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An Open Love Letter to Candace Parker
Dear Candace,I just wanted to congratulate you on winning WNBA Rookie of the Year and MVP this season. You're the new Wes Unseld. As a player, you remind me of a young Kevin Garnett, only more aggressive offensively...
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As the NFL Turns: Life Without Tom Brady
Is it just me, or does the NFL kind of suck without Tom Brady? The Golden Boy went down eight minutes into the regular season, and three weeks of football have since passed. Anthony Wilson is finding the NFL a more middling league without Sir Tom on the f
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The Belly of the Upset
It always hits hard.The No. 1 ranked USC Trojans lost on the road to the Oregon State Beavers by a score of 27-21 Thursday night. Anthony Wilson tells what it means.
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USC-Ohio State: A Tale of Two Teams
Few people were surprised when USC thrashed Ohio State last night. According to Anthony Wilson, that's only half of the problem.
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Is the New England Patriots' Dynasty Over?
Anthony Wilson is waiting until Tom Brady's MRI comes back before he rushes to judgment, but he can't help but feel that New England's dynasty was already over, even before Brady went down yesterday.
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The NBA's 25 Best Players
Have you been scouring the Internet, looking for a list of the 25 best players in the NBA. Well then, you are in luck. Anthony Wilson unveils his list of the best players in the league today.
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New England Patriots Will Be Back in '08
While he was once filled with anxiety and doubt, Anthony Wilson has turned a new leaf and has faith that the 2008 NE Patriots will not be tainted by last year's upset.
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USA's "Redeem Team" Passes With Flying Colors
Anthony Wilson explains why the Men's US Redeem Team deserves their title.
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Kobe Bryant's Critics Are Unnecessary
Anthony Wilson wasn't going to write about Kobe Bryant for the rest of the summer, but after seeing the undue abuse that Kobe is taking, he could not stand idly by.
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Make or break season for Bush in '08
A couple of weeks ago, one of the Fox Sports Net channels was showing USC legend Reggie Bush's most jawdropping collegiate performance: Nov 19, 2005, versus Fresno State, at the Coliseum, the eleventh game ofReggie's Heisman Trophy-winning junior year. 2
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I'll be Watching Kobe in the Olympics
In a shocking turn of events, I'll be watching next month's Olympic basketball tournament with a vested interest.Pre-2007, I had only followed Team USA-related proceedings with sporadic, exceedingly half-hearted curiousity. In other words, I didn't reall
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Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer: Wimbledon Final Breeds Two Champions
"No one will forget what you did here today."- Boxing trainer Eddie Hutch to his objecting fighter, Joe Frazier, before throwing in the towel in the Thrilla in ManillaAs Roger Federer was fighting back from down two sets to force a fifth against Rafael Na
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The Clips are coming to take the town! Whooooooo, I'm so scared
By swiping Baron Davis off of the free agent market Tuesday night, the Clippers officially announced their presence in the Wild West and put pressure on the Lakers for the title of Best Team In Los Angeles.(*sound of tires screeching*)Whoa, whoa, whoa. W
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Kobe, Kobe, Kobe
Poor Kobe. I was gonna wait until the dust settled on last night's massacre before I gave my piece, so I could guage from which angle I would attack it, but who was I kidding: Kobe is ALWAYS the story.We could talk about the Celtics defense, which cement
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Kobe can never be like Mike
The more I watch Kobe Bryant rip through the NBA playoffs, the more drawn I become to the idea that he has become a little bit better basketball player than Michael Jordan. If you use your eyes, and you're not wearing Jordan-colored sunglasses, you can s
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The Strangest Thing
Question: If the Western Conference was really so tough, why did the Lakers just get finished going 12-3 throughout it's playoff?Answer: These Lakers are kind of awesome.They beat the Spurs Thursday night, 100-92, at the Staples Center, to close out their
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Kobe's got the game beat
Mastery of anything is rare.One day maybe I'll master this writing thing. Or drawing. The chances of either happening are both so highly improbable that it borders on the impossible. I did once master NBA 2K3 (for the PS2). I realized that there was o
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Hornets not ready yet, Spurs will win Game 7
"If anything in this life is certain, if history has taught us anything, it's that you can kill anyone."Sorry to go all Simmons on you, but I'm sure you all recognize that quote, from "The Godfather Part II," when Michael disputes Tom's assertion that it
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Behind Kobe, Lakers are ready to be champions
Wow. That was even easier than I thought it'd be.Coming into their best-of-seven series, I figured the Lakers were 80% better than the Nuggets, and thus would dispatch of them in five games. Of course, this is the same Lakers team that lost consecutive
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Kobe's greatest playoff hits
49 points, 10 assists, 18-of-27 shooting, tons of smack talk and cockiness, and enough theatrics for a performance on Broadway - that was Kobe last night. And it got me to thinking: What is Kobe Bryant's greatest playoff performance? Well, I'll give you
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Lakers ironic season should win Kobe MVP
It's a funny thing about MVP's. Not just in the NBA, but in every sport. Virtually every year, there's more than one guy who deserves the award. But only one can win it. And so the question becomes, Who is the most deserving, and the answer to that qu
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Lakers-Nuggets First Round Preview
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A Toast to Mr. Ewing
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Seeing through Rose-colored glasses
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The Talented Mr. Beasley
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