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4 Ways the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Can Sneak into the Playoffs This Season
After a disastrous start to the season where they couldn't score or gain any momentum, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers finally seemed to figure it out. They won four games in a row, averaging 34...
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Chicago Cubs Trade Scenarios: 4 Ideal Trades for Theo Epstein & Co.
It just got worse for the Cubs in 2012. Things were supposed to be different coming off of a 71-91 season under manager Mike Quade, but Dale Sveum couldn't do much better in leading ...
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8 Most Fragile NFL Players
Great NFL players know their most valuable asset to their team is availability. It doesn't matter how talented or gifted a star happens to be, if he can't get on the field then there is very little that he can do to help the team...
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Week 13 Waiver Wire: Impact Players Who Will Finish the Season Strong
It's that time of year in fantasy football. You're either in the hunt for your league's title, or you've fallen behind, left to ponder what went wrong. For those of you still in the running, the pressure has been ramped up several notches...
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USC Football: Plenty of Positives Following Loss to Notre Dame
The USC Trojans opened the college football season at No. 1 in the polls—just ahead of defending national champion Alabama—and shouldering expectations of a return to glory after tough NCAA sanctions...
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4 Areas Klay Thompson Must Improve on This Season
There's little doubting that Klay Thompson has thus far lived up to his billing as the 11th overall pick in the 2011 NBA Draft...
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5 MLB Teams That Should Pursue Edwin Jackson This Offseason
Edwin Jackson must be getting tired. Maybe he just likes traveling the country. Whatever it is, the MLB 's clearest example of a journeyman player could be on the move once again...
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4 Reasons the Ravens Defense Must Step Up to Be Considered Super Bowl Contenders
The Baltimore Ravens have been kicking themselves for months. They had a Super Bowl appearance in their grasp last season until Lee Evans dropped a perfect throw in the corner of ...
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Grading the Top 10 College Football Defenses Heading into Week 13
College football is full of high-flying offenses and video game numbers, but there's a constant that remains true despite what any other stat says: defense wins championships...
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Johnny Manziel: How Aggies Star Can Lock Up Heisman Trophy Against Missouri
When Texas A&M joined the SEC, it remained to be seen whether or not the move would pay off on the field...
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4 NBA Teams That Will Be Most Active in Trade Talks This Season
The NBA season is barely a month old and, to the surprise of most fans, there seems to be more parity than many people expected. The Memphis Grizzlies have risen in the West and the Miami Heat have yet to take control of the East...
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4 Starting Pitchers the Washington Nationals Must Pursue This Offseason
The Washington Nationals rode their pitching to the best record in the majors last season. Davey Johnson's young squad posted the second-best team ERA in baseball and had a starting five that rivaled some of the best in the game...
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Fantasy Football Sleepers Week 11: Underrated Players Who Will Have Huge Impact
It's crunch time in fantasy football. The playoffs are approaching and your chance of winning a league title could be decided by the critical waiver-wire pickup who helps you win by one point...
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Alabama Football: Why Crimson Tide Will Still Win BCS Title
Nick Saban has created something truly special in Tuscaloosa. It's not every day that a team is beaten at home with less than a third of the college football season left to play and still has legitimate hopes to make a run at a national championship...
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4 Reasons Damian Lillard Will Eventually Make Trail Blazers Playoff Contenders
Damian Lillard was near the top of a lot of preseason rookie of the year ballots, but he has done his part thus far to raise expectations even higher. Through six games, the Portland Trail Blazers' 22-year-old rookie has averaged 18...
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5 Reasons the Tampa Bay Rays Should Try Trading James Shields This Offseason
Trade talk and free agency will soon be the big stories of the MLB offseason and the Tampa Bay Rays have a huge decision to make that could impact the direction of the franchise...
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5 Areas in Which the Cleveland Browns Are Showing Signs of Improvement
The Cleveland Browns play for arguably the most snake-bitten fanbase in the entire NFL . The rabid fans who make their way to the stadium every Sunday willing to cheer for a team that hasn't sniffed success in a decade...
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Gerald Wallace Injury: Update on Brooklyn Nets Star's Status Against Miami Heat
The Brooklyn Nets entered 2012 with high hopes following an offseason which included moving to a new stadium and signing several star players in free agency...
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Start 'Em Sit 'Em Week 10: 5 Quarterbacks Who Are Must-Start
It's Week 10 in the NFL , and that means that it's time for the contenders to really show their colors and separate from the pretenders. It also means that your fantasy football league has clearly defined winners and losers as well...
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3 NBA Rookies Who Wish They Spent Another Year in College
The NBA ruled several years ago that players needed to enroll in a year at college before going to the pros. This prevented players from following in the steps of Kevin Garnett and Kobe Bryant and entering the league straight from high school...
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3 Reasons Stephen Curry's Extension Was a Risky Move by the Warriors
The Golden State Warriors inked star point guard Stephen Curry to a four-year contract extension on Wednesday, locking up their franchise cornerstone for the foreseeable future...
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Los Angeles Lakers: The Biggest Issue for LA This Season
Listening to the media after the Lakers ' 99-91 loss to the Dallas Mavericks , you would have thought the world was coming to an end...
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Auburn Football: Biggest Disappointments in Tigers' Season
To call 2012 a disappointment for Auburn football would be a severe understatement. The Tigers were unranked to start the year, but no one in Auburn, Alabama, expected the team to be 1-7 eight weeks into the season...
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Boston Celtics vs. Miami Heat: Why Season-Opener Is Huge for Both Teams
After the Miami Heat raise their second championship banner to the rafters of American Airlines Arena tonight, a basketball game will commence that pits arguably the top two teams in the Eastern Conference against one another...
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3 Reasons the Oregon Ducks Will Prove They Deserve to Be No. 1 vs. USC
When the latest BCS standings came out, Oregon had kept steady at No. 4 despite a 70-14 win over Colorado. Fans of the Ducks are worried that the powerhouse's national title hopes are in jeopardy due to a soft schedule...
