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Kansas City Chiefs – Easy Schedule and Backup Quarterbacks
According to their perfect 8-0 start, the Kansas City Chiefs are the best team in the NFL right now. However, considering how bad the team’s they’ve faced so far have been, and the quality of quarterbacks playing against them (half of them backups), it’s a bit early to crown them as the Crème de la Crème of the league.
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2013 NFL Power Rankings – Week 8
Being undefeated, even with an easy schedule and unimpressive wins, is enough to keep the Kansas City Chiefs on top of the NFL power rankings, just ahead of one-loss teams like the Denver Broncos and the Seattle Seahawks, who are looking a lot better on most days regardless of the opposition.
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Seattle Seahawks – Russell Wilson Needs Better Protection
While it’s not really a secret that the Seattle Seahawks mostly rely on their strong and ball-hawking defense to dominate over the last two seasons, they can’t afford to have Russell Wilson get sacked 7 times in one game, managing to create a very sad 135 yards of offense against a division rival.
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Messi’s Little Helpers – Neymar & Alexis Sanchez
There’s no real doubt about the fact that Lionel Messi is the king of FC Barcelona, but even he can’t do it on his own. This season has started well for him, but injuries have gotten somewhat in the way, while he didn’t score at all in the first Clasico of the season. Luckily, the club’s scoring problems when he’s not firing might be on their way to being solved due to the prolific Neymar and Alexis Sanchez.
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Cristiano Ronaldo Should Have Been Sent Off in El Clasico
The Clasico between Real Madrid and Barcelona usually takes a few days to stop influencing the global football scene, and this time it’s no different, as Spanish lipreaders reveal just how verbally abusive was Cristiano Ronaldo to Alberto Undiano Mallenco, calling him ‘Cagon’ which loosely translates into ‘piece of shit/shitty coward’.
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Manchester United Transfer Rumors – Anderson is Leaving
Considering how disappointing Anderson Luís de Abreu Oliveira has been for Manchester United during most of his 7-year term at Old Trafford, it’s surprising it has taken the team so long to sell him or simply get rid of him. However, the new regime might finally find it in their heart to let loose of a player who hasn’t given them much over the years.
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FC Barcelona Transfer Rumors – Will Sign Marc-Andre ter Stegen
With Victor Valdes leaving (probably) at the end of this season, Barcelona need to start thinking about who will be the goalkeeper that replaces him. For over a year now, it seems like that man is Marc-Andre ter Stegen of Borussia Monchengladbach, a team Barca might already have a pre-contract agreement with for the player.
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2013 Ballon d’Or – The 23 Man Shortlist
FIFA have announced their 23-player shortlist for the 2013 Ballon d’Or award, pretty much being another name for best footballer in the world this year, with Lionel Messi (Argentina), Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) and Franck Ribery (France) being the favorites to win it and are also the representatives of their country.
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NFL – Seahawks vs Rams Predictions
It’s hard not to feel a little bit sorry for ESPN and the way their Monday Night Football lineup has turned out to be, as it’s hard to find a more predictable NFL game this season than the Seattle Seahawks facing their division rivals, the St. Louis Rams, who have lost their starting quarterback for the rest of the season.
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NBA Season Preview: Best Power Forwards
It’s getting harder to define what is a power forward and what is a center these days in the NBA, but it’s still possible. In any case, after eliminating the hybrids and weeded out the not good enough, we’re left with six players that make us feel confident about attacking best to their name: Anthony Davis, Blake Griffin, Dirk Nowitzki, LaMarcus Aldridge, Kevin Love and David West.