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Preseason College Football Rankings – Worth Anything?
The preseason college football rankings for the 2012 season came out this week and guess what – LSU, who led the rankings for most of last season and Alabama, #2 for most of last season and the national champions, took the top two spots once again. SEC dominance doesn’t change, it just got stronger. Problems is these preseason rankings usually don’t mean much.
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Swimming Gold Medal Count of the 2012 Summer Olympics
Complete American domination, and two individual athletes winning four gold medals each. Michael Phelps made it up to 18 gold medals in what were probably his final Olympic games, finishing strong after a disappointing start. Missy Franklin, only 17, was the female star of the American team with four gold medals, one bronze and two world records.
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The 2012 Pro Football Hall of Fame Inductees
Willie Roaf led the way, as offensive linemen always do, as six players got inducted into the pro football hall of fame in Canton, Ohio, unvieling his bronze bust, while Curtis Martin, a running back, closed the evening with tears and tales of his rough life, his mother’s pain and his life-long indifference to the game that allowed him to become famous.
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Real Madrid – Luka Modric Deal With Tottenham Stuck
What’s happening between Real Madrid and Tottenham regarding the Luka Modric deal? Nothing much apparently. A standstill, or standoff between two sides not willing to budge anymore, despite the fact of the matter being Modric doesn’t want to play for Spurs anymore and Real Madrid have spent nearly a month chasing the player.
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Arsenal – Robin van Persie Wants to Stay?
Opinions and minds change too quickly to keep track of in today’s football, and now Robin van Persie seems to have changed his mind regarding his future with Arsenal, tending to stay with the club, feeling happy about the signing they’ve made and going to make, with Santi Cazorla, Nuri Sahin and maybe even Gregory van der Wiel of Ajax on their way to the club.
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2012 Olympic Games Day 9 – Event Finals Previews & Predictions
There are plenty of big events and finals on day 9 of the London 2012 Summer Olympics, but none will be bigger than the men’s 100 meters final, with Usain Bolt and Yohan Blake projected to battle for the top spot and who knows, maybe a new world record. Earlier, Roger Federer will try and win his first individual gold medal, facing Andy Murray, with two gold medal matches one after the other.
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Gold Medal Winners on Day 8 of the 2012 Summer Olympics
A huge day 8 that wrapped up the business in the pool, with the Americans taking gold in both relay races and Michael Phelps winning his 18th and final Olympic gold medal, while in the Athletics stadium Great Britain dominated, just like in Cycling and Rowing, with golds in Men’s long jump, Women’s heptathlon and Men’s 10,000 meters, whiel Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce of Jamiaca retained her Olympic title in the Women’s 100 meters.
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Fire Tennis – The Next Step in the Evolution of a Sport
It might never have a chance of becoming an Olympic sport for more than a dozen obvious reasons, but there’s plenty to be excited about the next step in the evolution of tennis – Fire tennis, invented by video game designers and perfected by the slow mo guys.
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2012 Dream Team – When LeBron James Has to Step Up
All of a sudden it got hard. After winning the first three games by an average of 52.3 point, the 2012 version of the Dream Team faced a real battle with Lithuania, never an easy outing, beating the European 99-94, with LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony each scoring 20 points to give Team USA their fourth win of the Olympic games.