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Super Bowl XLVI: Patriots v. Giants Part II

Written by Mike on February 5, 2012

Eli Manning vs. Tom Brady: Super Bowl XLVI

The Super Bowl is finally here. It’s been two long weeks since the thrilling Championship games and it is now time to settle the score for the best team in the NFL for the 2011-12 season. This game is sure [...]

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49ers vs Giants: Does it Get any Better?

Written by Mike on January 20, 2012

Alex Smith vs Eli Manning

The San Francisco 49ers are coming of a thrilling victory over the New Orleans Saints. The final four minutes of that game featured four lead changes and a year’s worth of excitement. It may go down as one of the [...]

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Sportsmanship: Saints Set the Record in Run Situation

Written by Mike on December 28, 2011

Drew Brees surpasses Dan Marino

By now you probably already know that Drew Brees has surpassed Dan Marino’s single season passing record. You probably also heard how the record was broken, the Saints stopped the Falcons on 4th down on the their own 33 yard [...]

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Backwards Logic: Stern Ruins Paul Trade

Written by Mike on December 11, 2011

Chris Paul

Chris Paul will not be a New Orleans Hornet next season. This shouldn’t be news to anyone. That is why I am dumbfounded by David Stern rejecting the New Orleans Hornets trade with the Rockets and Lakers. Yes, David Stern [...]

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MikesPickz Game of the Week: Ravens vs Bengals

Written by Mike on November 20, 2011

Bengals vs Ravens: Ray Rice

Welcome to Week 11 in the NFL! We have another schedule filled with some intriguing games, but this week the Game of the Week was between two: Eagles vs Giants and Bengals vs Ravens. The Eagles injuries made the likely [...]

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Pacquiao vs Marquez: Scoring the Name, not the Fight

Written by Mike on November 13, 2011

Juan Manuel Marquez vs Manny Pacquiao

Many people consider the Greatest Boxer of the recent era to be Manny Paquiao. And this is for good reason – he has won a championship in eight different divisions while going 53-3-2. Others are in the camp that Floyd [...]

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MikesPickz: Game of the Week – Patriots vs Jets

Written by Mike on November 10, 2011

Sanchez and the Jets vs Brady and the Patriots

For the first inaugural MikesPickz: Game of the Week – I’m going with a somewhat obvious choice – New England Patriots vs New York Jets. There are several big time rivalry games this week: Saints vs Falcons, Bears vs Lions, [...]

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