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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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NBA Talks Lead Nowhere

Written by Mike on October 21, 2011

David Stern and the NBA Lockout

The NBA Player’s Union and Owners concluded three intense days of meetings (over 25 hours of time together) and they are no further along than they were three days ago. Today, the discussions abruptly ended and there are no plans [...]

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2011 MLB Divisional Series Predictions

Written by Mike on September 30, 2011

MLB World Series 2011

It’s that time of the year – October baseball (well actually, late September initially).  Now that the playoffs are set and the regular season has come to a close, let’s take a look at the match-ups. ALDS New York Yankees [...]

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Wild Wild Card Baseball: Incredible MLB Finale

Written by Mike on September 29, 2011

Cards Celebrate Win

The 2011 MLB Regular Season came to a close today, and it sure went out with a bang. Just as every professional sport can hope, the last day of the season brought the MLB meaningful and exciting games. Both Wild [...]

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