Jim Calhoun is a Hall of Fame college basketball coach. Some will tell you its because he has 800 career wins, three Final Fours and two national titles, and those people would be corr when UConn holds a news conference to update an NCAA investigation and to recognize Calhouns other great attribute, which is to [...]
Posted on May 29th, 2010 by admin
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Forget about what happened during the regular season. Its misguided to think the playoff seeds have anything to do with where the Chicago Blackhawks and Philadelphia Flyers are right now. These are two very good teams coming into the Stanley Cup Finals at the top of their game. Thats what matters. Neither backed into this [...]
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One title has never been enough. Not for the Boston Celtics. The leagues most-decorated franchise avoided the biggest playoff collapse in NBA history and earned a chance to hang an unprecedented 18th championship banner from the rafters, beating Orlando 96-84 on Friday night to eliminate the Magic in six games and advance to the NBA [...]
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Online betting players know that you have to have a solid pitching rotation if you plan on making a run to the World Series, and these five teams have gotten some good work from their starters. This list could very well change by the time August rolls around (for example, Philadelphia should be in the [...]
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2009 Oklahoma State Cowboys Betting Recap The Cowboys got off to a great online betting start by beating Georgia in the season opener in a battle of two ranked teams, but then they fell on their face with a loss to Houston. Oklahoma State then won five in a row, but in the midst of [...]
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Short hops, quick pops and backhand stops: • Roy Halladay is long gone, but the Toronto Blue Jays are not forgotten. Though they just slipped back into fourth place in the AL East on Wednesday, V ranks seventh in the American League with a 2.82 ERA and Jose Bautista leads the majors with 15 homers. After [...]
Posted on May 28th, 2010 by admin
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Maria Sharapova needed only five games Friday to advance at the French she faces four-time champion Justine Henin. Sharapova and Henin set up a third-round showdown by winning matches suspended overnight because of darkness. Sharapova finished off Kirsten Flipkens, 6-3, 6-3, and Henin beat Klara Zakopalova 6-3, 6-3. A schedule backlog caused by rain created [...]
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the 3-pointers missed and made in the final seconds, Kobe Bryants contested, game-winning attempt getting a stunning assis one image will be forever burned into my memory. This is the moment I will remember about Lakers 103, Suns 101, in Game 5 of the Western Conference finals Thursday night: Steve Nash standing under the basket [...]
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The Phillies arent hitting. Their closer this week is Jose Contreras. And in the July trading market, theyll go shopping for a starting pitcher. Dont they always? Well, only for four consecutive years. “Weve set a trend,” general manager Ruben Amaro admitted Wednesday. Amaro wont make any predictions for this July, but others in the [...]
Posted on May 27th, 2010 by admin
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Apparently, even Roger Federer, with his record 16 Grand Slam titles, was in need of some advice on a wet and windy Wednesday at the French Open. Forced off court by two rain delays, and “pushed,” as he put it, by a player with a career record below .500, Federer turned to Swiss Davis Cup [...]
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