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NBA Playoffs: Week One Closes with Big Upsets Brewing

The NBA Playoffs are in full swing, and have yet to disappoint those who are basketball fanatics.  Through the first week of the postseason, there have been unbelievable contests between extremely evenly-matched teams.

In the East, the No. 1 seed …

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NBA Playoffs: Visiting Teams Set League Record with 5 Winning their Series Opener

The NBA Playoffs are back, and have not disappointed so far!  The 8 teams from the Western Conference, and 8 from the Eastern Conference have gone hard at each other during the series openers.  This year, a new record was …

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NBA Regular Season’s Final Week Commences, Playoff Picture Starts to Take Shape

As this season of the NBA winds down, the world is looking forward to what should be a highly entertaining playoffs.  With just one week remaining in the regular season, 15 teams have already clinched their playoff spot.

At the …

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Final Four Weekend is in Full Swing in Arlington, Texas

With April beginning, the last round of the NCAA March Madness tournament, known as the “Final Four”, has finally arrived! As people rue their busted brackets, they move toward placing bets on which team will win it all.  This year, …

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NFL Draft: The Race for the Number One Overall Pick Narrows Down to Four Potential Candidates

In just over a month from now, Owners, General Managers, Coaches, and college prospects of the NFL will all travel to New York City for the annual Draft Day.  With a league-worst 2-14 record last season, the Houston Texans have …

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NCAA: March Madness Brackets Bust, Nobody Wins the Billion Dollar Challenge

The annual college basketball tournament, known as “March Madness”, is in full swing. Each year, people around the nation fill out tournament-brackets for who they think will advance through the madness, and who will go home.

This year, Warren Buffett, …

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NBA: Philadelphia 76ers Continue Tanking with 20 Straight Losses

With exactly one month left of regular NBA season, several power squads are competing heavily for a spot in the playoffs.  Aside from them, however, it almost seems like a race for the number 1 overall draft pick among some …

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NBA: Houston Rockets Dominate the Top Teams

There is a new elite team emerging on the basketball court, one that is loaded with young talent aspiring to win a championship—the Houston Rockets.  Since the beginning of 2014, the Rockets have posted a league-best record of 22-6. This …

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NBA: Heat Hold Off Thunder on the Road

On February 9, 2014, two of the National Basketball Association’s (NBA) best teams—the Miami Heat and Oklahoma City (OKC) Thunder—met at Chesapeake Energy Arena to face off in a potential “NBA Finals preview”.  The match-up feature the two best players …

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Syracuse and Miami Beat the Buzzer

On February 12, 2014, 2 Basketball games ended with supreme, buzzer beating shots as both the Syracuse Orangemen and the Miami Heat won their respective match-ups.  The question is, which highlight was more impressive?

At the Petersen Events Center, the …

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