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Heat-stroke? Miami’s title dreams will go up in smoke if they don’t learn to play a ‘team’ game, hit 3’s

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The Miami Heat were up 26-17 late in the first quarter, leaving a blaze of 10 made baskets in a row behind them. The mustard yellow t-shirt clad Midwest crowd was quiet, anxious, teetering on a brink of nerves that the star-laden Heat (even without their third guy Chris Bosh) were ready to blow [...]

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Lacrosse finally hits the big screen on May 18th

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So question: What’s your favorite lacrosse movie? You can take all the time you need, but it’ll probably be a waste. Chances are, you’ve never seen a lacrosse movie (and no, American Pie lacrosse scenes don’t count), because the physical, hard hitting, fastest growing sport in the nation has never been depicted on the [...]

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Is pro football writing it’s own death certificate? — Can the game be safe, but retain what makes its great?

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The NFL is in a sticky wicket. It’s the most popular league in the United States by a wide margin, and with popularity, comes a closer examination than any other sport. Then you throw in former players, young in their early 40’s going the suicidal route – possibly due to head injuries sustained while [...]

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Holy Clips! LA pulls off shocker, overcomes 24 point deficit to stun Grizzlies

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48 minutes.
Not 40. Not 42. Not 46.
In the NBA if you don’t play every minute of playoff basketball with untempered enthusiasm and smarts, you could be prone to the pitfalls of history. And not the good kind.
It was 95-71 with 8 minutes remaining, the Grizzlies had the lead. And then Rudy Gay got into [...]

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Rose’s ACL injury a devastating blow to Bulls: another reminder that health is guaranteed to no one

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The Bulls have overcome adversity before. With their 2011 MVP Derrick Rose shelved for nearly 27 games in this lockout shortened season due to various injuries, Chicago banded together, showing an impressive resilience and team resolve that helped them finish off the best record in the NBA for the second consecutive season.
They beat some [...]

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Juiced Sports 2012 NFL Draft Running Diary

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Join us tonight on the site or on CoverItLive.com for our running commentary, thoughts, insight, and analysis on the 2012 NFL Draft. It’s sure to be a good time, and an interesting collection of characters that we’ll be breaking down. The fun starts at 7.
2012 NFL Draft – Running Diary
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Welcome to the Draft Circus! 8 Big Questions on the eve of the 2012 NFL Draft

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The NFL Draft is one giant crap shoot, but it’s also quite the circus. So we brought in our NFL Draft ringmaster, Mike Kaye to shed some light on 8 key NFL Draft questions. What did our NFL Draft expert have to say?
Here’s what we discussed:
1. Will Luck live up to the [...]

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The sad tale of the Suns: once a shining star, now buried in irrelevance

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Sports run in cycles. For most franchises, tasting victory consistently is a hard fought process, that takes years of great drafting, deft trades, and savvy personnel at the top. It takes luck, skill, vision, facilities, and an owner committed to some kind of winning.
You don’t just luck into a championship. Titles don’t fall from [...]

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