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McDonald’s All-American MVP Awards – The Best and the Forgotten
LeBron James won the McDonald’s All-American MVP award in 2003, seven months later beginning his NBA career. Kenny Gregory won that award won that award in 1997, later going on to play for the Kansas Jayhawks in College. He never made it into the NBA, spending most of his career so far moving around European teams. His athletics abilites couldn’t hide his skill faults.
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Sidney Crosby Adds Puck to the Face to His Injury List
Sidney Crosby may be the most talented Hockey player on the planet, but he also has his share of fragility mixed up with bad luck. He’s missed quite a few NHL games for the Pittsburgh Penguins in the last two seasons, and fortunaley, getting a puck hit him in the face won’t be cause for more time away from the ice.
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Newcastle vs Liverpool – Twitter Showdown and Preview
Liverpool, if the league even matters to them anymore, must win at Newcastle to leave themselves a chance of getting a top 6 finish. And although their recent results against Newcastle have usually been favorable, their form in 2012 might suggest that Kenny Dalglish is going to need to come up with new excuses after their visit to St. James’ Park this weekend.
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Kentucky vs Losuiville – A Final Four Turning a State Crazy
Old men fighting during their dialysis treatment after getting into an argument about Louisville and Kentucky. Resteraunts and bars, usually neutral, choosing sides and inviting only blue or red fans for the game so fights don’t breakout. They will elsewhere I guess. Nothing like alcohol and good old-fashioned inner-state rivalry to get things going on. […]
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Carmelo Anthony Leading the Knicks Better Than Ever
Carmelo Anthony played through the pain, and that’s already a good sign from a guy that had has his effort and will to succeed with the New York Knicks questioned more than once during the season. His 25 points through 26 minutes helped in a 108-86 win over the Orlando Magic, who couldn’t keep up once the first quarter was over.
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Yoenis Cespedes Starting To Get Comfortable With MLB
Yoenis Cespedes shook off the debut jitters and hit his first Major League home run, helping the Oakland Athletics get their first win of the 2012 season (4-1) and splitting the opening series against the Seattle Mariners in Tokyo, Japan. The big news for the A’s is that their offense showed a sign of life after scoring just one run in the first 17 innings of the season.
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Floyd Mayweather and the Amir Khan Option in 2013
Floyd Mayweather still needs to go through Miguel Cotto. He still needs to get through prison time for just under three months. He still needs to, or expected to, finally close a deal and fight Manny Pacquiao. Maybe in late 2012 (November December) or early 2013. Now, according to Golden Boy Promotions, a fight with […]
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Shabazz Muhammad – The Next Big Basketball Star?
Shabazz Muhammad was the main attraction of the McDonald’s All-American game in Chicago, leading the West with 21 points to a 106-102 win over the East, helped by 18 points from Rasheed Sulamion. Muhammad is one of the few players who took part in the High School All-Star game that still hasn’t chosen a school to play College Ball for.
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LeBron James and Pat Riley – Karaoke Extraordinaires
LeBron James as Rick James? Pat Riley channeling The Temptations? Anything can happen when NBA teams hold charity events, and some awful and some better singing came out from Shane Battier’s charity event, showing us that a two games losing streak doesn’t mean it’s the end of the world in Miami.