1. Minnesota Wild Have No Excuse Not to Bring Erik Johnson, Zach Parise Home In FA

    This morning I planned to write my long anticipated plea-article about the Minnesota Wild 's need to bring a local face home...

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  2. The End Appears Near for the Thrashers in Atlanta: Is a Move to Winnipeg Next?

    It isn't exactly how I wanted it to happen. Yes, I want Winnipeg, Quebec City, Hamilton, Ontario and Hartford, Connecticut to get NHL teams again, but not this way...

    Joe Mikolai Written by Joe Mikolai about over 1 year ago 2,561 reads 18 comments

  3. Tampa Bay Rays Recover Nicely with Johnny Damon, Manny Ramirez Signings

    Like many people, I was about to hand Tampa Bay fifth in the American League East this upcoming season...

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  4. MLS: Lack Of Big Names, Wild Parity Cause League Not to be Taken Seriously

    Last week I watched the Major League Soccer SuperDraft on ESPN2. Like with any draft in its respective sport, it copied the same format—a table full of front-office executives...

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  5. NFL Playoff Predictions 2011: AFC and NFC Championship Games

    Last week, amazingly I went 2/4 in the divisional round, identical to the wild-card round. Last year, I got exactly 50 percent of my picks right the entire postseason, going 2/4, 2/4 and 1/2 before getting the Super Bowl wrong...

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  6. My Picks For the 2010 NFL Divisional Round of the Playoffs (2nd Round)

    Just like last year, I went two for four in the first round of the NFL playoffs. Saturday November 15 4:30PM EST (6) Green Bay Packers vs...

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  7. NBA Must Lockout and Not Come Back Until They've Reached NFL-Like Parity

    Miami Heat , L.A. Lakers , Boston Celtics , and San Antonio Spurs . Let's be honest. These are the only four teams that have a realistic chance at winning the NBA Championship this June...

    Joe Mikolai Written by Joe Mikolai about over 1 year ago 881 reads 7 comments

  8. Derrek Lee, JJ Hardy, Kevin Gregg and Mark Reynolds: All Signs of Improving O'S

    Going into the 2010 off season, the Baltimore Orioles had seemingly the same needs as they do every off season: first base, shortstop, third base, closer, and starting pitching...

    Joe Mikolai Written by Joe Mikolai about over 1 year ago 1,644 reads 5 comments

  9. 2010 NFL Wildcard Round Playoff Picks

    Disclaimer: Keep in mind based on last year, I am only 50% on my picks each round (look up my archive). I certainly hope this is the case this year since all my picks are the opposite of what I want to happen...

    Joe Mikolai Written by Joe Mikolai about over 1 year ago 4,020 reads 21 comments

  10. Donovan McNabb-Jeff Fisher Combination Could Turn Minnesota Vikings Around

    As we all know, the 2010 Minnesota Vikings largely disappointed. From August 18, when “Selfish Sidney” Rice only then informed the team he would be having hip surgery that ...

    Joe Mikolai Written by Joe Mikolai about over 1 year ago 1,179 reads 6 comments

  11. Could the Rams or Seahawks Actually Win the NFC West With a 10 Loss Season?

    Ever since the NFL split into 8 four-team divisions in 2002, it became evident that the NFC West was unarguably the weakest division...

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  12. Busy Brewers, Orioles, and Nats Lead 80's-Like MLB Resurgence of Small Markets

    As my previous article about the Oakland A’s described the recent activity of these traditionally small-market and to some extent '80s-competitive “super” power ...

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  13. AL West: With a Weaker West, DeJesus & Matsui, Can We Just Give The A's The Division Now?

    I don’t know if you noticed two things, but the Oakland A’s with their ragtag, no-name pitching staff and always-youthful roster somehow stumbled their way to an 81-81 (.500) record last season in the suddenly wide-open American League West...

    Joe Mikolai Written by Joe Mikolai about over 1 year ago 797 reads 10 comments

  14. Minnesota Vikings Must Seize Unique TCF Bank Opportunity To Pitch New Stadium

    "Aw, ready, c'mon and get ready/ Are you ready for some football? A Monday Night Party?/ The Bears and the Vikings better bundle up tight/ 'Cause we're outdoors ...

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  15. Gary Bettman, NHL Use Bully Tactics To Keep Phoenix Coyotes from Move

    October 11, 2009—that's the day news broke that Quebec City mayor Regis Labeaume and others were interested in possibly reviving the NHL in Quebec, and ever since that day I, ...

    Joe Mikolai Written by Joe Mikolai about over 1 year ago 394 reads 16 comments

  16. Edmonton Oilers Moving To Quebec City Not The Right Way to Re-Join NHL

    As reported last week by various Canadian Media outlets including TSN.CA and the Toronto Sun, depending on which side you believe, the Edmonton Oilers either met with Quebec City ...

    Joe Mikolai Written by Joe Mikolai about over 1 year ago 1,160 reads 10 comments

  17. Phoenix Coyotes Have 30 Days Before the NHL's Self Imposed Deadline

    December 31st. We've all heard about the NHL 's supposed self-imposed deadline to keep the financially-strapped Phoenix Coyotes in the desert, a place where they don't belong and never did...

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  18. Edsall May Be a Better Fit, But Could Shannon Go From 'The U" To The U....of M?

    By now we all know former Miami player and coach Randy Shannon was fired. We also know Jon Gruden and Mark Richt have already expressed having no interest in taking over...

    Joe Mikolai Written by Joe Mikolai about over 1 year ago 1,422 reads 3 comments

  19. Hey Cam Newton and Auburn: Enjoy the Accolades Now, Because the Hammer Is Coming

    Tommy Tuberville, Auburn's former coach (how quickly we forget), went 85-40 in his ten seasons on the Plains in Alabama before he was fired after the 2008 season, when War Eagle ...

    Joe Mikolai Written by Joe Mikolai about over 1 year ago 2,772 reads 151 comments

  20. Why Are the Minnesota Wild Winning? Clutterbuck, Burns, Madden and Cullen

    The Minnesota Wild, the state's seemingly only competitive team this year (I mean, let's be honest, who actually didn't expect the Twins to not break our hearts like they do every ...

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  21. Minnesota Timberwolves Must Find Way to Retain Kevin Love and Michael Beasley

    Finally, the Minnesota Timberwolves led off SportsCenter the last two days by doing something positive, and something all Timberwolves fans can be proud of, instead of the usual embarrassment...

    Joe Mikolai Written by Joe Mikolai about over 1 year ago 1,706 reads 12 comments

  22. Thug LeBron James at It Again with His Childish, Elitist Grudges

    Call him what you want, a band wagoner, a loser, a whiner (no, that's not a typo for "winner"), but I just don't like LeBron James or the way the NBA forces himself upon us, the fans and the media...

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  23. 14,895 Reasons For NHL, Gary Bettman to Finally End The Phoenix Coyotes Fraud

    14,895. Attendance at a power-house Division II football game last Saturday? Perhaps the attendance at a football-crazed Texas High School football game last Friday. You know, under the lights? No...

    Joe Mikolai Written by Joe Mikolai about over 1 year ago 1,227 reads 14 comments

  24. NBA 2010-11: Postseason Awards and Predictions

    Eastern Conference Atlantic Division Boston Celtics (53-29) Re-signed Ray Allen and Paul Pierce. Added an aging Shaquille O'Neal and Jermiane O'Neal. Didn't really lose anyone of significance...

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  25. NBA and Contraction: Timberwolves, Memphis, Toronto, New Orleans In Jeopardy?

    Growing up my dad used to tell me that with escalating player salaries, which were out of control back then, he'd like to see each league shut down "for a year or two" to straighten everything out...

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