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June 18, 2023

NBA Draft 2023 Top Prospects Part 1

With work comes discovery. We’re just a few days away from the 2023 NBA Draft and in working on my now complete NBA Draft Guide, I found the talent in this draft to be deeper than I had originally thought. Similar to last season, there is…

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June 16, 2023

The Ja Morant Suspension

Let’s start this article by setting the tone here. NBA Commissioner Adam Silver is an “empathetic” boss and not the “drop the hammer” commissioner that David J. Stern was. Now that we’ve gotten that out of the way…

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June 11, 2023

Are NFL Running Backs A Dime, A Dozen?

With the releases of former running backs Ezekiel Elliott from the Dallas Cowboys and Dalvin Cook from the Minnesota Vikings, does it spell a shift in the NFL? If you think about it, the league has become a pass dominant league where quarterbacks an…

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June 1, 2023

The NBA Finals Unlikely Matchup and Story

Seven undrafted players on the Miami Heat. The Miami Heat made it to the NBA Playoffs as an eighth seed. Injuries to their guards in their rotation of Victor Oladipo and Tyler Herro. Then you have a center on the Denver Nuggets who has won two NBA M…

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June 1, 2023

The Arizona Cardinals Crumbling

A quarterback in Kyler Murray with injuries and doesn’t read the playbook and study film. A defensive end who was at wits end in JJ Watt and decided to retire. A former head coach in Kliff Kingsbury who should’ve been fired two years soo…

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May 21, 2023

Role Players and Trash Talk In The NBA

When people say, "don't wake up a sleeping bear," it definitely applies to star players in the NBA. There are players in NBA history that you knew not to get them going. Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, Reggie Miller just to name a few. In today's NBA,…

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May 18, 2023

James Harden Sells Tickets, Not A Winner

The title of this article is all I need to say. That is it. James Harden is not a guy who will lead you to a championship. He's a nice selling point to season ticket holders that will put them in seats.  James likes to go to concerts, go to La…

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May 16, 2023

Jordan Drowning In His Own Poole

Oh what a season it's been for the Golden State Warriors. Especially for backup shooting guard Jordan Poole. Jordan busted out onto the scene last season and helped the Warriors to their 4th championship within this dynasty run. Now that Jordan Poo…

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May 16, 2023

The Philadelphia Fakes

At this point, it's time for Philadelphia 76ers General Manager Daryl Morey to say goodbye to Head Coach Doc Rivers. Rivers is just an average coach who just so happened to win a championship with the right talent when he was coach of the Boston Cel…

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May 15, 2023

NIL Deals and the College Transfer Portal

NIL (Name, Image and Likeness) where college athletes can make money off of their names and brands while attending prestigious colleges and universities. The places where these young athletes make billions of dollars for the schools they attend thro…

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