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Moutain West Conference and Conference USA to create one ginormous league

The Mountain West Conference and Conference USA have been left looking around for someone to play with, as the SEC, Pac 12, B1G and even the Big East bring in new teams to expand their conferences. Since neither have the cache to bring in additional teams without losing others, the conferences have decided it was time to just slap it all together and make one mega-conference. ...
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Nevin Shapiro is out for blood at Miami

Remember Nevin Shapiro? Refresh your memory. This was the guy, the former University of Miami Hurricanes booster, that dimed out the entire football and basketball programs after going to jail for running a ponzi scheme. Shapiro, scum of the earth, doesn’t seem to be done, and even evoked Jack Byrnes in the process: “The public is going to hate me worse in the next coming...
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Video: Victor Cruz dances the Salsa at the Grammys

The Super Bowl of Music was on display last night and the World Champion New York Football Giants were represented on stage by wide receiving heroes, Mario Manningham and Victor Cruz. As one would expect, Cruz did his thing on stage. Shockingly, there was a absence of “Cruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuz” from the audience. Even more shocking, Mario Manningham didn’...
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Dwight Howard is doing everything he can to leave Orlando

Remember when Dwight Howard was one of the good guys? Amazing what impending NBA free agency could do for a guy. Magic fans were convinced a year or so ago that they wouldn’t have to endure another Shaq type split. When the big fella left Orlando for the Mouse’s first home, it set the franchise back years (as did the eventual Grant Hill trade and injury). But Howard was...
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Make the puns stop!

The New York Knicks are back! Again! What a week is was in NYC. Harvard alum, Jeremy Lin, has brought excitement back to the Garden, and Knicks fans are fired up. The Knicks had been struggling all season, and with injuries to Carmelo Anthony and a leave of absence from A’m'a’r'e’, it looked futile. But Jeremy Lin has come out-of-nowhere and put the Knicks...
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The Morning After – February 13, 2012 edition

Good Morning! Welcome to the new week ahead. I was watching a portion of the Grammys earlier. Of course they did some minor tweaks in the aftermath of Whitney Houston passing. Just some minor thoughts. I would have wanted to see Etta James and Don Cornelius on the In Memoriam vignette. Both were not on it. Nate Dogg was simplified into a group instead of individual like what they...
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Ok, we’re ready for college basketball

We are 6 months away from football starting back up, so now it is time to turn our attention to college basketball. Kentucky and Syracuse have been dominating hardwood while all of our focus has been on the gridiron. Both teams have outstanding starting fives, led by Anthony Davis and Kris Joseph, respectively. Ohio State follows them in the rankings and has only suffered 3 losses...
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How to dunk in 1 sec and rub in a victory

The basket wasn’t needed, and that is probably why they were able to execute this. Vinita High School in Oklahoma already had the game won, but decided to add style points to the victory on the last play of the game. Cross-Court Pass To Dunk In One Second – Watch More Funny Videos Impressive, considering it needed to bounce at just the right height at the right place on the court...
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Patriots dress the needy

The World Champion New York Football Giants are selling championship gear all throughout NJ and NY and online. You can buy several different styles of t-shirts, sweatshirts and hats to show championship pride. The clothing was avaiable seconds after Tom Brady’s Hail Mary pass hit the turf at Lucas Oil field. But what about all those pre-printed Patriot -shirts? World Vision,...
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Yet another dunk of the year

Blake Griffin’s “dunk” last week has been dethroned as the dunk of the year. Such ancillary titles are silly at best, but for the sake of arguing Russell Westbrook now has the title. This dunk was such a tremendous display of athleticism, that the announcers were left grunting only unintelligible words. Westbrook drove the lane, took off in traffic and soared over just about...
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Happy Hour – College Hoops Takes Center Stage

The NFL season is over and while I am very sad to be without football for the next seven months, I can now focus all of my attention on my second favorite sport, college basketball. My favorite teams, my alma mater George Mason and my faovrite team since I was a kid, North Carolina both are tied for the lead in their respective conferences. Mason faced a lot of questions coming into...
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Big House to host 2013 Winter Classic

The NHL has announced that the Detroit Red Wings will face off against the Toronto Maple Leafs at Michigan Stadium for the 2013 edition of the league's Winter Classic.
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The Odds-On Favorite: The Way Too Early Super Bowl XLVII Predictions

Well, the Super Bowl has passed, and with it, the 2011 season has come to a close.  But despite what the title says, it’s never too early to start picking out some winners for next year’s Super Bowl. Looking forward to the 2012 season, it’s plain to see that there are a handful of contenders carrying over from 2011.  The key will be in finding some gems buried down in the...
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Baseball Boyfriend: The Douchiest of Fantasy Sports

  So much better than math class! As a female, I’m used to hearing the reasons why I’m not qualified to talk/enjoy/think about sports. I’m also familiar with all the cringe-worthy marketing ploys aimed at women. (If I see one more pink jersey I’m going to scream.) Thanks to Lefty, I came across CBSSports’ Baseball Boyfriend, a fantasy baseball companion app, presumably...
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Austin Rivers Issues Fatality

We all know about how good Austin Rivers really is. Highly touted recruit. Goes to Duke. Struggled early on, but we know the talent is there. And he put that on full blast against their fierce rivals North Carolina. 39 minutes. 29 points (most for a freshman at the Dean Dome). 5 rebounds. 2 assists. 1 steal. 9/16 shooting from the field. Went 6/10 from beyond the arc, with his final...
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This parent gets what recruiting is all about

Garrett Kaiser, the 334th best LB in the country, according to MaxPreps, is on his way to South Dakota to play college football this fall, and he’s going to have most of it paid for by a scholarship.  Garrett’s father Jim saw his son’s ability to play football, looked at the escalating cost of a college education, put two and two together, and figured out a way...
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Kendrick Perkins to LeBron: #$^@ Off

If you’ll recall we, amongst another billion or so people, posted the video of Blake Griffin making Kendrick Perkins look like Greg Ostertag. Some harped on whether it qualified to be a dunk or not, that besides the point, it was a great display of how much of a freak athlete Blake Griffin is. And for Kendrick Perkins, many pushed it to be an insult to his being to allow that...
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The Return Of The King: The Victory Formation Podcast is BACK!

Yes, you read that right.  It’s been a long time since last we (literally) spoke to you here on the Internet airwaves.  September 23, 2010 to be exact.  503 days.  That is far too long.  And so, today we announce the return of The Victory Formation Podcast (formerly The Spartacast).  We hope to bring it to you weekly, or at least as often as sports news warrants.  So sit...
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Big East Reaches…Further…And Further

Without a doubt, the Big East has been spanked by conference expansion. They lost their flagship program (West Virginia) and their two most historical programs (Syracuse and Pitt) in a matter of a few months. The league, which was taking football expansion slowly, and even considering bolstering up a I-AA Villanova program, was forced to react. It wasn’t enough that they were...
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So Long Ricky…

I can still remember the Summer of 2004, I was in Costa Rica for a few weeks, completely cut off from the rest of the world. I literally had no clue what was happening anywhere…the Luxenborgans could have invaded the United States and I’d of never known. I wasn’t even seeking news, but as I stepped off the plane in Miami I saw it staring me down. “Ricky Williams Retires”...
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MVPunter

Steve Weatherford set a Super Bowl record Sunday night by placing 3 punts inside the Patriots’ 10 yard line. it’s not his fault one of those placements inspired the Pats to drive 96 yards for a score. Weatherford was a great offseason pickup from the Jets. He has bounced around the league, but the Giants felt good about his ability to not kick directly to small, exciting punt...
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TST’s Monday Night Raw Recap 2/6/2012

We open with a video recap of Undertaker coming out to indicate HHH is going to die last week, and HHH in turn indicating he doesn’t prefer that option and leaving. A man with a very serious voice ponders what could happen next. They’re in Oklahoma, which is shocking considering they didn’t bring Jim Ross back last week so he could be fired today. Main Event is...
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Braves home alternate jerseys, now with less racism!

This year the Atlanta Braves will sport new home alternate jerseys that are something of a throwback.  The cream colored alts feature blue piping, a number on the front, and lack the tomahawk under the script “Braves”.  The left sleeve features a patch with two crossed tomahawks, and the year 1876, the year of the team’s inception.  The unis are designed to be...
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On NCAA hockey

Just about a year ago, the world of college hockey was turned on its ear with the announcement of the Big Ten hockey conference. In one fell swoop, the WCHA and CCHA lost their most popular teams (Minnesota & Wisconsin in the WCHA; Michigan, Michigan State & Ohio State in the CCHA) and the rest of the teams from those two conferences scattered. Now a year later, the dust...
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Spring training is just around the corner

On Sunday, the football season officially ended. The only football news we will have until August will be free agency & the draft. That leaves us with two sports: Basketball & Hockey. But that’s only the case for (checks watch) 5 more days. In 5 short days, the first Major League Baseball team (the Seattle Mariners) report for spring training. A week after the rest of the...
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