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Celtics Send Bulls Back to the Drawing Board

The Celtics sent the Bulls home back to Chicago on Saturday. Should they have their heads down? Hell no. They played a great seven game series against the defending champs. How many overtime games were there? Six...

Written by Alex Lapenia about 7 months ago 162 reads 2 comments
Time To Jump on the Dallas Mavericks Bandwagon?

Raise your hand if you thought San Antonio had this series in the bag. I sure did. Maybe I was a bit naive, but what happened to the no-nonsense Spurs team that I have come to love, deep down ...

Written by Alex Lapenia about 7 months ago 376 reads 13 comments
Can He Be Like Mike? LJ The Next MJ?

There's no doubt in my mind or in anyone's who knows anything about basketball that, LeBron James is a gifted basketball player. Actually, he's a darn good one. He might be the best right now...

Written by Alex Lapenia about 7 months ago 36 reads 2 comments
Are You a Good Or A Bad Fan? How Much Is Too Much?

Now please don't get me wrong, I am a fan and I will only root for my team, no questions asked there. But, sometimes people take it too far, almost to a point where things can get hostile...

Written by Alex Lapenia about 7 months ago 47 reads 0 comments
Who Would Be in Your Rotation?

I hope the picture got your attention! And if you're reading this it did! If you could have any pitcher in your starting rotation who would you pick? Would you take a guy strictly because ...

Written by Alex Lapenia about 7 months ago 62 reads 0 comments
Starting Five: Who Would You Have?

If you could have any five players in the NBA start for you, who would you have? Keep in mind, they have to be currently in the league right now, and they would be your starting five for years ...

Written by Alex Lapenia about 7 months ago 289 reads 16 comments
When The Smoke Clears Who Will Be On Top? Round 1

With the 2009 NBA playoffs just getting underway, it's tough to try to see who will end up where, but we're going to try our best here...

Written by Alex Lapenia about 7 months ago 141 reads 3 comments
The Atlanta Falcons Don't Need To Rebuild, It's Already Done

The Hotlanta Falcons are back and it's not by mistake. They sit atop of their division with a 4-2 record and are actually in a three-way tie with Tampa Bay and North Carolina...

Written by Alex Lapenia about about 1 year ago 126 reads 4 comments
Miami Dolphins Vault Back into the NFL

The Dolphins were the laughing stock of the league in 2007, winning only one game the entire season. You could say that this season has already been a step up, as they've doubled their win column from last year already...

Written by Alex Lapenia about about 1 year ago 742 reads 5 comments
The Chicago Cubs Go Back To the Drawing Board

Signing overseas talent Kosuke Fukudome to a long term deal, sending away young prospects for big arm pitcher Rich Harden, adding a veteran bat in Jim Edmonds and the consistent bat of Reed Johnson have all added up to a first round exit in the playoffs..

Written by Alex Lapenia about about 1 year ago 696 reads 11 comments
Time to Jump On The Dodgers Band Wagon?

Let's be honest here, many of us before the playoffs started on Wednesday, already wrote off the Los Angeles Dodgers...

Written by Alex Lapenia about about 1 year ago 804 reads 4 comments
The Chicago Cubs Still Can't get it Done in Wrigley

Game two is in the books and the Cubs have once again choked. The Cubs are throwing away their season with the way they've been playing against the Dodgers...

Written by Alex Lapenia about about 1 year ago 237 reads 0 comments
Detroit and St. Louis Have Had Better Fantasy Days

Is it worth to have anybody from Detroit on your team? How about St. Louis? Besides the obvious of Steven Jackson, and Tory Holt on the Rams, and Detroit's Calvin Johnson, and the halfback tandem of Rudi Johnson/Kevin Smith...

Written by Alex Lapenia about about 1 year ago 71 reads 0 comments
Sloppy Play Leads To a Dodger Victory

It didn't matter what the Cubs did because the Dodgers could do no wrong. The Dodgers had a convincing 7-2 win over the home town Chicago Cubs, and silenced Wrigleyville...

Written by Alex Lapenia about about 1 year ago 80 reads 0 comments
Hate Him or Love Him Terrell Owens Is The Man

Terrell Owens antics have made headline news all over the nation, "That's my quarterback, man." "Getcha Popcorn" and so on and so forth. But this popcorn eating son of a gun whether you like him or not is one of the best wide receivers of his time...

Written by Alex Lapenia about about 1 year ago 112 reads 0 comments
Rashard Mendenhall Good Enough To "Bury" His Hype?

Rashard Mendenhall will take majority of the snaps this week for the injured Willie Parker against a very tough Baltimore Ravens defense. Now, I "know" Rashard from personal experience; I went to Jr...

Written by Alex Lapenia about about 1 year ago 311 reads 1 comments
Time to Jump on the Jay Cutler Bandwagon

That's right folks, it may be time to jump on the bandwagon, and not necessarily the Broncos', but Denver's young stud quarterback Jay Cutler. There's no arguing that it is early in the season...

Written by Alex Lapenia about about 1 year ago 685 reads 6 comments
Don't Put the Pats in the Past

The Patriots just got their butts handed to them. By the Dolphins. Yes, the Dolphins, and if memory serves me correctly a year ago they were "destroyed" by the Patriots. But let's not get away from ourselves here...

Written by Alex Lapenia about about 1 year ago 394 reads 6 comments
""Why You Should Not Sing The National Anthem In Falsetto""

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOFEcVsWJJQ Please check out this link, I was browsing on yahoo, and the headline "Why you should not sing the National Anthem in falsetto" I clicked on it and this video (the one above) was playing...

Written by Alex Lapenia about about 1 year ago 143 reads 0 comments
Jack Cust: Strike Out King of the AL

You're probably wondering from the picture if Jack Cust hit a homer, or a double to deep center field, or, hell, if he even just got a base hit. But don't be alarmed, Jack Cust is probably striking out again...

Written by Alex Lapenia about about 1 year ago 446 reads 4 comments
Do You Really Hate the White Sox? Or Is It Ozzie Guillen and AJ Pierzynski?

I'm a huge Cubs fan. I live on the North Side, which is only about 20 minutes away from Wrigley on a good day with no traffic on the highway, and it's not a bad train ride, either, on the red line...

Written by Alex Lapenia about about 1 year ago 325 reads 9 comments
Dear Al Davis, Please Leave Now

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Written by Alex Lapenia about about 1 year ago 264 reads 3 comments
Will Kerry Wood Be the Chicago Cubs' Closer Next Year?

We all know that Kerry Wood has been a dedicated and committed player to the Chicago Cubs' organization. Along with fellow ace Mark Prior, he was the face of the franchise for five years (1998-2003)...

Written by Alex Lapenia about about 1 year ago 382 reads 7 comments

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Alex Lapenia Article Archive

Celtics Send Bulls Back to the Drawing Board

Time To Jump on the Dallas Mavericks Bandwagon?

Can He Be Like Mike? LJ The Next MJ?

Are You a Good Or A Bad Fan? How Much Is Too Much?

Who Would Be in Your Rotation?

Starting Five: Who Would You Have?

When The Smoke Clears Who Will Be On Top? Round 1

The Atlanta Falcons Don't Need To Rebuild, It's Already Done

Miami Dolphins Vault Back into the NFL

The Chicago Cubs Go Back To the Drawing Board

Time to Jump On The Dodgers Band Wagon?

The Chicago Cubs Still Can't get it Done in Wrigley

Detroit and St. Louis Have Had Better Fantasy Days

Sloppy Play Leads To a Dodger Victory

Hate Him or Love Him Terrell Owens Is The Man

Rashard Mendenhall Good Enough To "Bury" His Hype?

Time to Jump on the Jay Cutler Bandwagon

Don't Put the Pats in the Past

""Why You Should Not Sing The National Anthem In Falsetto""

Jack Cust: Strike Out King of the AL

Do You Really Hate the White Sox? Or Is It Ozzie Guillen and AJ Pierzynski?

Dear Al Davis, Please Leave Now

Will Kerry Wood Be the Chicago Cubs' Closer Next Year?

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