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AS Roma – The Winning Streak That Just Won’t End
Without Francesco Totti and without Maicon, sent off after 66 minutes, Roma still made it out with their perfect start to the season intact and improved, picking up a 1-0 win over Udinese through a late Michael Bradly goal, making everyone wonder when exactly will this team finally be stopped, and who can exactly do it.
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Arsenal FC Transfer Rumors – Interested in Signing Juan Cuadrado
Colombian football is on the rise, but it’s not just about heading to the World Cup. Players from country are thriving all around Europe and are becoming quite desirable transfer targets, such as Juan Cuadrado of Fiorentina, who might be making his way to Arsenal sooner or later if he keeps up his excellent form.
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Chelsea FC – Fernando Torres Finally Starts His Season
A striker doesn’t truly begin his season before he scores his first league goal, and it took Fernando Torres more than two months to get his. Luckily, it turned out to be a 90th minute winner in the biggest match of the season so far for Chelsea.
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NBA Season Preview: Best Small Forwards
In what should be called ‘LeBron James and the rest,’ we take a look at the top 5 small forwards in the NBA heading into the 2013-2014 season, which will consist of the four-time MVP, Kevin Durant of the Oklahoma City Thunder, Carmelo Anthony of the New York Knicks and two new players to our usual listings: Kawhi Leonard of the San Antonio Spurs and Nicolas Batum of the Portland Trail Blazers.
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Ohio State Buckeyes – Braxton Miller Waiting For Someone to Slip
It’s not anyone’s fault that the Big Ten is perceived (and probably is) as a lot weaker than the other AQ conferences, which harms Ohio State and their national title hopes despite not losing a game in almost two years. All that’s left is to keep on enjoying the developing talent of Braxton Miller; the powerhouse that Urban Meyer is building in Columbus; and for one of the three teams above them in the polls and BCS standings to slip up at some point.
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Oklahoma Sooners – Blake Bell Keeps Big 12 Hopes Alive
The original plan didn’t involve Blake Bell being the starting quarterback for Oklahoma this season, but it has mostly turned out for the best. Even though the Sooners still need one more huge win over a top 10 team to take control of their own destiny in the conference while hoping another Domino falls their way, they seem to be in the right direction.
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Oregon Ducks – Not Only About Marcus Mariota & Offense
There haven’t been many moments in recent years in which the Oregon Ducks got stuck on offense. But just in those cases, when Marcus Mariota is less than brilliant and is only very good, there’s an underrated defense that was able to hold the toughest rivals they faced this season scoreless during the second half.
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South Carolina Gamecocks – Connor Shaw Shakes Up the SEC East
The talk about Connor Shaw being criminally underrated only comes up after big wins for South Carolina, and their ability to put themselves back in the SEC East race by beating an undefeated team has done the same for their injured quarterback, who came off the bench in an hour of need to save them from another underachieving season.
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Alabama Crimson Tide – The Best & Most Boring Team in the Nation
Being too good for too long creates boredom even among your own fans. It seems like Alabama have been the number one team in the nation for so long it really doesn’t seem worthwhile to stay the full game as they plow through another helpless SEC opponent, en route to what should be their third consecutive national title game.
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College Football – BCS Standing Not Really Shaken Up
The losses of ranked and undefeated teams like Missouri and Texas Tech didn’t really change the national championship picture and don’t create too much of a shake up in the higher regions of the BCS standings, as the usual suspects to go all the way – Alabama, Oregon, Florida State and Ohio State didn’t really run into formidable opposition.