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Euro 2012, Day 4: 5 Takeaways from Group D Round 1
On Day Four of Euro 2012 , a team won, a team lost and a team left points on the table. Also, England played. Monday’s unveiling of Group D did little to separate contenders from pretenders...
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Euro 2012 Day 3: 5 Takeaways from Group C Round 1
At another European Championship, Group C might have been the Group of Death. Composed of defending champion Spain, heraldic Italy, crafty Croatia and spirited Ireland, Group C is as stacked as it gets...
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Euro 2012 Day 2: 5 Takeaways from Group B Round 1
After the action and controversy of Opening Day, Day Two of Euro 2012 provided fewer goals, but perhaps more intrigue...
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Euro 2012 Day 1: 5 Takeaways from Opening Day
Two goals, two red cards, a saved penalty and beards. Lots of beards. And that was just game one of day one, the opening fixture between Poland and Greece that served to dramatically usher in Euro 2012 ...
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Everton FC: 5 Toffees to Watch at Euro 2012
Are you an Everton supporter in need of a rooting interest at Euro 2012? Can you not bring yourself to root for an English side full of Reds? Are you an American neutral eager to ...
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Everton Player Grades for the 2011-12 Season
With only one fixture left in the 2011-12 Premiership season, it might be a good time to hand out some end-of-the-year grades. It’s been a campaign of two halves for this iteration of Everton Football Club...
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Transfer Rumors: Picking an Everton Starting XI to Include Clint Dempsey
Rumor has it that Everton plan to go in for Fulham ’s star attacker Clint Dempsey over the summer. Why the Toffees want him is obvious; how they plan to nab him is less so...
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10 Least-Plausible Big-Name Transfer Rumors
Ah, transfer rumors. Ephemeral, transient and often inaccurate, they’re always a great way to kill time between games...
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Shabazz Muhammad Commits to UCLA: Why the Bruins Are Now Pac-12 Favorites
Bruin Fans: You don’t need to pinch yourselves. It’s not a dream. Shabazz Muhammad , perhaps the nation’s best offensive prospect in the country, really is coming to Westwood ...
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Everton FC: 10 Reasons to Believe Blues Can Lift the FA Cup
After dispatching Sunderland 4-0 at Goodison Park this weekend, Everton turn their focus to a heavily anticipated FA Cup fixture with rival Liverpool ...
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Premier League: Predicting All 20 Club's Finishing Positions
With seven games remaining in the 2011-2012 Premier League season (eight if you’re Aston Villa or Bolton), the final standings are starting to take shape. It’s been a season of few surprises...
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Premier League: 1 Youth Player Each Side Will Promote Next Season
With the top Premiership clubs spending cash on big-money transfers like it was going out of style, we often forget that sometimes the best option for talent infusion lies within rather than without...
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Everton vs. Sunderland: 6 Key Battles to Watch in FA Cup Quarterfinal
Well, now this really needs to work. David Moyes made a mighty gamble by capitulating the Merseyside derby before kickoff, and now fans expect that gamble to pay off...
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Everton FC: 10 Things That Would Change with a New Owner
Perhaps the largest challenge facing Everton Football Club in the years to come will not be on the pitch, but off it...
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UCLA Basketball: The Bruins' Road to a Pac-12 Tournament Title
As a direct result of their disappointing regular season, UCLA now has but one chance to make it into the Big Dance—win the Pac-12 tournament...
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QPR vs. Everton: 10 Bold Predictions for Loftus Road
With fresh legs and squad brimming with in-form, confident players, Everton take their show on the road this weekend; Loftus Road to be exact...
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UCLA Basketball Sports Illustrated Scandal: Why Change Must Come to Westwood
As if this season wasn’t punishment enough, we now have George Dohrmann’s damning exposé of Bruins basketball to contend with. After reading it, it’s hard to imagine how the state of the program could get much worse...
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Everton Transfer Rumors: 6 Foreign Players Who Could Arrive This Summer
While things are still financially grim at Everton Football Club, there’s reason to be optimistic about their immediate future, both on the pitch and off. The Toffees are in the midst of their best run of form in 2012...
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UCLA Basketball: The 10 Greatest Players of the Steve Lavin Era
Former UCLA head coach Steve Lavin is on everyone's minds again after his St. Johns squad dismissed the Bruins from Madison Square Garden, 66-63...
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6 Candidates to Replace David Moyes as Everton Manager
The Premiership coaching carousel has started up again, and Everton ’s own David Moyes could be on the move...
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Everton Transfers: 6 Summer Targets to Improve David Moyes' Starting XI
The January transfer window has finally closed, and for the most part, Everton made out well. For David Moyes, his shopping list was all crossed off. Goal-scoring striker? Check...
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UCLA Basketball: Why the Bruins Can't Win on the Road
For a team that will have essentially played on the road for the entire 2011-12 season, you would expect UCLA to perform much better away from "home...
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Everton FC: 10 Steps to Get the Glory Days Back
It’s premature to think that Everton ’s glory days are back after a shocking 1-0 upset of league-leading Manchester City ...
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Everton vs. Fulham: 10 Bold Predictions for FA Cup 4th Round Tie
With the League title all but out of reach at this point, Everton should set their sights on the FA Cup as their last chance at Premiership hardware...
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UCLA Basketball: Why Defense Is the Key to Bruins Turning Around Their Season
Ever since Ben Howland took over the UCLA basketball program, he has aimed to make one word forever synonymous with his tenure: Defense...