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NCAA Tournament – Big 12 Collapses, Upsets Everywhere & Favorites Advance
How to describe the first day of the 2015 NCAA Tournament? All five Texas teams are out, three Big 12 teams lost, two #14 seeds (Georgia State and UAB) advanced while the favorites to reach the Final Four like Kentucky and Villanova, unlike other high ranked programs, didn’t run into too much trouble.
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FC Barcelona – Lionel Messi Keeps Proving He’s the Best in the World
While this post should have nothing to do with Cristiano Ronaldo, you need a comparison partner in order to suggest someone is better or the best at something. Lionel Messi of Barcelona put on a special show in the Champions League to show he’s both.
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Champions League – All 8 Teams in the Quarterfinals
In the 2015 quarterfinal stage of the Champions League we’re going to have three teams from Spain (Atletico Madrid, Barcelona, Real Madrid), two from France (PSG, Monaco), one from Italy (Juventus), one from Germany (Bayern Munich) and one from Portugal (FC Porto).
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Alonzo Gee, the Player Everyone Loves to Trade
This has been a rough season for Alonzo Gee, reduced to a small role on the bench, and setting an example for an unknown side of the NBA, in which players and their contracts are nothing more than bargaining chips for teams to move around, sending him through six different teams in the span of eight months, beginning with the Cleveland Cavaliers, going through the Houston Rockets, New Orleans Pelicans, Sacramento Kings, Denver Nuggets and now, part of the Portland Trail Blazers.
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Baltimore Ravens – The Best in the NFL When it Comes to the Draft
Yesterday we wrote about how poorly the 2011 draft went for the Jacksonville Jaguars. Today? The opposite end of the scale, and the Baltimore Ravens, making the most of their first round picks over the last 19 years, including studs like Ray Lewis, Ed Reed and Joe Flacco.
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Rajon Rondo, Making the Wrong Kind of History From the Free Throw Line
It’s impossible to really understand the complexities of Rajon Rondo as a player and as a person. Perhaps the greatest mystery regarding the Dallas Mavericks point guard is his horrendous free throw shooting numbers, dropping to a historic low of 32.3% this season.
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San Francisco 49ers – Jed York Lying About Why Jim Harbaugh Was Fired
Instead of admitting that the reason Jim Harbaugh is no longer the head coach of the San Francisco 49ers is the personal hatred between him and the duo of Jed York and Trent Baalke, the team’s CEO is trying to rewrite history by telling stories of core strengths and back to basics.
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NFL Rumors – Green Bay Packers Interested in Signing Wes Welker
Moving from team to team in an effort to win a Super Bowl, Wes Welker might be joining the Green Bay Packers this offseason, if they’ll make an exception and actually sign a free agent who is quite near to the end of his career.
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Los Angeles Lakers – Jeremy Lin Knows Byron Scott is Clueless
It seems the rift between Byron Scott and Jeremy Lin is growing, which would be a worrying issue unless we all knew Lin isn’t going to be sticking around for much longer, free of the punishment of playing under someone who should be unemployable in the NBA, although free agency isn’t a guarantee he’ll find himself in a better situation.
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NFL Rumors – Miami Dolphins Interested in Michael Crabtree
The Miami Dolphins have made a massive rehaul to their passing game this offseason, but they’re not done, and when it’s all over, their receiving core might include Michael Crabtree, no longer an option for the San Francisco 49ers.