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2012 Australian Open: A Fortnight Down Under

  Whenever a new season begins in any sport, there are always countless questions pertaining to how things will unfold.  While the world of men’s tennis always has a plethora of queries when the guys head Down Under each January, the fluidity at the top of the sport is as riveting ...
Via Your Sports NightCap  |  January 14, 2012
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All is Quiet of the Western (Coaching) Front

They Bark for Sark in Seattle. The #1 team in the country in both polls resides in Eugene and is coached by Chip Kelly. Most pundits would agree that Chip Kelly is not even the best coach in the Beaver State. That honor would go to Oregon State’s Mike Riley. ...
Via Your Sports NightCap  |  October 20, 2010
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Show Him the Money!

  Normally I loathe athletes who hold out as a negotiation ploy to get a new contract. I think it is despicable for someone who is being paid tens of millions of dollars to hold out in hopes of receiving a couple of million more. While I respect that agents have ...
Via Your Sports NightCap  |  May 18, 2010
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LeBron to Chicago: Bulls***

  I keep hearing a lot about LeBron going to Chicago. While it makes a ton of sense from a personnel standpoint, I cannot imagine LBJ subjecting himself to being dubbed MJ Jr. for the rest of his career. LBJ’s decision over the next few months will go a long way ...
Via Your Sports NightCap  |  May 18, 2010
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New York Loves Boston

New York loves Boston. That sentence looks real strange. As a New Yorker, it disgusts me to even write it. However, over the last two weeks New York has fallen in love with Boston. The two cities have united as one. At least in the basketball world that is. Knicks ...
Via Your Sports NightCap  |  May 13, 2010
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Cincy’s Insanity

   A common definition of insanity which is credited to the great Albert Einstein is: "doing the same thing over and over again and expecting difficult results."  Using this as a guide, I think it is safe to label the Cincinnati Bengals as insane.  The decision makers in 'Nati are officially ...
Via Your Sports NightCap  |  May 08, 2010
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AVP Tour: An Unknown Entity

  Nobody is going to read this article.  It is about volleyball.  Nobody cares about volleyball.  Many people like to pick up a volleyball when they go to the beach a few times a year.  However, nobody actually watches the sport.  Sure, NBC has done a decent job packaging Kerri Walsh ...
Via Your Sports NightCap  |  May 08, 2010
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JaMarcus’ NFL Legacy? A Black Hole

In the past few days, rumors have been swirling around Raider Land. Several credible NFL reporters have come out and proclaimed that JaMarcus Russell would be cut by Al Davis in the coming days, after failing to once again stay in shape during the off season. These rumblings ...
Via Your Sports NightCap  |  April 30, 2010
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Tiger’s Tribulations Today

Tiger shot a 74 at Quail Hollow today in the opening round of the PGA event in Charlotte. While that score is certainly a disappointment for the world's greatest golfer, Tiger came out as a winner today. The fact that he actually played is the only important thing that occurred. Tiger ...
Via Your Sports NightCap  |  April 29, 2010
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Tiger Teachings: 6 Rules for the Modern Athlete

[This article was originally written for CBSNews.com. It resides, here: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-31751_162-20001956-10391697.html. A big thank you to CBS Interactive for allowing us to post an extended version of the piece on our website.] This week, the most recognizable athlete in the world makes his return to the discipline he has ...
Via Your Sports NightCap  |  April 23, 2010
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A Plea for Rugby and Curling on TV

[This article was originally written for CBSNews.com. It resides, here: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/03/24/opinion/main6328901.shtml. A big thank you to CBS Interactive for allowing us to post an extended version of the piece on our website.] The way we consume sports has changed greatly since the advent of television. The medium has ...
Via Your Sports NightCap  |  March 29, 2010
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A-Rod vs. Ochocinco: A Battle for the Ages

[On a night where Roddick easily dispatched American qualifier Ryler Deheart in the first round of the 2010 SAP Open, Your Sports NightCap's Resident Tennis Expert Payam Tabar turns his attention to an upcoming tennis match-up that would be sure to draw headlines. One pitting outspoken Cincinnati Bengals wide ...
Via Your Sports NightCap  |  February 11, 2010
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All Business for Sampras

[This entry was generated by Your Sports NightCap's Resident Tennis Expert, Payam Tabar. A regular contributor to the radio program for years, with his well-founded analysis and no-nonsense style, Tabar has also been go-to guy for coverage of tennis events large and small. Here, he recaps Monday night's ...
Via Your Sports NightCap  |  February 10, 2010
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2010 ATP Season Preview

Doha. Auckland. Sydney. Brisbane. All destinations where the circuit has stopped. The ATP Calendar has already commenced with several tune-ups in and around Australia. But most tennis fans consider them mere tune-ups; small hors d'oeuvres for the entrée that is the first Grand Slam ...
Via Your Sports NightCap  |  January 21, 2010
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A Fortnight Down Under

The shortest offseason in sports is over, and as the calendar turns to a new decade the tennis world is set to christen 2010 by battling for the next two weeks in Melbourne. Even though it seems like Nikolay Davydenko just held up the trophy at the O2 in London, ...
Via Your Sports NightCap  |  January 17, 2010
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Tiger Woods’ New Hero? Lane Kiffin

We just had to post this to our website, as we found it priceless when we first laid eyes on it. This picture is courtesy of Volunteer Mike Richards, who has been a long time contributor to the radio program, in many capacities. He was good enough to ...
Via Your Sports NightCap  |  January 15, 2010
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Big Mac Delivers Hollow Revelation

The answer to the photo caption above is "yes". Mark McGwire has finally come clean. He has finally told us that he played dirty. In a carefully-crafted statement released to the Associated Press, McGwire delivered a truth that most of us were already suspecting: the man used ...
Via Your Sports NightCap  |  January 13, 2010
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Resolutions for the Sports World in 2010

Kisses under the mistletoe are no longer spontaneously occurring. The Xmas trees have been thrown out. And the Holiday Season joviality and overeating have largely subsided. It's back to business for much of the world. And time for a sobering wake up call. Most of ...
Via Your Sports NightCap  |  January 09, 2010
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Catch a Tiger by the Tail

  Until last August, the world thought Tiger Woods could never be caught.  That all changed on August 16, 2009, at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Minnesota.  On that Sunday afternoon, the golf world watched as Y.E. Yang exposed Tiger's athletic mortality.  For the first time in a meaningful golf event, ...
Via Your Sports NightCap  |  January 02, 2010
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NFL Columbus Day Checkpoint

  All professional team sports have a date on which you can start to take stock of how a season is developing and form some concrete opinions on teams.  MLB has Memorial Day, the NBA has Christmas, and I think the NFL has Columbus Day.  Some NFL pundits would claim that ...
Via Your Sports NightCap  |  October 12, 2009
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NFL Sunday School: Football Learnings from Week 4

Were you to see me on an average NFL Sunday, you wouldn't necessarily think that anything academic was happening. Donning no more than sweats or a pair of boxers, I lay there, rather passively, on a sofa. Behind a sleepy gaze aimed at the television screen, the wheels ...
Via Your Sports NightCap  |  October 08, 2009
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The NFL’s Biggest Losers

You've heard the slew of NFL analysts and information men for weeks now. They grimace, ponder, and finally utter predictions on everyone's favorite team, before the season begins. "I like Team X because they've demonstrated they can run the football." "Boy, doesn't Team Y look good ...
Via Your Sports NightCap  |  September 10, 2009
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Untapped Assets: Young Talents Left Unfulfilled

Two nights ago was an evening that provided me good fodder for another offering to the Blogosphere. Ernests Gulbis was struggling through his encounter against Andy Murray in the second night match on Day 2 of the US Open, in Flushing Meadows, New York. Gulbis, the son of ...
Via Your Sports NightCap  |  September 03, 2009
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U.S. Open Preview


Via Your Sports NightCap  |  August 29, 2009
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Diseased Crab(apple)tree Infests 49ers

  Crabapple trees when planted have the potential to be beautiful and bountiful.  The 49ers brass felt the same about #10 overall pick Michael Crabtree when he fell into their laps in April's draft.  They and the entire 49er fan base were enamored with the potential for their future superstar WR.  Before he ...
Via Your Sports NightCap  |  August 08, 2009
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