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  • NBA Playoffs – Bucks vs Bulls Game 1 Predictions

    NBA Playoffs – Bucks vs Bulls Game 1 Predictions

    For the first time since 2012, Derrick Rose is going to appear in a postseason game. This gives the Chicago Bulls a lot of confidence going into their series with the Milwaukee Bucks, but more than that, it makes them believe in succeeding in a much bigger way.

  • NBA Playoffs – Wizards vs Raptors Game 1 Predictions

    NBA Playoffs – Wizards vs Raptors Game 1 Predictions

    For some reason, the series between the Washington Wizards and the Toronto Raptors seemed destined to happen way before the regular season ended and looks a bit too close to call from a first glance at the rivalry.

  • The 2015 NBA Playoff First Round Series

    The 2015 NBA Playoff First Round Series

    The 2015 NBA playoffs are about to begin, with the first round matchups all set. In the East, it’ll be the Hawks with the Nets, Cavaliers & Celtics, Bulls against the Bucks and Raptors vs Wizards. In the West, it’s the Warriors & Pelicans, Rockets vs Mavericks, Clippers against the Spurs and the Grizzlies facing the Blazers.

  • 2014 NFL Draft Day Trades

    2014 NFL Draft Day Trades

    Trading down or up, draft day is always a busy time for General managers of NFL teams swapping picks. The Cleveland Browns were the busiest team on day 1, using their moves up the chains to land Justin Gilbert and Johnny Manziel, while the Bills had the highest trading up move of them all to help them select Sammy Watkins.

  • 2014 NFL Draft – First Round Picks

    2014 NFL Draft – First Round Picks

    Not a lot of surprises in the first round of the NFL draft, as Jadeveon Clowney became the number one pick for the Houston Texans, opting for the best player instead of the biggest need. Blake Bortles was the first quarterback taken, going to the Jacksonville Jaguars at number 3, while Johnny Manziel fell to the 22nd spot and the Cleveland Browns, although not as bad as Teddy Bridgewater and the 32nd pick, going to the Minnesota Vikings.

  • First Four – North Carolina A&T and Saint Mary’s Enter Big Dance

    First Four – North Carolina A&T and Saint Mary’s Enter Big Dance

    Instead of calling it a preliminary round, the NCAA prefers to give first round status to the first four games between teams that wouldn’t have made it in on the previous format. Still, that’s the way the world of College Basketball is moving, and North Carolina A&T, along with Saint Mary’s, made the most of the situation by winning the opening two games of the NCAA tournament.

  • Biggest First Round Upsets in the History of the NCAA Tournament

    Biggest First Round Upsets in the History of the NCAA Tournament

    These days, the first round of the NCAA tournament is actually what’s known as the first four, where no upsets can occur, with the real stuff and the actual best of 64 beginning in the second round. To this day, no number one seed has ever lost to a #16 seeded team, but we’ve had six upsets of a 15th seed over a number 2, including twice last season, with Duke losing to Lehigh and Missouri dropping a game to Norfolk State

  • Rafael Nadal Struggling Early

    Rafael Nadal, if you remember or not, is the defending US Open champion. He certainly hasn’t looked like that any time he faced Novak Djokovic this year, and he wasn’t exactly cruising yesterday in his first round match facing Andrey Golubev, ranked 98th in the world. Nadal won, but far from convincingly.

  • Derrick Rose and his MVP Like Performance to Carry Bulls Past Pacers in Game 1

    Derrick Rose and his 39 points carried the Chicago Bulls to a 104-99 victory over the Indiana Pacers in Game 1 of their First Round Playoff series.

  • Roger Federer, Again, Between the Legs

    A video of Roger Federer’s beautiful Between-the-legs shot from his first round match in the 2010 US Open.