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NBA title odds as the first round of the playoffs approach
As someone who loves the NBA playoffs more than most, I hate to be a downer on drama. I’d love to tell you that this upcoming playoff is filled with uncertainty – that
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Vikings-Packers III – Peterson the Greek
With Saturday’s playoff matchup, the Vikings and Packers will meet for a 3rd time this season, gentle readers. When Divisional rivals meet in the playoffs, you normally get canned storylines. But in
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An open letter to Kevin Love
Dear Kevin: Heck of a week, eh? It’s nice to have the diversion of NBA basketball and its ready-made drama to deflect our attention from real-life horrorshows like the one in Connecticut on Friday.
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Love returns, but more needed for Wolves
The Timberwolves’ last game before Wednesday night was a loss to an improved Golden State team. The score was 106-98, but the story of the game was that 6 of the Wolves top 7
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My favorite minor holiday: opening night in the NBA
* This post is part of our NBA week series* Everyone has a favorite holiday, whether they’re religious, patriotic, or just silly (Talk Like A Pirate Day comes to mind.) For me, I love
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NBA Divisonal Previews, Part 1 – Pacific Division
* This post is part of our NBA week series, where we explore all things NBA leading up to opening night on October 30th* NBA Divisonal Previews, Part 1 – Pacific Division “The
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Ray Lewis, Lance Armstrong, and the pitfalls of role modeling
From the Chicago Tribune earlier this week: “To spare the foundation any negative effects as a result of controversy surrounding my cycling career, I will conclude my chairmanship [of the Livestrong Foundation],” Armstrong said
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Percy Harvin true barometer of Vikings’ success
There are plenty of reasons that the Vikings have started off this season a surprising 4-1. But if the 2012 Minnesota Vikings are for real, a team with legitimate playoff aspirations and not rebuilding
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Vikings Surprise in Unsurprising Fashion
If NFL prognostication was as easy as some would like it to be, Vegas would only have 1 or 2 $100 million casinos, and gamblers would have fewer broken knuckles. As a lifelong
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Howl: Refs, Transparency and The Modern Fan
On Tuesday morning, gentle readers, just hours after what’s now being called “The Inaccurate Reception” by NFL fans across the country, I heard Stuart Scott on the radio. Scott had been on the
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