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Expanding the MLB Playoffs – is it natural evolution or inevitable devolution?
SCOTT JACOBS
In 1939 college hoops instituted what would become the NCAA tournament, an 8 team single elimination playoff, to crown a champion. There were 3 rounds and none of the games were televised. Why? Well, television didn’t exist at the tourney’s birth. Twelve years later, the tournament was expanded to 16. A few years later [...]
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New Winnipeg Jets logos: Eh
The Winnigpeg Jets unveiled their new logos today, and so far the reaction has been well, mixed to say the least
SCOTT JACOBS
In 1996 the Winnipeg Jets moved to Phoenix and became the Coyotes. In 2011 the Atlanta Thrashers left town after being bought by True North Sports and Entertainment and became the Jets. Complicating matters [...]
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FTW: Kemba Walker Edition
Just got back from my cruise to the Bahamas and I’m ready to roll. Championship Week is just about over, so let’s get to the week that was, the week ahead, and things that peaked my interest in the second ever installment of, For The Win
SCOTT JACOBS
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UConn! What a show Kemba Walker put on during [...]
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FTW: Charlie Sheen Edition
Introducing a new weekly column from Juiced Sports. We’re calling it FTW, which in awesome speak translates out to For the Win. We’re going to count down 5 topics that either peaked our interest or intrigue us as we begin a new week, and close an old one. So like Spring Break across college campuses [...]
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Hockey: A game for 10-year-olds who never grow up
MITCH BLATT
Remember when you were 10 years old how fun it was to get in fights at school?
NHL players get into fights every game, sucker punching each other with intent to assault, getting into six fights in two minutes and intentionally breaking each others’ jaws.
Hockey is essentially legalized assault. Crime on ice. In [...]
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Under relative obscurity NHL opens another season
No longer a big deal, hockey’s non-descript opening day shows how far it’s fallen in the public conscience, and how much work it has to do to get back up
SCOTT JACOBS
The NHL season began today. Did you know that?
I practically forgot.
The NFL’s opening game each year is a national event, a shrine to the previous [...]
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