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Which Team is Most Likely to Repeat as Champions – Astros, Eagles or Warriors?
The defending NFL champions, Philadelphia Eagles, started things out the right way. The Golden State Warriors once again look like heavy favorites to repeat in the NBA. In Baseball, the Houston Astros are doing well, with 90 wins as we approach mid September. Will they all defend their titles?
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The 2015 MLB Fandom Map
Like in the beginning of every baseball season, Facebook releases a map of how the MLB fans are spread out based on the number of likes in each county. The New York Yankees are basically the only team with a major hold outside of its own TV market.
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10 Best MLB Free Agents in 2014
The 2014 free agency class in Major League Baseball is mostly about quality pitchers, or at least the upper echelon is, with teams very interested in the services of aces like Max Scherzer and Jon Lester, while James Shields should pick up a lot of interest as well. When it comes to fielding and hitting, Pablo Sandoval and Hanley Ramirez will be the biggest names out there.
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Oscar Taveras, St. Louis Cardinals Rookie, Dies in Car Crash
Not too long after his part in the 2014 MLB season ended, 22-year old Oscar Taveras who has played for the St. Louis Cardinals, died in a car crash in his native Dominican Republic.
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Johnny Manziel – Another Quarterback Drafted by MLB
There isn’t a shortage of NFL quarterbacks who get drafted to play Major League Baseball, although the dual sport thing isn’t as popular as it used to be. Johnny Manziel, soon to be in his rookie season with the Cleveland Browns, is the next in that line of players, getting to be the 837th player taken in the June draft, going to the San Diego Padres.
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Best Athletes Who Retired in 2013
Like every year, some all-time greats decided to call it a day and retire, as two great linebackers in Ray Lewis and Brian Urlacher left the NFL, legendary Yankees like Mariano Rivera and Andy Pettitte left Major League Baseball and NBA stars like Jason Kidd and Allen Iverson left the game of basketball.
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Ugliest Uniforms in the History of Sports
The latest addition to a long list of horrible attempts to look creative and hip are the Notre Dame basketball team with their bright green tops and pijama looking shorts, earning a place in the hall of fame for the ugliest uniforms in the history of sports.
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Biggest American Cities With No Major Sports Teams
A large population in a city or a metro area doesn’t necessarily mean you get to have a team in the NBA, NHL, MLB or NFL. For example, places like Austin in Texas, quite close to one million people, have to settle for the Texas Longhorns in College Sports instead of a serious pro-team, although I’m not sure the people there see it that way.
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Erin Andrews, Second Hottest Sportcaster in the World
In the United States? Erin Andrews has the title of ‘hottest sportscaster in the world’ covered, gaining fame through her ESPN work but broke out of the sports-world familiarity into mainstream through appearances on Dancing with the Stars and also with the stalking incident, with one of those videos of her nude in her hotel room made it to the internet and went viral.