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Kevin Love Trade – Cleveland Cavaliers the Winners, Minnesota Timberwolves Lose Big
Maybe everything will blow up in the face of the Cleveland Cavaliers a year from now, but for the moment they are obviously the big winners of the Kevin Love trade, giving up Andrew Wiggins and Anthony Bennett, along with a future first round pick, as the Minnesota Timberwolves should feel they could have gotten more out of this deal.
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Los Angeles Lakers – Jeremy Lin Might be Able to Have Fun Again
On an individual level, Jeremy Lin finding a new team means something of a fresh start to his career. Not just actually playing in the right position, role and minutes for the Los Angeles Lakers, but looking like someone who is having fun on the court again, which usually means Lin at his best. His video on Instagram which includes a posterizing dunk on his mother is in line with that attitude.
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NBA Rumors – Cleveland Cavaliers Will Beat Indiana Pacers to Shawn Marion
It’s quite interesting to see the power shifts in the Eastern Conference, as the Indiana Pacers quickly turn into something of a laughing stock while the Cleveland Cavaliers are suddenly the number one player magnet in the NBA, which means there’s a very good chance they’ll end up signing Shawn Marion, maybe the best of the remaining free agents.
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NBA Rumors – Phoenix Suns Closer to Signing Eric Bledsoe on Qualifying Offer
A big ego and greedy agents have brought the situation between Eric Bledsoe and the Phoenix Suns to an uncomfortable position, which looks like will end in him taking the qualifying offer. It hurts the relationship between the team and the player, but also makes him lose money which he’ll find very difficult to make up for when he signs his next contract, even as an unrestricted free agent.
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New England Patriots – Cary Williams Still Thinks They’re Cheaters
Until Bill Belichik is no longer the head coach of the New England Patriots, players around the league will still refer to them as cheaters. Cary Williams keeps bringing the subject up (or just keeps answering certain questions about it), which should make things very interesting as the Philadelphia Eagles will hold joint practices with the Pats before their August 15 preseason game.
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Cleveland Cavaliers – LeBron James on a Dangerous Power Trip
Megalomania isn’t officially a disease, but it’s not good to have. LeBron James returning to play for the Cleveland Cavaliers has turned him almost into a god-like figure, who thinks he wields that power as well, acting like a general manager of a team by deciding to push away Andrew Wiggins in order to trade for Kevin Love, which might not be the best thing for the franchise.
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College Football – Getting Closer to the Day Players Start Making Money
The NCAA might be non-profit organization, but we’ve seen how much the NFL, another non-profit, cares about making money. But it seems like the words coming from Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby and West Virginia athletics director Oliver Luck about paying college athletes getting paid in the near future mean that the structure and landscape of college sports is about to change.
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Tiger Woods Won’t Let Injury Stop Him From Playing in the PGA Championship
It’s been one year since Tiger Woods last won a title, and it’s been much longer since he has seen success in a Major Tournament and specifically the PGA Championship. That drive to prove he’s still good enough to last four days against the best competition seems to be pushing him beyond the injury that cast a doubt over his participation in the final major of the year.
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Match Highlights: MLS All-Stars vs Bayern Munich
It was far from the strongest lineup Bayern Munich could have used, so it wasn’t that surprising to see the German champions lose to the MLS All-Stars after taking an early lead through Robert Lewandowski, only to see it waste away as Bradley Wright-Phillips and Landon Donovan took advantage of the weak defending.
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Match Highlights – Napoli vs Barcelona
One moment of concentration loss from Claudio Bravo allowed Blerim Dzemaili to score a late goal from far away to give Napoli a 1-0 win over Barcelona in their preseason friendly clash, although Barca, still playing without some of their best players, were the better side throughout most of the match.