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8th Seed Podcast – April Edition

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Another month is upon us which means another edition of the 8th seed.  This time it’s the NBA playoff edition….

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Inside the highlight tape: how the Ducks bounce back

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When expectations are as high as they are for the Oregon Ducks, it takes resilience to be a player or…

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No Way Jose!

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According to the Toronto Star, Jose Calderon is listed as questionable for today’s game against the Heat. If Calderon can’t…

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Welcome to Cowbell Kingdom

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Cowbell Kingdom is a Sacramento Kings blog that is currently working with the ESPN TrueHoop Network (as you can probably…

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Titans Bye Week Snap Report: Defense

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As promised, it’s the follow-up to yesterday’s post looking at snap counts by position through the bye week. I covered…

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What is Wisconsin getting in Gary Anderson?

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We’ve been analyzing the hire of Gary Andersen, who has been confirmed to be in Madison already, over the past…

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Could The Oilers Make a Trade?

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Back on September 4th, I posed a question on this blog asking if the Oilers were done trading. The reasoning…

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Orlando Takes a Trade for the Worse

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The Orlando Magic were among a handful of teams that made moves before the 2016 NBA trade deadline, trading Tobias…

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Oh, There be Training Camp News Too

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I don’t know about you there readers, but between all the retirement talk, dong photos, and fire being spit at…

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How It Looked From Their Side

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The Kings, shall we say, are not doing well this year.  Their only real notable win was beating the Lakers…

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Thanks to Offensive Struggles, USF Bulls’ Bowl Hopes Slim

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After suffering their fifth loss of the 2014 season, a 34-17 loss to the Cincinnati Bearcats that was never really…

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ROUNDTABLE: Does Beckett at #3 hurt?

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Once a week, you’ll hear from numerous Red Sox bloggers on the Internet on a Red Sox related issue, and…

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Zhaire Smith Player Profile

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Strengths Off Ball: Wonderful cutter, TT used him on screens a lot, backdoors, lobs Quick First Step Playmaking: Can be…

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Who will Wisconsin face? Big Ten championship game scenarios

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We know Wisconsin will be heading to the Big Ten Championship Game for a second straight season, this year advancing…

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Rant Streak

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I don’t know what else I can say after Thursday’s 2-1 loss to Colorado. All I know is that I…

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Tribe Time Now: The Bunt WAR

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Joe Coblitz (@BRBBlog) from Burning River Baseball, Stephanie Liscio (@stephanieliscio) from It’s Pronounced Lajaway and Ryan Thompson (@RThompAk13) from MTAF Cleveland to…

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NCAA Tournament Day 1 – West Region

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Two games went to overtime in the West Region.

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Things Stupid Enough to Happen: Vikings Trade for the Number Eight Pick

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If you don’t consistently read Rube Chat I don’t exactly recommend that you start doing so now unless you wish…

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Ravens at Seattle…two very different trends at QB…

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Two competitive and well-run organizations with two very different trends in their starting quarterback profiles… they’ll line it up and…

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Slow-Moving Free Agent Market Has Some MLB Teams Re-Thinking & Over-Thinking Original Winter Plans

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Most of the East Coast is bracing for a big winter storm this weekend, but baseball will soon be making…

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July 2013 Player Power Rankings

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The Indians finished off the month of July in magnificent fashion and are in prime striking distance of both the…

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Great Moments In Unlicensed Pittsburgh Sports Merch: City Of Champyinz

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Oh, Pittsburghese. Any time you make a play on Pittsburgh’s “City of Champions” moniker, I have to smile because it…

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Tribe Time Now Ep. 17: Going Deep in the Draft

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Joe Coblitz (@BRBBlog) of Burning River Baseball and Ryan Thompson (@RThompAK13) of More Than A Fan: Cleveland for the 17th Tribe Time Now Podcast! Joe and…

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Titans screw up in firing Chow

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Jeff Fisher is typically a very good communicator who excels in personal and media relations, but he and the Titans…

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How the Tennessee Titans shut down the Ravens’ passing attack

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In my recap of Sunday’s game, I wrote how the Titans beat the Ravens the way most games in the…

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A Cautionary Tale

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Chris Grant’s firing suggests that there is more to rebuilding than tanking for draft talent.

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Mini Pony of the Day 2-1-11

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I WANT THIS TO BE MY LIFE. So to my future wife, I offer a humble… …Hey, baby. Hines Ward,…

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Paw Prints – The Daily UConn Roundup – 11/2

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Paw Prints is our daily look at the happenings for the UConn Huskies football, men’s basketball and women’s basketball teams…

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Additions to the blogroll

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This morning, I made three additions to the Buckeye blogroll. Frankly, I’m ashamed that I didn’t have these three up…

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