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Transfer Rumors 2013 – Arsenal Interested in Stevan Jovetic & Mario Gotze
We’ve heard it all before, pretty much every season – next summer will be the one that Arsene Wenger forgets about his own financial values and start spending the money available to him on great players, with Arsenal looking at Stevan Jovetic of Fiorentina and Mario Gotze of Borussia Dortmund as potential big signings.
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Chelsea FC – Rafa Benitez Has Had Enough
There’s nothing like waiting for a win to get back at the fans and at your bosses. Rafa Benitez has seen nothing but disrespect from everyone since taking the Chelsea job, knowing all too well it wasn’t going to last very long.
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College Football – Best Games to Look Forward to in 2013
Preseason predictions aren’t worth much once the season starts, but it never hurts getting excited way ahead of time. While the biggest game of the season usually presents itself only after a few weeks and story lines have unfolded, with Alabama playing Texas A&M, Oregon travelling to Stanford and Georgia clashing with Clemson on the opening weekend seem to be the biggest early attractions.
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Houston Rockets – Turning James Harden and Jeremy Lin into Champions
By bringing in James Harden and Jeremy Lin last off-season, Daryl Morey turned the Houston Rockets into a nationally (and internationally) relevant team again, not to mention a playoff franchise once again. By leaving quite a lot of cap space for the 2013 and 2014 summers, his future goals are even bigger.
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USA Basketball – Who Needs to Replace Coach K
It’s been 7 years with 2 Olympic Gold Medals for Mike Krzyzewski, building back a somewhat torn down Dream Team franchise with Jerry Colangelo that suffered from a disappointing run before Coach K took the reigns. However, the 2012 London Olympics were the last time for him, and it’s likely that either Gregg Popovich or Doc Rivers will take over the position.
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Los Angeles Clippers – Blake Griffin Puts on a Lob City Kind of Show
It’s been a season of growing up for Blake Griffin, and prioritizing. After being mostly known for alley oops and amazing dunks during the first two years in the NBA, he’s now a more complete player – better passer, more low post moves, improved defense. Still, the Los Angeles Clippers do get to enjoy the high-flying side of his game from time to time.
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Miami Heat – The Best Superstar Duo in the NBA
When the Miami Heat signed LeBron James for him to join forces with Dwyane Wade, this is what they were dreaming about, knowing they have two of the best basketball players in the world, both capable of incredible individual performances while playing close to 40 minutes together.
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Warriors vs Pacers – The Best Brawl of the Season
The NBA doesn’t really like it when things go out of hand, but once in a while, it’s nice to see two NBA teams get into a bit too much, giving us a nice little brawl to enjoy, while the result of the game, with the Indiana Pacers beating the Golden State Warriors, get forgotten for some reason.
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Minnesota Golden Gophers – The Next to Beat a Number One Team
There’s in no immunity to being the number one team in the nation, as the Indiana Hoosiers have now learned twice this season, dropping their third Big Ten game of the season with a loss to Minnesota, enjoying a big night from Trevor Mbakwe.
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Did Adrian Peterson Break the Rushing Yards Record?
The recent NFL Season saw Adrian Peterson put an incredible individual effort in not only carrying the Minnesota Vikings to the playoffs, but coming only 9 yards short from breaking the rushing yards record of Eric Dickerson, but may have missed it due to the technicality in measurements, not because he didn’t actually make it.