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Small Stars Shined in the State Farm Champions Classic
Tuesday night the men's college basketball season kicked off officially in Chicago, with four of the best teams gathering for the annual Champions Classic. This year's lineup lacked for nothing when it came to legacy,...
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2015 NFL Draft: Time for Draft Grades
Image courtesy of the NFL. The NFL draft is barely over. The coals are still warm from the firestorm that is the aftermath of trades, deals, picks and “what-ifs”. There is still a long road...
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A Ray of Sunshine: Sports in Springtime
Image courtesy of A Healthier Michigan/Flickr . Is there a better time to be a sports fan than springtime? As the snow melts in some areas of the country and the temperatures rise, so does...
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Coming Home? St. John's Offers Chris Mullin Head Coach Job
Image courtesy of Marianne O'Leary/Flickr . St. John's University could be bringing back back a hometown hero to take over the head coaching job. After Steve Lavin stepped down as head coach of the men's...
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Flashback: Chris Farley Reenacted the Christian Laettner Shot for ESPN Ad
With the NCAA Tournament right around the corner and the ESPN 30 for 30 documentary starring Christian Laettner fresh on everyone's mind, let's take a trip back in the time to the '90, when Duke...
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Jameis Winston Suspends His Twitter Account
Image courtesy of Zennie Abraham/Flickr . With the NFL Draft only several weeks away, NFL Draft prospects are in full public relations preparation mode. To show that he is focused totally on the game and...
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Let The March Madness Begin: NCAA Bracketology
It's March. You know what that means? The Shamrock Shake makes its annual return to McDonald's. Of all annual food returns, the Shamrock Shake ranks just ahead of Thanksgiving leftovers in late-November and candy corn...
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Dean Smith: Gone, but not Forgotten
Image courtesy of Triple Tri/Flickr . Historic North Carolina coach Dean Smith died this past week at the age of 83. Smith was credited with refining the skills and minds of some of the games...
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Top 10 Most Influential People and Stories in Sports for 2014
Image courtesy of Samuel Stafford/Flickr . Out of the hundreds of exasperatingly exhausting stories that were layered with corruption and distaste during 2014 (kindly shoo, Adrian Peterson , Ray Rice , and Donald Sterling), here...
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From Preps to Pros: Have High School Standouts Found a New Playground?
The class of 2014 is already showing their worth on the collegiate scene. Chicago products Jahlil Okafor and Cliff Alexander are all ready looking like men among boys for their respective squads. If you take...
