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James Franklin, Destroying the Vanderbilt Recruiting Class
It didn’t take long for James Franklin to feel right at home at Penn State as their new head coach and beginning his plundering of his recruiting class for Vanderbilt, leaving the Commodores with hardly any of what was considered a top 25 class heading into 2014.
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Peyton Manning Helping Out the City of Omaha By Yelling it During Games
Quarterbacks shout things during games. Some of them mean something – snap count, audible. Sometimes it’s meaningless, or an attempt to trick a defense. Peyton Manning isn’t the first, but seems to be the one who sticks to the word Omaha, Nebraska’s biggest city, more than anyone else. And the city, or some people in […]
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Tennessee Titans – Ken Whisenhunt Is Their New Head Coach
The Tennessee Titans didn’t wait long to replace the fired Mike Munchak at head coach, hiring Ken Whisenhunt who spent last season as the offensive coordinator of the San Diego Chargers and previously was the head coach of the Arizona Cardinals.
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Marco Reus – Not Everyone Wants to Leave Dortmund for Bayern Munich
Last summer Mario Gotze left Borussia Dortmund to Bayern Munich for €37 million, leaving a lot of angry people behind him. Robert Lewandowski has taken the same route, for free, but will join his new team next season. Marco Reus, the biggest star of Die Schwarzgelben, has no plans to take the same route.
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Cristiano Ronaldo – Human After All
Whether Cristiano Ronaldo deserved to win the Ballon d’Or for 2013 or not is besides the point. He has and that’s over. The issue now is that in a world with so many bigger, more important achievements to be had, this golden football he has been waiting so long for has made him cry and look more human than ever before.
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Transfer Rumors 2014 – Manchester United Interested in Paul Pogba & Arturo Vidal
Even though Manchester United manager David Moyes has mentioned a time or two that he isn’t going to be signing anyone in January, there are a number of reports linking the club to a possible attempt to sign Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba and Arturo Vidal.
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Cristiano Ronaldo, Ballon d’Or Winner, Not Messi or Ribery
As expected, Cristiano Ronaldo is the 2013 Ballon d’Or winner, finishing ahead of Franck Ribery and Lionel Messi in the voting for FIFA’s most prestigious individual award, given to him for a fantastic individual season with Real Madrid and Portugal, even though he didn’t win a single team title.
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NFL Playoffs – Who Made it to the Conference Championship Game
The Final Four of the NFL for the 2013 season is set, with the AFC presenting the Manning-Brady rivalry once again for the conference championship in a rematch between the Denver Broncos and the New England Patriots, while the NFC has two teams from the same conference, which is going to be the third game this season between the Seattle Seahawks and the San Francisco 49ers.
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Chargers vs Broncos – Better But Not Enough
Recent and ancient history between the San Diego Chargers and Peyton Manning made no difference. The Denver Broncos didn’t play a perfect game but good and smart enough to get by and past a tricky rival, getting to the AFC Championship game by using the same tactics their rivals tried to pull on them in the past.
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New England Patriots – Better When Tom Brady Doesn’t Throw Touchdowns
There’s been a theory running around for years that the New England Patriots have stopped winning Super Bowls the moment they stopped becoming a team with a good quarterback into Tom Brady the superstar and his group of teammates. His 0 touchdown performance in the playoff win over the Indianapolis Colts and the team’s record with him in games when he doesn’t throw touchdown passes proves the same point.