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MLS Thoughts: Portland Timbers a real contenders this year
Portland struggled last season, failing to win a single road match in their MLS Cup title defense. But this season has been very different. The Timbers sit atop MLS with nine points and ten goals. And they look ready to make another MLS Cup run.
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World Baseball Classic proves sport needs more international competitions
As the United States won the World Baseball Classic for the first time, the tournament finally found an identity for itself. And we learned we need more international baseball.
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MLS Thoughts: Bastian Schweinsteiger makes his debut
The Chicago Fire signed Bastian Schweinsteiger on March 21. But it only took the German 17 minutes to make an impact on the team. Now, can he lead them to the MLS Cup (but not the World Cup)?
Read This Post About MLS Thoughts: Bastian Schweinsteiger makes his debutWhen a flop isn’t a flop
Soccer players are accused many times of flopping to draw fouls. Many times the refs award them the foul. But Saturday night, we saw the other side of the coin.
Read This Post About When a flop isn’t a flopSometimes sports are more than games
"They're only games," the saying goes about sports. But what happens when they merge with life? When the line blur? When sports become more than games?
Read This Post About Sometimes sports are more than gamesKansas, Kentucky final set to be a good one
For the past two years, Cinderella has gotten a chance to dance with the prince with time remaining before midnight. But in those two years, the Cinderella--the Butler Bulldogs--has seen the clock strike midnight all too soon. This year, however, there is no Cinderella. Despite the fact we had two 15 seeds defeat 2 seeds for the first time in history and had a 13 seed advance to the Sweet Sixteen. All of them fell with Ohio having the hardest fall of them all. And now, on Championship night two teams remain: Kansas and Kentucky.
Read This Post About Kansas, Kentucky final set to be a good oneLinsanity is lindone
It's official. Linsanity is dead. Last week, the New York Knicks announced that their "rags-to-riches" point guard would miss the next six weeks with a knee injury. Cue the funeral procession.
Read This Post About Linsanity is lindoneUS national team starting to come around
The U.S. Men's National Soccer Team is back baby! Well, maybe not quite fully back. But no matter how you classify this last set of CONCACAF World Cup qualifying matches, the good ole US of A is looking much better than they have during this qualifying cycle. The Americans have gained six points in their qualifying group, beat the Germans (albeit their "B" team), but did lose to Belgium at home.
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Just a tick under five hours after it had started, the madness finally came to an end last night. Andrew Shaw finally scored the winning goal for the Chicago Blackhawks in Game One of the Stanley Cup Finals. The United Center in Chicago went crazy; everyone else watching at home went to bed.
Read This Post About OT hockey great, but still needs helpTime for Heat, Spurs to not press panic button
Through four games of the NBA Finals, the average margin of victory is just a tick under 19. But instead of this being a dominant, four-game sweep by one team, the series is now tied at 2-2. This has certainly been an interesting series thus far and it's on track to be one of the best finals in history. Each game has been different from each. Everything has been completely unpredictable and you never know what's going to happen from night to night.
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