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Oregon Ducks – The Best Uniforms in College Football
The rise of the Oregon Ducks to national prominence in recent years is a combination of a few things. Mostly, it’s the proffesional factor: Chip Kelly taking over for Mike Belloti and losing only 7 games in the span for four seasons so far, including reaching a national championship game and winning the Rose Bowl. Another factor is the Nike uniforms.
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Kate Upton, the Sexiest Woman on Planet Earth in 2012
Why Kate Upton? Well, when SI choose her to be their cover model for the 2012 Swimsuit Issue, who are we to argue? Her meteoric rise which began a year earlier turned into complete domination of the modeling world and of men’s imaginations, also because she has more than a slight connection to sports.
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Notre Dame Fighting Irish – Luckiest Team in College Football
Is luck something that can be measured? Probably not, but it’s never too late to try. Many people argue that that Notre Dame, despite finishing the season at number one on both the BCS standings and the polls and undefeated, aren’t the best or second best team in the nation. Taking into account the Pythagorean way of looking at things, these people might be right.
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Messi vs Ronaldo – Until One of Them Starts Slowing Down
A rivalry that goes beyond pure stats, goals and wins. Lionel Messi against Cristiano Ronaldo might not even exist between them in actuality but it does between fans, pundits and everyone with just the slightest opinion about football, and especially Barcelona and Real Madrid.
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Best Sports Memes of 2012
Sport memes aren’t the most important thing in the world, but they do add color to something a lot of people (including us) often take much too seriously. Be it McKayla Maroney frowning and ruining everyone’s party, Mario Balotelli flexing his muscles or LeBron James balding by the second, 2012 was a pretty good year for some internet humor on the world of sports.
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Arsenal FC – A Year That Says Arsene Wenger Should Go
Despite a successful stint of six years with three league titles and later a Champions League final appearance, Arsene Wenger has failed to turn Arsenal into a prominent European club. All the impressive youngsters he has helped developed, all the profit lines the owners love to see, can’t change the fact that Arsenal are on a steep decline for the past six-seven years.
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2013 NBA All-Star Game – Who Should Play
Like most All-Star games, there are quite a few obvious choices who will undoubtedly be playing, probably even starting, when the rosters are published: LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony, Rajon Rondo, Kevin Durant, Kobe Bryant, Chris Paul and Tim Duncan. But what about the rest of the remaining spots?
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10 Most Expensive Footballers in History
The current global economic crisis can be seen in football transfers as well, with 2012 not putting a single player in the top 20 of the most expensive footballers in history. That is still controlled mostly by Real Madrid transfers from the last 12 years, bringing in Cristiano Ronaldo, Zinedine Zidane, Kaka and Luis Figo.
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Houston Rockets – James Harden Returns, Jeremy Lin Retreats
The natural order of things with the Houston Rockets is restored. James Harden is back from his ankle injury, taking over the scoring and the ball handling assignments. Jeremy Lin? He needs to live with what his back court partner leaves for him, struggling to fill a role he isn’t made to play in.
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Minnesota Timberwolves – The Anger of Kevin Love, the Return of Ricky Rubio
Despite winning four of their last five games, all the noise in Minnesota is about Kevin Love criticizing the Timberwolves for a number of things. One of them was possibly putting Ricky Rubio in front of him in the franchise player list. Coincidentally, Rubio is set to make his return after nearly a year on Saturday, at home against the Mavericks.