Post archive for ‘Sports’
NBA Champion Prediction: Let history pick the winner
The NBA season is past the halfway mark. The official break of the All-star game is still a week away, but every team has played close to 50 games, so we have a good feel for how teams will do. That being said, I would like to eliminate nearly every team from the list of [...]
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Super Bowl XLII Commercials
So the game is over. I thought it would be a good game and it turned into one of the best Super Bowls that I’ve seen. Eli Manning came up big time in the fourth quarter. Miami Dolphin fans are happy because of their precious perfect season record being in tact. That’s about all that [...]
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Still worried about the Mavs?
Last week I told you that it’s too early to be worried about the Mavericks. In case that post did not convince you, here are two more reasons why: 1) they have won four games in a row and six out of seven; and 2) there are only two teams in the Western Conference with [...]
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Should the Mavs’ slow start worry you?
I’ve had a few people ask me if I’m worried about the Dallas Mavericks having trouble early in the season. They have lost games that they should have won and are not showing much chemistry. This is making some people say that they should have dismantled the team after last season’s embarrassing defeat to the [...]
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NBA Season Review and Post-Season Predictions
The time has finally come for the playoffs. It was a spectacular regular season for Dallas and Phoenix fans, but very little drama elsewhere in the league. On this first day of the playoffs, I’d like to take a look back at my pre-season predictions to see how I did.
In the West, I was right [...]
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Hollinger, you’re wrong. You should admit it.
ESPN.com started a new Power Rankings system by John Hollinger this year. It takes an advanced statistical formula to calculate who is really the best team this year, not just the team with the best record. As of Monday, the San Antonio Spurs had been listed as the #1 team for at least four days [...]
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I just keeps getting better for Dallas
Just when I think that the Mavericks have set every record they are going to set this year another one pops up. After beating Atlanta on Monday they have become the first team in NBA history to have three separate 12 game or more winning streaks in a single season. Here’s what the AP had [...]
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