All Edited Articles
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Raptors' Road Record is Really Rotten
On the road, losing with the Raptors. Their road record is now 2-7. To be fair to Toronto, the NBA handed them a very tough opening road schedule against eight Western Conference clubs to start the season...
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Yoann Gourcuff, Bordeaux Emerge From Group of Death
Prevailing media will usually cling to its most profitable darlings. They supply what is demanded: the what's-what on Man United, the latest bickering between managers, polls about Ronaldo, anything to breed divide between Barcelona and Real Madrid...
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Week 12 NFL Power Rankings
1. Indianapolis Colts (10-0) If there was a PhD in football, Peyton Manning would have one. He is the master of making big plays with two minutes left, and he now has 3,171 yards and 21 TDs on the season...
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Shaquille O'Neal Pays For Girl's Funeral: A True Thanksgiving Moment
While Shaquille O'Neal is one of the most successful active NBA players, he never seems to sacrifice his character and personality through the fame and recognition...
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Overeem to Face Fedor: Over-Juiced, Overrated, and Out of His Mind
Alistair Overeem, otherwise known as the "Rapidly Expanding Man," has challenged Fedor Emelianenko to face him in an MMA event, preferably to take place in April of 2010...
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Carmelo Anthony: The Most Difficult Matchup in the NBA
Conversations about the best pure scorer in the NBA always start with the usual suspects: Kobe Bryant, Dwyane Wade, and LeBron James are almost always the unanimous choices and, more often than not, dominate the discussions...
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San Jose Sharks: 7-2 Loss Reminds Fans of April Showers
When a club scores three short-handed goals in a single game, the opposing team isn't going to win. But when the three "shorties" build a 3-0 lead and the second two come on the same power-play, the morale of the opposing team can sink no lower
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San Diego Padres Notes: Mike Cameron, Kevin Correia, Chase Headley
With the Winter Meetings just around the corner, the San Diego Padres are in a position to possibly make a few moves to turn this team into a contender in the National League's West Division...
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Players to Watch: America East Conference
With the college basketball season rolling back around, I thought it would be good to take a look at some players who have big roles this year, conference by conference. This is the first of many for the “Players to Watch” segment...
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Six Things to Be Thankful For in the Big 12 North
When family and friends come together on Thanksgiving, many give thanks to good health, a good job, and a happy family. Today, give thanks to what has been an already exciting four months of football and basketball in the Big 12 North...
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For Auburn and Alabama, Nov. 27 Is the Real New Year's Day
The new year: a time of reflection, evaluation, thankfulness, and most importantly, a new outlook on the year ahead. There's a rumor going around that New Year's Day is on Jan. 1...
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LA Confidential: Dodgers Owner Frank McCourt Is Running Out of Money
I was foolishly under the impression that things couldn’t get any murkier for the Los Angeles Dodgers front office...
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Put Me In, Coach: Francois Beauchemin Flourishing As Shut-Down Defender
The stage doesn't get much bigger than CBC's Hockey Night in Canada in Toronto on Saturday night. Add in a matchup against the game's most explosive player, Alexander Ovechkin, and you've got ...
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Exclusive Interview with Marco Chiudinelli
After suffering a slew of injuries during the 2008 season, Swiss player Marco Chiudinelli has put forth an onslaught of great results during his 2009 campaign...
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Takin' a T/O Wth BT: Anton Stralman's Success Against the Numbers Game
Simply put: Numbers games suck. Granted, "suck" isn’t the most gracious word to use for that, but it fits doesn’t it? The word "suck" is ugly and harsh—exactly what numbers games are...
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Alan Trammell, Lou Whitaker, Larry Walker, and the Hall of Fame
Alan Trammell, Lou Whitaker, and Larry Walker. Three players, one amazing double-play combo, one excellent hitter. Larry Walker was constantly disrespected by sportswriters and assorted idiots ...
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Meet Your Boxing Community Leader: KING J
Meet your Bleacher Report Boxing Community Leader: KING J. KING J is one of the top columnists in the sport of boxing and is a featured columnist...
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An Amazing Story From Highland High School in Salt Lake City, UT
While I did not write this article—it was written by Amy Donaldson of the Deseret News in Utah—it moved me too much to not try and share it. The image was taken by Kristin Murphy, also of the Deseret News ...
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UCLA-USC Preview: A Crosstown War Renewed
For many football fans in America's second largest city, this is the only game that matters. This Saturday at the Coliseum, the UCLA Bruins will meet their crosstown enemies, the USC Trojans, ...
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Nebraska-Colorado: A Rivalry That Never Really Happened
Oh, the hopes were there. Shortly after the Big 12 conference was established, the powers that be decided that the Thanksgiving game, which had long since been reserved for Oklahoma as the Big 8 conference, would be switched to Colorado in 1996...
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Panthers' Ville Koistinen Clears Waivers; Is Trade With Toronto on the Horizon?
Happy Thanksgiving everyone, and especially to Ville Koistinen that just cleared waivers... Despite being waived, he’s going to be spending Thanksgiving here in South Florida rather than in Rochester of the AHL, for the time being anyway...
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Don't Underestimate Pacquiao's Ring IQ
In an article by the Pacman himself in Philboxing.com, he articulated that psychological warfare and intelligence are as important as strength in the sport of boxing...
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Andy Murray Defeats Fernando Verdasco in Three Set Epic
Barclays ATP World Tour Final—London Home country hero Andy Murray prevailed in strong fashion during his final round robin match on Thursday, outlasting a determined and hard-hitting effort by Spaniard Fernando Verdasco...
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Iowa Defensive Back David Cato Injured in Car Accident
Iowa sophomore safety David Cato was involved in a two-vehicle collision around 10:00 a.m this past Sunday, according to Oklahoma Highway Patrolmen...
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Top 10 Embarrassments in the NFL
There are some things that are just inexcusable. Here's ten of them. There are some things that red-blooded football fans can't stand. These are all meant for debating with your fellow fans and non-fans alike...
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Four Down, Six to Go: Can the Tennessee Titans Run the Table?
Initially, Chris Johnson's prediction that he and his Tennessee Titans would win the remainder of their games seemed like a pipe dream...
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Top 15 Twins Prospects: #15: Deolis Guerra
The Minnesota Twins are known throughout the league for their deep minor league organization and uncanny ability to supplement established major-league players with young minor-league talent...
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What This Chicago Fan Is Thankful For
Living in Chicago or being a fan of the city's teams is a love/hate relationship. Given that today is Thanksgiving, here are some of the things the city's sports teams have made me thankful for: Tom Ricketts - Chicago Cubs Owner Now that Tribune Co...
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Come to Think of It: A Chicago Sports Thanksgiving Poem
HAPPY THANKSGIVING Thanks to Tom Ricketts, who purchased the team, Here’s to someday achieving our World Series dream...
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Armageddon Is Coming: An Interview with AFC President Darren Owen
Darren Owen's long-time dream became a reality this past August, as Armageddon Fighting Championships (AFC) held its first event in Victoria, B.C...
