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Lakers vs Mavs – Monta Ellis Dominates Against a Sad Looking Team
There’ no use hiding the fact: The Los Angeles Lakers are terrible, no matter how many changes Mike D’Antoni makes in his lineup every game. The Dallas Mavericks on the other hand, winning 123-104, have found the perfect sidekick to Dirk Nowitzki in Monta Ellis, leading 7 players in double figures on an almost perfect shooting night.
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Bobcats vs Knicks – Carmelo Anthony Is in Big Trouble
It’s bad enough that the New York Knicks look simply awful at the beginning of this season. They’ve now lost at home to the Charlotte Bobcats 102-97, and Tyson Chandler, who left the game with a probable knee sprain, keeping him out for quite some time, which is simply more bad news for Carmelo Anthony.
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Purdue Boilermakers – The Worst Team in College Football
At 1-7 so far this season, Purdue aren’t going anywhere in the Big Ten, and their only win this season has come against an FCS team. The worst part of the 2013 season so far? Their offense,which hasn’t been able to run a play in the red zone for over a month.
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Aaron Rodgers – Green Bay Packers Learning to Play Without Him
With a broken collarbone, Aaron Rodgers is likely to be out for around 3 or 4 weeks before he can start again for the Green Bay Packers, who have to hope that the combination of a much improved running game thanks to Eddie Lacy and Seneca Wallace stepping up to the plate will be enough to keep them in a position to make the playoffs.
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Cutler vs McCown – Who Should the Chicago Bears Start
Who would have guessed the Chicago Bears were going to have a quarterback controversy? While Jay Cutler has been away, Josh McCown has done more than a decent job as his replacement, which makes it a reasonable question to ask: Shouldn’t he keep on starting for the team in next week’s game?
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NBA – Day 8 Scores & Standings
The Miami Heat are picking up steam at the expense of the Toronto Raptors, while things for the New York Knicks and the Los Angeles Lakers look pretty bad as they lose to the Charlotte Bobcats and Dallas Mavericks respectively.
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Daniel Sturridge – Luis Suarez is His Perfect Partner
If anyone thought the moment of anger portrayed on the face of Daniel Sturridge after not getting a pass from Luis Suarez as Liverpool lost to Arsenal means a breakdown in the relationship between the two strikers, he couldn’t be further from the truth.
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FC Copenhagen – Impossible to Beat at Home
One of the more remarkable achievements by a team that doesn’t get too much attention has been the ability of FC Copenhagen to make a fortress of their home stadium, not losing a single group stage match in the Champions League when playing at home, no matter the rival.
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Juventus vs Real Madrid – Cristiano Ronaldo Turns it On and Off
There’s no other player in the world right now on the scoring run Cristiano Ronaldo is on with 8 goals in the first 4 matches of the Champions League this season, tying a 11 year-old record, showing a remarkable ability to look horrible for one half and then switch to dangerous with every touch later on as Real Madrid drew 2-2 with Juventus and pretty much punched their ticket to the round of 16.
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Manchester United – Robin van Persie Can’t Be This Wasteful
When Ashley Young keeps lowering the bar for cheating and diving and Marouane Fellaini has yet another awful performance for Manchester United, Robin van Persie should be one of the players David Moyes trusts with his eyes closed. However, the Dutchman proved just as lacking as some of his teammates.