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Dwight Howard Impressive in Laker Debut Despite Preseason Loss
Prior to the tip-off of Sunday night's game, much of the hype was surrounding Dwight Howard 's debut with the Lakers —the re-commencement of a tradition of great big men who ...
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Michael Vick: Philadelphia Eagles Have a Chance of Developing a 'Dynasty'
For Philadelphia Eagles fans, there is nothing more familiar, and frightening, than preseason optimism...
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Dear Dwight Howard: An Open Letter from a Wary LA Laker Fan
Dear Dwight Howard , I hope you enjoyed your time at Chavez Ravine last night. I hope you enjoyed the fans' reception, your luxury suite, the spinning salad at Lawry's on La Cienega and your ice cream at Sprinkles on South Santa Monica...
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Lakers' Metta World Peace Faces Possible Suspension for Elbow on Harden
It was the cheap shot heard 'round the world. Late in the second quarter of the Lakers -Thunder thriller Sunday, Metta World Peace threw down a gorgeous flush on Serge Ibaka...
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Could Russell Westbrook's Selfishness Kill the OKC Thunder's Title Run?
Last night's game between the first-place Oklahoma City Thunder and the Los Angeles Clippers will be remembered for one thing: three minutes into the third quarter, Blake Griffin ...
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2012 NBA MVP Prediction: Kevin Durant Looks to Dethrone Rose and LeBron James
So it's that time of the year again. The NBA season sputtered to a start after absolutely grueling labor negotiations. There's basketball in America, and I can finally put the noose and chair away, and get back to attempting to predict the MVP...
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2011 NBA Trade Rumors: Lakers Looking to Land Chris Paul and Dwight Howard
According to ESPN's NBA insider Chris Broussard, the Los Angeles Lakers are reportedly interested in adding both Chris Paul and Dwight Howard to complement Kobe Bryant for the upcoming lockout-shortened 2011-2012 NBA Season...
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2011 NFL Thanksgiving: Detroit Lions vs. Green Bay Packers Preview & Prediction
As is the tradition on Thanksgiving Day, the Detroit Lions will be playing tomorrow, but the Lions look to do something they haven't done in seven previous attempts: win on Thanksgiving...
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Tim Tebow: How I Learned to Stop Hating and Began Embracing Tebow
It crept up on me, through my Facebook news feed. One of my Christian friends posted a video with the comment that Tim Tebow had responded to Jake Plummer's pointed criticism of Tebow's ...
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Roger Federer Beats Novak Djokovic: Does Federer Have a Shot vs. Rafael Nadal?
The matchup the tennis world has been hoping for has come into fruition. After a bout of absences from each side intermittently for the past two years, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal will meet in the French Open Final once again...
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French Open 2011: Roger Federer Ends Novak Djokovic's Streak, Advances to Final
After the final point of the match-deciding tiebreak in the 2011 French Open Men's Semifinal, Roger Federer wagged his finger, a la Dikembe Mutombo...
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French Open 2011: 10 Reasons the Final Will Be Roger Federer vs. Rafael Nadal
In a year that all but seems locked up to be Novak Djokovic's coming-out party, the tennis world seems to be forgetting about two members of the tennis "triumvirate"—Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer...
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Roger Federer: 10 Reasons 2011 French Open Win Is a Must for His Legacy
To the tennis world at large, Roger Federer is washed up, a has-been, over the hill and retirement bound. ESPN no longer runs Roger's early exits as surprising, SportsCenter -worthy developments...
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NBA History: Phil Jackson Leaves Lakers, Legacy of Near-Perfection
In any sport, the idea of any team winning an NBA Championship, a World Series, a Stanley Cup 11 times in 20 years is ridiculous...
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2011 NBA Season: The Real March Madness Doesn't Involve a Bracket Until May
It was an interesting question. About this time last year, when I was out of school penning a manuscript, I'd wake up early in the morning, do some stretching, and catch ESPN First Take with my morning coffee...
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LA Lakers vs. Miami Heat: NBA Christmas, Why We Care, and Who Wins
On Christmas I, like every other rabid NBA fan the world over, am not looking forward to unwrapping presents. I am not excited about going to church early in the morning (I don't think that's anything out of the ordinary, actually)...
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Randy Moss Waived By Vikings: Will He Play Where He Wants to Play?
According to various media sources, Randy Moss has reportedly been waived by the Minnesota Vikings. This comes one day after we were allowed to ponder the philosophical, introspective ...
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2011 NBA Season: Is Kobe Bryant's Legacy Doomed To Michael Jordan's Shadow?
As a fan of NBA basketball, I believe myself incredibly lucky to have lived through, and witnessed, the entirety of Kobe Bryant 's career...
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Minnesota Vikings: Moss, Childress and Brett Favre are the Good, Bad and Ugly
Never have we seen so much revealed about a team in one game and a couple post-game interviews, but leave it to the Vikings, who have been amidst so much controversy this season, to do something unexpected this week...
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Donovan McNabb's Departure from Philadelphia: A Lesson Learned
On April 4, 2010, the Philadelphia Eagles traded Donovan McNabb to the divisional rival Washington Redskins . Unlike many Eagle fans, McNabb didn't grow on me; I loved him from the start...
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LeBron James, Or How I Learned To Stop Hating and Embrace The King
So you're probably getting wind of LeBron's Q-rating taking a George W. Bush-esque fall from grace (remember, Dubya had a Gallup Poll approval rating higher than 90% following 9/11)...
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2011 NBA Season Preview: The Kobe, LeBron, Wade, or Durant Question
So for those of you who missed me, I apologize. I'm back, and you can thank my mother for this opinion piece. She suggested it. Not joking...
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Brett Favre Retires, but Viking Nation Should Stay Optimistic
So Brett Favre told Minnesota that he is, indeed, retiring. Then again, he told us he was through a bunch of times. You've heard it before...
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NBA 2011 Projected Playoff Seedings: Eastern Conference
The last time a team from the Eastern Conference won the NBA Finals was the Boston Celtics in 2008, when they defeated the Los Angeles Lakers in six games...
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Tyreke Evans Will Drag The Kings to the NBA Playoffs in 2011
The city of Sacramento is known to Southern Californians such as myself for a couple unflattering things: housing the (inherently) incompetent Governator, and the Sacramento Kings losing to the L...