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  • The Highest Paid Coaches in College Football

    Six head coaches from the SEC, two from the Big Ten and two from the Big 12 make up the Top 10 of the highest paid College Football coaches in 2011.

  • The Best Rivalries in College Football

    The 2011 College Football season is winding down towards it’s most decisive weeks, and with thanksgiving upon us, it only means it’s Rivalry Week’s turn to grab the national spotlight in the BCS race.

  • Sports & Thanksgiving 2011: Athletes We’re Thankful to Have Witnessed

    For Usain Bolt and Michael Phelps making the 2008 Olympics so special, so memorable. For making athletics and swimming cooler-talk worthy. For Michael Jordan making the argument of Greatest of All-Time seem unnecessary. For Roger Federer, for being perfect and then being anything but. For Ronaldinho, bringing the fan back in soccer. And Barry Sanders, for making us still remember when the Detroit Lions mattered.

  • Mayweather vs Pacquiao – Where Does it Stand

    Suddenly, it seems like the Manny Pacquiao camp, namely Bob Arum (promoter), are those stopping the Mayweather – Pacquiao mega fight from happening. The surprising events of the Marquez fight have changed everything, and it will fall down to whether Manny Pacquiao really wants to fight Floyd Mayweather Jr.

  • Puskas Award – FIFA’s 10 Nominees for Goal of the Year in 2011

    A list in which Lionel Messi isn’t the favorite. FIFA have released their 10 nominees for the 2011 FIFA Puskas Award, with Wayne Rooney’s scissor kick goal in the Manchester derby standing out as the leading candidate. Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s wonder strike against Lecce, Neymar’s wizadry with the ball or maybe even Dejan Stankovic’s 50 meter volley could give him a fight.

  • College Football Scandals in 2011

    Joe Paterno fired due to Jerry Sandusky’s crimes at Penn State, Jim Tressel at Ohio State, Nevin Shapiro and Miami players, John Junker and his Fiesta with Fiesta Bowl money. 2011 is a year full of scandals in College Football, and we haven’t even gotten to the BCS Rankings annual controversies.

  • The Best Free Agent in MLB – 2011 Edition

    Albert Pujols and Prince Fielder head the MLB’s 2011 Free agents list, which also includes three very succesful closer, who’ll probably end up playing for the same team they pitched for this season.

  • 12 Most Fun to Watch Players in NBA History

    Not necessarily the greatest players of all time (although some are, like Magic Johnson and Michael Jordan), but these guys, including some more modern versions, are the best bargain for the buck (or many of them) you’ll pay or paid to watch an NBA game.

  • The Oldest Rivalries in College Football

    LSU vs Alabama might be one of the oldest rivalries in College football, being played for the first time in 1895 with 74 games between them, but it’s nowhere near the oldest or most played in College Football. The South, or Deep South, is nowhere near the Big Ten when it comes to antiquity of the rivalry games.

  • LSU – Alabama Game of the Century Predecessors

    As the LSU – Alabama Game of the Century comes closer, we take a look at other historic games in College Football over the years when #1 met #2 and their clash got the same demanding billing.