 In most situations, going .500 is bad. A .500 team never makes the playoffs in baseball, or football. Usually, a .500 team won't even make the playoffs in hockey (basketball is a different story, but that's a totally different subject). For a pitcher, going 10-10 won't win you a Cy Young, and saving 16 out of 32 attempts won't make you an all-star. However, today, all the P...
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 Thoughts on Shaq, Favre, and Lance. The Back Porch podcast! Take a listen and drop your thoughts!
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Make no mistake about it, Major League Baseball got their man. They wanted a baseball guy in the front office of the Texas Rangers and that is exactly what they got in Nolan Ryan.
Now of course the other bidder in the auction, Dallas Mavericks owner M...
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 [Guest Writer: Sean Udicious]
Well, it was a fun run. The Flyers, going into playoffs as a number 7 seed, helped exorcise the demons of the 2000 Eastern Conference Finals, defeating the New Jersey Devils to move on to the second round. Then, the Flyers pulled off one of the greatest comebacks in sports history, coming back from a 3-0 deficit to win the series 4 games to 3 over the Bosto...
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 Jim Turner
Turnersportsdesk.com
July 7, 2010
World News:
World Cup run ends for USA– The United States playedtheir guts out even with some bad calls but in the end Ghana proved too much. My personalobservation was that Ghanahad their best athletes who grew up playing/loving soccer and it showed. Ibelieve the US will farebetter in the World Cup when the US cares enough abou...
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 Tonight, the 2010 NBA season came to a dramatic end as the Los Angeles Lakers stole game 7 from the Boston Celtics. The Celtics, who were winning most of the game, put the Lakers at the line way too much when it counted, and clutch shots pushed the LA to their second straight NBA title.
The storyline of the night was the poor shooting performance by Finals MVP Kobe Bryant. The Lakers star shot on...
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 I'm a pretty big sports fan. I like football and I like basketball. I enjoy watching golf, and I can take in a good baseball game. I've played them all in an organized setting, not a high level mind you, but on a team. I consider myself a fairly typical American when it comes to sports.
Right now in South Africa is arguably the World's Biggest Sporting Event, the World Cup. In some circles it's ...
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 So far we have gone through 15 players. The list up to this point is below. There are a few recognizable names and a few that aren't. There are some great players and great New York Giants represented in the list thus far.
No. 25- Bart Oates (C)
No. 24- Mel Hein (C)
No. 23- Joe Morris (HB)
No. 22- Rodney Hampton (HB)
No. 21- Kyle Rote (HB/WR)
No. 20- Pepper Johnson -LB
No. 19- Ottis Anderson -R...
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 Jim Turner
Turnersportsdesk.com
May 17, 2010
The Washington Capitals took care of priority number one ontheir off season to-do list my locking down superstar center, Nicklas Backstromto a 10 year contract that pays him roughly 6.7 million a year. Many believethat is a bargain for a guy that is a 100 point center at 22 years old.Backstrom never misses games or practices so the Caps get a ful...
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 Jim Turner
Turnersportsdesk.com
May 17, 2010
So how did the Philadelphia Flyers penetrate the toughdefense and hang a 6 spot on the Canadiens? They used speed,pressure and paying the price to get quality scoring opportunities. Unlike theCapitals and Penguins, the Flyers were not as much concerned about quantity ofshots versus the quality of the shots. The Flyers were willing to pay th...
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 Jim Turner
Turnersportsdesk.com
May 14, 2010
Brutal Dictator, Josef Stalin once said "Quantity has a quality all it’s own" but Stalin never played NHL hockey. The Montreal Canadiens are playing somebeautiful hockey right now. Montreal Coach, Jacques Martin hashis team playing excellent team defense along with timely offense. The mostimportant thing is the Canadiens believe that if they play...
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