despite generating nearly $20 million […]

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SLIDESHOW: 10 Star Rookies Who Are Going To Have Even Better Second Years

April 1, 2016 By Cynthia Vargas-Recio

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