Sporting News

Vikings To Build A New Stadium For Only $975,000,000

Remember back during the brutal winter of 2010 when the roof of the Metrodome in Minneapolis caved in from the weight of the accumulated snow and ice? It was rather spectacular and made world-wide news reports. The Minnesota Vikings spent 31 years in the Metrodome but now, it has to go to make way for a brand new facility promising …

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by admin on May 21st, 2013 Leave a comment »

NBA Superstar Fear Factor

There are guys in the NBA that can literally take over a basketball game.  Their energy is so high and their senses so tuned in that they seem unstoppable on the particular evening.  It doesn’t happen every single game, but it happens often enough to instill a “fear factor” in upcoming opponents. Several teams have guys like that and they …

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by admin on May 20th, 2013 Leave a comment »

NFL Players Worthy Of More Respect

Like the late, great Rodney Dangerfield, there are guys out there busting a gut to be their best in the NFL who just never get any respect. We are talking about good, solid football players whose team mates know their value.  But in the eyes of the public, “they don’t get no respect.” Some of these guys really deserve a …

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by admin on May 18th, 2013 Leave a comment »

NCAA Ponders Hoops Rule Changes For Next Season

A couples weeks ago in Indianapolis, the NCAA men’s basketball rules committee met to discuss proposed changes in the rules for next year’s college hoops games. The group will also coordinate with the NABC Board of Directors and the NCAA Division I Championship Committee for the first time. There has been speculation in the press that one change would be …

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by admin on May 17th, 2013 Leave a comment »

CBS & TBS To Split NCAA Basketball Playoffs In 2014

The ongoing relationship between CBS and TBS will be refined in 2014 to accommodate a plan to split and rotate coverage of the Final Four and National Championship for NCAA basketball games. In 2010, Turner Sports, which operates TBS, made an agreement with CBS for a 14 year partnership with the NCAA to broadcast the NCAA basketball tournaments through 2024. …

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by admin on May 16th, 2013 Leave a comment »

Only The Strong Shall Survive

It’s down to a question of strength now in the NBA Playoffs. The players and teams have reached the point where all the conditioning and training are starting to pay off. Strong is not just muscles. Players at this level have to be mentally strong as well and keep themselves in control out on the floor in the public eye. …

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by admin on May 15th, 2013 Leave a comment »

The Best Shooter In Basketball

The debate seems to be over. Even the experienced commentators, most of whom are former NBA stars, are now calling Stephen Curry “the best shooter in the NBA” without any further qualifications, without even mentioning anyone else and these guys have watched a lot of basketball. Is he really that good? Many of us have been watching Stephen Curry play …

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by admin on May 14th, 2013 Leave a comment »

Tiger Plays His 300TH PGA Match At Players

Tiger Woods is on a roll again.  He’s back in the spotlight again and back to championship form again just in time for his 300th PGA tournament appearance at the Players Championship in Jacksonville where he has not had a win since 2001. Tiger made headlines just before the tourney by showing up at a high fashion affair in New …

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by admin on May 13th, 2013 Leave a comment »

Golden State Evens Playoff Series At 2-2

The Golden State Warriors held the veteran San Antonio Spurs to just 3 points in the overtime period while themselves scoring 13 to take game 4 of the 7 game series and even things up at 2-2 before going back to San Antonio to continue the battle for the NBA Championship for 2013. The Warriors out gunned the Spurs in …

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by admin on May 13th, 2013 Leave a comment »

The SEC Network Has Arrived

Well, not really. Not yet. But it is coming! August 2014 is the announced kick off date. SEC Commissioner Mike Slive held a media extravaganza to announce the new networks with the head football coaches of all 32 SEC member universities in attendance. Slive was joined by ESPN president John Skipper to make the historic announcement. The deal comes on …

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by admin on May 11th, 2013 Leave a comment »