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To understand what Milwaukee’s playoff berth means to the people of Wisconsin, you have to know the history behind it
SCOTT JACOBS
Call it what you will, but there’s not a doubt in the world that golden liquids will be spraying all the way into the wee hours of the morning in the land of the cheese.  [...]

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It took ten long years, but the Tampa Bay Rays are going to the playoffs
SCOTT JACOBS 
You know the expression, the longer you wait, the more you appreciate something when it finally happens?
Well, the Rays waited.  And waited.  And waited.

And today it happened.
Ten years into the making.
Tampa made the playoffs.
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Lakers dominate defense-deprived Nuggets en route to impressive game one victory
SCOTT JACOBS
Kobe Bryant was in foul trouble and had four points at the half. A year ago the Lakers would have been doomed to a blowout loss, because they had no one to pick up the slack. But o how things have changed in Tinseltown. [...]

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Best rivalry in basketball right now should lead to another outstanding (hopefully fair) first round series.
SCOTT JACOBS
I’m a Suns fan, so I was going to watch no matter what. I’m a basketball fan, so when the NBA’s marquee rivalry is played in the first round it’s like Heat-Knicks all over again. I’m a sports [...]

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Whether ESPN shows it or not, hockey is still a sport, and they still play for that cool trophy called the Stanley Cup
SCOTT JACOBS
I know it seems crazy now, but once upon a time I was addicted to hockey. The playoffs would start and I was hooked on every game, all the match ups, [...]

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