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Saturday, August 18, 2012
Stemming from the recent decision of Lane Kiffin to give up his vote in the NCAA FBS Coaches Poll, there has been a surge in the debate as to how effective the polls are in representing the best teams in the country."
Kiffin, ... Read More
Thursday, August 16, 2012
A few days ago I logged onto the official website of the Los Angeles Kings to purchase a mini season ticket plan that a few friends and I were going to go in on.
We are longtime King's sufferers. The highlight reel of Wayne Gretzky playing for the Kings during the 1993 playoffs was wonderful, but after a while we realized we'd never really go deep in the playoffs -- yes, "we". When you ... Read More
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
The Los Angeles Lakers are the Southern California version of the Miami Heat.
And there is nothing wrong with that.
There are fans, like myself, who would prefer to go the traditional route of building a franchise -- to build from within through the draft. I don't like the idea of "buying a championship", but that is the direction ... Read More
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
It doesn't seem that long ago in which we were celebrating the Summer Games of 2008. Sure, it was four years ago, but those years flew by and before we know it we'll be talking about the 2016 Games in Rio de Janiero.
As individuals, we all take away something different from the Olympics. Personally, the best moments for me included seeing Mexico beat Brazil for the gold ... Read More
Friday, August 10, 2012
As the 2012 Olympic Games wind down, we now start to take a look back and highlight some of the greatest accomplishments that have taken place.
We've discussed everything here at OS from Michael Phelps, to the USA Basketball Team, and from Women's Gymnastics to the Asian Badminton teams.
What about Usain Bolt, the self-proclaimed "greatest athlete to live"? ... Read More
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
MMA fighters carry themselves with such a great deal of pride that one would think most of them would jump at the chance to represent their country in the Olympics.
Think of the captivating scene as Jon Jones enters the cage with his USA shorts. Standing across from Jones with the flag of the Netherlands on his trunks is Gegard Mousasi.
Fans would see matchups they ... Read More
Monday, August 6, 2012
Michael Phelps ended his Olympic career by helping Team USA to a gold medal in the 4x100-medley meter relay this past Saturday night. The gold medal was Phelps' 22nd Olympic medal. 18 of those medals earned were gold.
There always seems to be somebody to come out of the woodwork to dispel a great accomplishment and this situation is no different.
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Thursday, August 2, 2012
As you've probably heard by now, four badminton teams were removed from the London Games for throwing their matches. The teams, which consisted of players from China, South Korea, and Indonesia, were not necessarily trying to hide the fact they were losing on purpose either.
The fans in London nearly booed the players from China off the court, and ... Read More
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Yesterday's column on what I considered to be a ridiculous rule in Women's Gymnastics that kept Jordyn Wieber out of the all-around finals created a great debate amongst the OS community.
While many sided with me, there were also a substantial amount of readers who sided with the rule in large part because it was the Americans who pushed for the rule to begin with. It was a respectful exchange ... Read More
Monday, July 30, 2012
Once the shock of Michael Phelps failing to medal in the 400 IM subsided from Saturday, there was a new wave of attention directed to a nine year rule in gymnastics that prevents more than two participants from one country to advance to the All-Around Finals.
One of the favorites heading into the London Games in the Women's All-Around was USA's Jordyn Wieber. The 17-year-old from DeWitt, Michigan ... Read More
Thursday, July 26, 2012
We've hit the most exciting part of the season. Once the teams crack the 100 game mark we can take a closer look at the standings and get the feeling of urgency that these games count a little more than the ones prior.
Five of the six division leaders have leads of five games or less.
Rankings are not based off of W-L records alone. Other factors ... Read More
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
The USA Men's Basketball team completed the exhibition portion of their schedule with a 5-0 record and an average victory margin of nearly 27 points. Argentina posed the toughest challenge for USA and nearly pulled off the upset before falling 86-80.
Argentina is in Pool A along with the US team and will face each other in the last game of pool play on August 6. ... Read More
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
The Major League Baseball season is coming up on game 100 for many teams. In another month and a half we'll be talking about the postseason.
There have been plenty of great stories this year. From Mike Trout's stellar rookie campaign to the standing ovations Chipper Jones has received on his "hall of fame" tour, the 2012 season has been another good one.
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Thursday, July 19, 2012
We are only four days away training camps opening up throughout the NFL.
While the parity in the league today gives more fans a chance to be excited more than ever, there are still some franchises that have a ways to go before they will even sniff the playoffs.
There are an alarming number of teams who are built for the next couple of years, but due to upcoming expiring ... Read More
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Posted on July 18, 2012 at 01:45 PM.
As society continues to migrate away from print publications to online sources there appears to be a consistent loss in what many would consider to be real journalism.
The average person scouring the web for news can't decipher between an article based entirely on speculation and one that is factual. Often time this leads to false rumors being spread around about ... Read More
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