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Bubble Watch: USF

Bubble Watch: USF
Five years ago the University of South Florida joined the Big East Conference and its basketball team was left for dead. The switch in conferences absolutely made sense, winning the Big East automatically puts the Bulls in a BCS Bowl game, the additional exposure helps draw better prospects and makes...

New Level of Pathetic

New Level of Pathetic
Last night’s effort from the New York Knicks was the most embarrassing performance of their miserable season. Facing the New Jersey Nets, a team flirting with the worst record in NBA history, the Knicks left their fans with no choice but to boo the hell out of them. Everything about their game was just...

NBA Free Agent Projections

NBA Free Agent Projections
Four months remain until the biggest scramble to overhaul rosters in NBA history commences. What makes July 1st so special is the most complete player in NBA history can be had by (nearly) any team in the league. A super-star guard and former NBA Finals MVP can switch squads as quickly as he changed his shoe...

Biggest Draft Bust, Ever

Biggest Draft Bust, Ever
Dealt to his third squad in eight months, Darko Milicic quickly proved why so many teams have given up on the former teenage phenom. Making his debut with the Minnesota Timberwolves during a 109-107 loss to Oklahoma City, the former #2 selection of the 2003 NBA Draft had his best game of the season and...

2010 Trade Deadline Grades

2010 Trade Deadline Grades
Only 131 days remain until LeBron James is a free agent. With Thursday marking the final day teams can deal players, a few teams were scrambling to jostle into the race to land James and the rest of the most talented free agency class of all-time. Joining King James could be Dwyane Wade, Joe Johnson,...

Death of a Rivalry

Death of a Rivalry
Two words used to make everyone stop dead in their tracks. Knicks-Bulls. Forget anything else. During the 1990s, the Bulls and Knicks had the most heated rivalry in all of sports. Knicks and Bulls always was an intense match-up. The two teams became fierce competitors following a trade in 1988 when the...

Dunk Contest Legends

Dunk Contest Legends
All-Star weekend just serves a reminder for Knicks fans how much the team sucks. After 10 seasons, New York finally has its first All-Star as David Lee was added to the roster following Allen Iverson’s departure from the game because of a family illness. Finally having an All-Star makes things a little...

The Crowned Prince of Annoying

The Crowned Prince of Annoying
The retirement of Bruce Bowen left a role only one NBA player could truly fill. Bowen was the perfect storm of an annoying basketball player, consider the following 5 factors 1. He played for San Antonio 2. He was the most dirty player in the NBA 3. He would start fights then retreat and never throw or...

Name Battles

Name Battles
The great ones only need to be identified with one name. Michael. Wayne. Willie. You get the idea, once an athlete establishes himself among the great ones, everyone needs just one name to immediately recognize them. LeBron. Kobe. Brian. Ok, maybe Brian Scalabrine isn’t there. Yet. Maybe Brian...

2010: The Ultimate Decision

2010: The Ultimate Decision
One of the biggest sports-decisions of our lifetime will be made before the end of this new year. The most anticipated free agent in sports history will likely choose which team he will play for July 1, 2010. That’s the day LeBron James is officially a free agent and every team has at least some hope of...

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