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Portland Trail Blazers – LaMarcus Aldridge Keeps Rising to The Occasion
The Portland Trail Blazers keep relying on their excellent offense to pull them through the big games, but more than anyone else it’s LaMarcus Aldridge who is getting the job done, putting up another huge night of scoring and rebounding, carrying a misfiring Damian Lillard to the finish line, beating the Houston Rockers 111-104.
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NFL Rumors – Chicago Bears Starting Jay Cutler, Benching Josh McCown
The Chicago Bears haven’t seen a win with Jay Cutler at the quarterback position in over two months, but that isn’t stopping them from re-instating him as their starter, which means Josh McCown, doing a very good job in his place, is going back to the bench.
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College Football Rumors – Alabama Doesn’t Think Nick Saban is Leaving to Texas
We’ve been over this a few times – except for the money, there’s nothing that Texas have to offer that Nick Saban should feel too much of a pull towards and will make him leave Alabama. Right now, according to some of his players at the program, he’s even told them he isn’t going anywhere, although that doesn’t really mean anything.
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San Diego Chargers – AFC Playoffs Still in Reach
A team of destiny, the San Diego Chargers, according to everything that’s happened over the last few years. Despite being in the very tough AFC West, they’re still in the playoff race, getting a huge boost for the road that’s left as they beat the Denver Brocnos 27-20 which doesn’t just keep them alive in the hunt for a postseason spot, but also making it a bit more interesting for teams trying to finish with home field advantage.
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Europa League – All 32 Teams in The Knockout Stage
In the knockout stage of the 2013-2014 Europa League or the round of 32 as some refer to it, we have four teams with a Champions League title in their past – Ajax from the Netherlands, Juventus from Italy, Benfica and Porto from Portugal, all dropouts of the Champions League group stage.
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Houston Rockets – Jeremy Lin Is Back With Plenty of Questions
After missing six games, Jeremy Lin is going to be back in action for the Houston Rockets in a very tough away game against the Portland Trail Blazers. What it means for him, James Harden, Patrick Beverley and generally the Houston Rockets remains to be seen, especially as the head coach, Kevin McHale, is currently away from the team after the passing of his mother, a year after the death of his daughter.
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SI Cover Curse – Deciding the 2013 College Football Season
The Sports Illustrated Cover curse or jinx has been around since the 1950’s, although it doesn’t seem to effect the really successful individuals like Michael Jordan (49 covers) or other Super Bowl, Heisman Trophy and College Football champions. As for the 2013 season BCS race? It seemed like Marcus Mariota, A.J. McCarron and finally Braxton Miller were very effected by appearing on the cover.
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Golden State Warriors – Stephen Curry is a Cruel Little Man
One half was Stephen Curry at his worst. The turnovers, the sloppy shooting and decision making on offense. Just what the Golden State Warriors don’t need from their star player, especially while Andre Iguodala is out. In the second half? Completely different, and quite close to unstoppable, getting a lot of help from Draymond Green on both ends of the floor before burying the game winning shot himself.
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Oklahoma City Thunder – Russell Westbrook Forgets Quickly
There’s a chance Russell Westbrook has no memory, no recollection at all. It’s the only way to explain how he puts the quite common awful shooting performances behind him and turns into a much more effective scorer the next day, as he turned out to be, leading the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 116-100 win over the Memphis Grizzlies.
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Bulls vs Knicks – A Battle Of The Bad & Injured
As it turns out, it’s better to be on the bad side. At least you have players of obscure talents to rise to the occasion from time to time, like the New York Knicks have in Amare Stoudemire giving Carmelo Anthony a hand, instead of being crippled by injuries to your three starting perimeter players, as the Chicago Bulls continue to sink and look awful in the process.