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Show & Prove: Part 2
What’s up family! By now you should have all read part 1 of my “Show and Prove” blog if not hurry and get to reading so you can dive into part 2 as I break down the Eastern Conference. Ah yes the Eastern Conference. If you guys have kept up with the show and I’m sure you have over the last couple of months the Knicks – Heat rivalry has become a hot topic on the set. Shaun Fontain and myself have been very adamant about the dominance that Miami will display in the playoffs and of course the Statman is ride or die for his Knickerbockers. In any event the Heat and the Knicks are only 2 of the 8 teams that will represent the Eastern Conference in this years playoffs and being that they are 1 and 2 we shall get to them later on in this blog. For now lets take it back to number the 8th seed and "Fear the Deer".
View →Show & Prove: Part 1
With the NBA playoffs quickly approaching it is now that time of the year I like to call show and prove. Everything that those 16 teams that have locked in a playoff spot have been working towards has finally arrived. A chance to win that coveted NBA championship trophy. So in this two part blog I’m going to break down those teams, their chances of winning it all and my breakdown of the playoff bracket. With that being said I will start with the Western Conference.
View →The Off the Court Crumbling of Rutgers Men’s Basketball
Unless you've been living under a rock, you're aware that there was a big scandal at Rutgers which cost men's basketball coach Mike Rice his job, and forced the resignation of athletic director Tim Pernetti. This scandal is a huge black eye for a school that is moving their basketball and football teams into the Big Ten conference in 2014. Let me briefly tell you how we got to this point.
View →Out Like A True Champion
So now that football season is officially over and I’m not sweating out every playoff game that features the Ravens I figured I’d put out my next blog. The topic for today’s blog: Uncle Ray. He’s definitely one of my favorite players and one of the best linebackers to play the game. Uncle Ray is a 2-time Super bowl champion, 2-time Defensive Player of the Year, 13-time Pro Bowler, and 7-time first team All Pro.
View →Hall of Shame
This blog is not just about the fact that no one was inducted into the MLB Hall of Fame this year, it's about performance enhancing drugs and the sad realities of cheating in sports in general. Lance Armstrong and the MLB Hall of Fame are the recent topics in sports right now and I will discuss those topics, but this is a story that has been going on for quite some time now. It's a shame that all sports are tainted because of PED's and cheating but it's the sad reality of the sports world.
View →Hit the Ice! Hockey’s Back!
Let the celebrations begin for you Rangers, Devils, and *sigh* Islanders fans! The NHL and NHLPA have reached a tentative agreement which could see us get a 48 or 50 game season. I won't go into details on the agreement, which you could read in an article on ESPN.com, but since you're here, I'll give you my perspective on what I think will be the three biggest on-ice stories of the abbreviated 2013 season.
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