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Chelsea FC – The 2014 Shopping List

If certain tabloids are to be believed, Jose Mourinho is going to return to the post he left over six years ago and become the manager of Chelsea once again, bringing an impressive shortlist of players with him, led by Hulk, who currently plays for Zenit, and Radamel Falaco of Atletico Madrid.
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Champions League – Juventus vs Bayern Munich Predictions

As impressive as Juventus were throughout the season in both the Serie A and the Champions League, it’s hard to believe that they’ll be able to be that much better on a single night of football against a Bayern Munich side many see as the best football team in Europe, heading into the second leg with a confident two-goal lead from the first.
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Dortmund Won Because of Luck, Not Racism

Sore losers is something we’ll always see come to life after painful losses. Malaga couldn’t accept their dramatic defeat to Borussia Dortmund, so Manuel Pellegrini blamed the referee for giving the Germans the match, while the team’s owner, Sheikh Abdullah Bin Nasser Al-Thani, claimed that racism (against who?) was the reason his team didn’t go through.
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Referees Don’t Know What an Offside Is (Borussia Dortmund vs Malaga)

The Champions League won probably by getting Dortmund to score an illegal goal in the 93rd minute, giving them a 3-2 aggregate win in the quarterfinals, as Felipe Santana scored the dramatic winner after a double offside went unnoticed by the referees. Earlier, Eliseu scored the potential winning goal also from an offside the linesmen and the referee missed.
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Most Championships in College Basketball

By beating Michigan 82-76 in the 2013 NCAA Tournament Final, Louisville became the 8th school to win at least three College Basketball championships since the NCAA tournament began in 1939, joining Kansas, Connecticut, Duke, North Carolina, Indiana, Kentucky and UCLA.
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Playing 3000 Minutes Means no NBA Championship

To win an NBA title, apparently, you need your star player to clock in less than 3000 minutes a season, as the meaning of an NBA minute has changed over the years, becoming more physically taxing as time goes by, which might mean player like Kevin Durant or Kobe Bryant (who might not even make the postseason) need to take a rest before this season is over.
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Oklahoma City Thunder – Replicating NBA Playoffs Success Harder in 2013

A look at some advanced stats and overall efficiency suggests the Oklahoma City Thunder are still the best team in the Western conference, let alone the NBA, but their over-reliance on the individual skills of Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook, not to mention their struggles in head-to-head games against the conference’s best teams suggests reaching the Finals for a second consecutive season isn’t going to be this easy.



