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Matthew Stafford is Detroit Lion’s Only Hope to Change Culture
Detroit Lions head coach Jim Schwartz is faced with more than just building a team. He has been dealt the job of changing a culture.
It is a culture of losing that has been hovering around Detroit Lions football since the glory days of the 1950s. More...
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Marian Hossa - the Magician
Marian Hossa, the magician, pulls another disappearing act as he banishes to another rival.
Or is that a reference to his 2009 playoff performance as a Detroit Red Wing?
Regardless of what it is, it’s apparent that Mr. Hossa is a business man. After coming oh-so-close to winning a Cup in Pittsburgh after being dealt from Atlanta at the 2008 trade deadline, he signed More...
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Michael Curry Taking Joe Dumars’ Heat
A championship can buy anyone in professional sports some job security, and Joe Dumars is living in that safe haven as we speak.
Architect of the 2004 NBA Champion Detroit Pistons, Dumars masterfully crafted his team. More...
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Grading the Deal: Vince Carter Comes Home
Shortly after the Cleveland Cavaliers announced its acquisition of Shaquille O'Neal, the Orlando Magic and New Jersey Nets agreed to a trade that sends the Nets' Vince Carter and Ryan Anderson to the Magic More...
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Always a Bridesmaid? Cleveland Cavaliers Whiff on Bouquet with Another Bad Offseason
By trading for Shaquille O’Neal, the Cleveland Cavaliers have once again put a band-aid on a bleeding wound. Since Lebron James was drafted by the team, they’ve tried to “give him Scottie Pippen.” The way they’ve gone about it though, has been the equivalent of putting a body kit on a Pontiac More...
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Michael Vick and Donte Stallworth - Injustice Served
Less than one month after Michael Vick was released from Leavenworth, a military penitentiary, after 19 months served, Donte’ Stallworth began a 30 day jail sentence.
Almost a year ago I wrote an article about how Josh Hamilton and Ricky Williams were so differently characterized by the media despite their very similar pasts. The point I attempted to make was that More...
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Despite Finals Loss, Elite Status Imminent For The Orlando Magic
Orlando was stopped short of its goal on Sunday night—its first NBA championship.
The Magic were handed their eighth NBA Finals loss of all time, losing 99-86 to the 2008-2009 NBA champion Los Angeles Lakers. More...
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Comparing The Orlando Magic To The NBA’s Fantastic Comeback Teams
After dethroning the defending NBA champion Boston Celtics in seven games and beating LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers in six games, the Orlando Magic rightfully earned their spot in the NBA Finals.
However, the team saw itself in an 0-2 series More...
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No More Mr. Nice Guy: Dwight Howard Has Emerged As an Unstoppable Power
When the Orlando Magic were on the clock with the number one overall pick in the 2004 NBA draft, the team had a decision on its' hands.
Draft Emeka Okafor, the proven star on the college level with Connecticut, or Dwight Howard, the High School superstar out of Atlanta More...
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Is Cleveland Struggling or is Orlando Thriving?
Last night the Orlando Magic, on their home court, beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 99-89 to take a two-to-one series edge. Orlando will play on their home court yet again on Tuesday and will look to take a commanding three-to-one series lead.
What has happened to the Cavaliers? They seemed nearly unbeatable during the regular season, and now they are being beaten More...
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Brandon Morrow Closing Starts Clock on Seattle Departure
When Brandon Morrow chose to exit the Mariners starting rotation, he all-but-ensured that either he or new General Manager Jack Zduriencik would also exit Seattle at some point in the near future.
For years I’ve debated with close friends, or anyone with a functional knowledge of baseball and a willing ear, about the overvalued closer position. The ignorance displayed by paying a guy over 10 percent of a team’s payroll to play less than five percent of a team’s defensive innings seems asinine to say the least.
Zduriencik, albeit unwillingly, proved More...
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2009 MLB Offseason Winners and Losers
Winners
Scott Boras clients probably take the crown as the biggest winners among any of this offseason’s winners. In an offseason where the economy was causing price tags to take a nose dive, Boras clients like Manny Ramirez, Oliver Perez,Derek Lowe and Mark Teixeira all signed some of the biggest deals in an More
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2009 NFL Combine: Offensive Winners and Losers
Combine workouts have begun, in fact they’re half-way done. Saturday and Sunday saw offensive players work out. Unfortunately, I won’t be able to watch the combine much on Monday or Tuesday, but it’s a good time to hammer out who improved their stock and who hurt their stock.
Several players, especially high-profile players, come to the combine with well publicized “skeletons in their closet,” Whether they are off-the-field issues of a guy like Randy Moss, slow timed speed for Dwayne More...
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Swimsuit 2009- See 20 NBA cheerleaders
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Michael Crabtree Will Not, and Should Not be Selected by the Seahawks...
Michael Crabtree will not, and should not be selected by the Seahawks at No. 4. While several mock draft sites have dubbed this pick a “lock,” were to fall to the Seahawks, I’ll display the complete opposite sentiment.
Now that the premise of this is out of the way, I’d like to preface the reason I’m writing this. In several arenas, I’ve argued with people about the idea of the Seahawks taking Crabtree.
Most often, the response I get after More..
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