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I may be one of the few avid sports fans in America that resented the presence of the BCS National Championship Game on my TV Channel Guide last night. Not because I am one of those annoying football fans that can't seem to accept the fact that the bowl system will never loosen its grip on the NCAA (get over it already, there will never be a playoff system!), but because ...

Last year, the Denver Nuggets seemed to be one injury away from falling out of championship contention all season long. áFortunately for them, that one major injury never happened and they remained remarkably healthy throughout the entire season. In the offseason, while most teams were busy bolstering their lineups with depth and athleticism, the Nuggets stood pat with the same players that catapulted them to the Western Conference Finals, making a ...

The Denver Nuggets have officially removed themselves from the NBA upper echelon.  Period.   I’m sure there are those who will justify their recent lackluster performances by citing the absence of Chauncey Billups from their lineup. Admittedly, this has created a glaring chasm in their cohesion and leadership, but to rest their struggles solely on his missing presence would be overly simplistic.   Numerous red flags have become apparent throughout the course of the ...

The NBA head coach is perhaps the most futile and superficial leader of any of the major American sports. I mean what purpose does he really serve beyond drawing up a few plays, arguing with a referee here and there, and giving a compelling halftime speech? He is the ultimate figurehead, prominent in stature, yet lacking any meaningful power. But, even a figurehead serves one significant purpose: a source for inspiration. Following ...

Carmelo Anthony is having a monster season scoring the basketball. His 29.8 points per gameáleads the league by nearly a point.áHe has at times seemed unstoppable and has clearly been the offensive catalyst for a Nuggets team that currently leads the league in scoring and sports the second best record in the Western Conference. á Charles Barkley called Carmelo ôthe best flatout scorer in the NBA.ö Kenny Smith went on record as ...

The emotion was tangible at the Wachovia Center on Monday night as Allen Iverson made his return to Philadelphia against his former team. You could almost feel the energy emanating from the crowd as they awaited the familiar "a six-foot guard from Georgetown" pronouncement from the 76ers P.A. announcer, Matt Cord. Yet, starting with the apparent refusal of Andre Iguodala to relinquish his final spot in the pregame player introductions, Iverson had ...

The next four games will really show us what the Denver Nuggets are made of. á Coming off impressive blowout victories against the Golden State Warriors on Tuesday and the Miami Heat on Thursday night, the Nuggets will head out on the road for a four-game road trip that offers some very difficult matchups. á They start out on Saturday against a tough and surging San Antonio team. Before ThursdayÆs loss to the Celtics, ...

Some prep schools are renowned for academic excellence, feeding universities with bright, well prepared, intellectual students. These institutions are highly respected for their positive influence on their pupils, providing them with the all of the necessary tools to become highly successful adults. While Oak Hill Academy in Virginia is certainly one of these elite schools and offers a rigorous curriculum, it is more well-known for its boysÆ basketball program. Players ...

As the third quarter of Tuesday night's game against the Golden State Warriors began, Nuggets fans had to be holding their collective breath. The situation seemed all too familiar—up by 14 at half against an opponent who really had no business even being that close. Having scored at least 40 points in a single quarter in the first half, Denver entered the third quarter where they struggled so mightily on Sunday ...

It is common knowledge that the New York Knicks have strategically positioned themselves with an eye towards the free agency period of 2010. Starting at 12:01 AM on July 1st, the Knicks front office will undoubtedly be focusing of its attention on wining and dining their coveted prize in LeBron James. Nearly the entire current Knicks roster is comprised of players with expiring contracts, and after this season they will have ...