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How Much Does Attendance Help NBA Teams Win at Home
The Dallas Mavericks and the Chicago Bulls bring in more fans each night than anyone else in the league, but the best home records belong to the Oklahoma City Thunder and the San Antonio Spurs. What’s the connection between home advantage and the attendance numbers?
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Andrew Luck is the Right Choice for the Indianapolis Colts
The Indianapolis Colts have a difficult decision to make, involving business with emotion, which is never good, but the option they should take is clear – Andrew Luck from Stanford as their next (hopeful) franchise quarterback, and let Peyton Manning find his second Super Bowl ring somewhere else.
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Minnesota Timberwolves as N’ Sync For a Day
Kevin Love as Justin Timberlake? Probably not the greatest comparison, although I think JT is a decent basketball player. Not a double double monster like Love, who had some impressive moments during the 2012 All Star game, but we do know for sure that Love is no singer.
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On LeBron James and NBA Clutch Shooting This Season
LeBron James gave up on the final shot in the All-Star game, but his clutch shooting numbers haven’t been exactly stellar this season, so maybe he knew what he was doing. Shooting without anyone to restrain you, a-la Kobe Bryant, doesn’t always help your team, while having a Durant-Westbrook combo to share the load seems like the best idea.
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When the Carling Cup Does Matter
Liverpool needed some penalty kicks drama to beat Cardiff and win the Carling Cup, their 8th successful visit to the competition’s final, with the Gerrard family in the eye of the storm, while taking the bigger, Macro kind of view on things, it doesn’t really matter for a club like Kenny Dalglish remembers from the great days.
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Another All-Star Game, Another Kobe Bryant Record
Kobe Bryant didn’t win the MVP, but he got what he wanted from the 2012 All-Star game. Setting records is something of a quest for Bryant, and breaking Michael Jodan’s record for most points in the All-Star games was on his mind all night, while Kevin Durant led the West to the win, winning the MVP, while LeBron James, who was just as good, came up just short for the East.
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There’s Only One Team in North London (Arsenal vs Tottenham)
Arsenal and Arsene Wenger are navigating through a terrible season in their standards, but their 5-2 win over Tottenham in the North London Derby, in their best display of the season with Theo Walcott scoring twice to cap off a comeback from 0-2 down will undoubtedly raise the spirits back to normal among Gunners fans, at least for a week or so.
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Is Devon Alexander the Next Great Welterweight?
Devon Alexander didn’t win a title belt, but he looked so impressive by beating Marcos Maidana as the two made their first venture into Welterweight, and bigger fights and nice, shiny alphabet belts are certainly waiting for him in the near future.
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A Boring Winner (Jeremy Evans) for a Boring Competition (Dunk Contest)
Jeremy Evans did impress us by jumping over Gordon Haywood and dunking two balls, but the dunk contest just lacks any kind of star power, even being overshadowed by the three-point competition with Kevin Love and Kevin Durant, and will remain a bit boring as long as big names continue to avoid entering.