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Picks 17-32 in our second mock draft
MIKE KAYE
Picks 1-16 / Picks 17-32 /  Round 2
17.  New England (14-2) ^Oakland / Ryan Kerrigan / Purdue / DE/OLB
I feel a trade here but why not get better where you are already good. Kerrigan looks like a monster and can help upgrade an already strong line-backing core for [...]

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The college stars have made their decisions.  Whether they were good decisions or not, well that remains to be seen. As for our resident pickatologist, he goes for broke in his second mock draft in the national sensation, Draft.0
MIKE KAYE
Picks 1-16 / Picks 17-32 /  Round 2

I decided to update my mock draft since [...]

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Studies show that refs are unconsciously influenced by crowd noise.
MITCH BLATT
This week’s issue of Sports Illustrated includes an excerpt from the new book Scorecasting: The Hidden Influences Behind How Sports Are Played and Games Are Won about how and why home field advantage influences games. I encourage you to read the article and/or book, [...]

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SCOTT JACOBS
Our good friend Lindsay Tillis over at Brandsway Creative always lets us know when one of D.J. Steve Porter’s new videos drop. Porter as you know, has come almost out of nowhere to practically become a household name, after his NBA Playoffs commercials became a huge sensation. Since then he has done [...]

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A perfect Wild Card round has our resident pickatologist feeling pretty good about the Divisional round of the playoffs
MIKE KAYE
Season: 132-92 /  Playoffs: 3-0
I will gloat as I think I am the only person who called both the Seahawks and Jets winning their Wild Card round match-ups. Let’s not let my awesome picking [...]

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In part two of our conversation Foyle talks about retiring, life after hoops, why he loves poetry and what it was like being inducted into the Sports Humanitarian Hall of Fame
SCOTT JACOBS
Missed part 1 of our chat with Adonal? Read it here.
And now, here’s part 2.
JS:  Speaking of memories, what would you consider your [...]

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The recently retired NBA center talks about how he found the sport, what it was like coming to the states, the art of shot-blocking, and so much more in part one of our fascinating conversation
SCOTT JACOBS
Adonal Foyle was never an NBA superstar.  The casual sports fan might not even know his name.  But behind the [...]

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It’s been nearly 5 months since we threw out 50 semi-bold picks for the 2010 NFL season.  How’d we do?  Read on
MIKE KAYE
What is up my Dumbites? Since the regular season is over, I figured I’d look at my preseason predictions and see which ones actually came to fruition. Over the next couple of weeks, [...]

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