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Would Someone Please: NFL Edition
Image courtesy of Erik Daniel Drost/Flickr . Would someone please inform the rest of the NFL that the St. Louis Rams are for real? OK, the Rams sport an unassuming record of 5 – 7,...
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Yin and Yang: Division Disparity in the NFL
Image courtesy of 55th Street/Flickr . Around Week 7 of the NFL season I wrote an article on the NFC South. It centered around how none of the teams had winning records, and how each...
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NFL: A Game of Snakes & Ladders
Image courtesy of Matt McGee/Flickr . A game I remember from when I was a kid was “Snakes & Ladders” or “Shutes & Ladders”. The concept of the game is simple enough. Get from the...
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Timing is Everything: The Greatest Grab in NFL History Results in a Loss
Even if you didn't get a chance to watch the Dallas Cowboys defeat the New York Giants, you've likely seen “ the grab ” (TM John Anderson). To set the stage just a bit, Odell...
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Toronto Raptors: The Time is Now
Image courtesy of Luke/Flickr . Before the season began, the Baller Mind Frame writers each put up their predictions for the incoming season, basically in their entirety. Who would win MVP, Rookie of the Year,...
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Land of the Sleeping New York Giants
Image courtesy of Mike Morbeck/Flickr . I don’t want to say that the New York Giants are asleep at the wheel of the tractor-trailer that is the 2014 NFL season (though the six-game loosing streak...
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Madden NFL 15: Top Rookies
Image courtesy of EA Sports . It is so tough to gauge rookies. If you need proof of that statement just look up some notable first-round flops and their rating in Madden NFL 15 before...
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Would Someone Please… NHL Edition
Image courtesy of Matt Boulton/Flickr . Would someone please tell NHL commissioner, Gary Bettman, that fighting must remain in the game of hockey. Fighting is as much of an integral part of hockey as idiotic...
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Would Someone Please… NFL Edition
Image courtesy of Marianne O'Leary/Flickr . Would someone please tell the NFL that swearing is OK! New York Jets head coach, (I use that term loosely) Rex Ryan, was fined $100,000 for swearing by the...
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The Adrian Peterson Project
Image courtesy of Joe Bielawa/Flickr . On November 18th, 2014 the NFL announced that it will suspend running back Adrian Peterson for the remainder of the NFL season without pay. The league and commissioner Roger...
