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Reality Check: King James Will Hold Court Elsewhere in 2010
Posted: 28th October 2009 by Daniel Bartemus in NBA
The city of Cleveland has taken one too many haymakers to the face in its miserable sports history.
There was "The Drive" in football, the 1997 World Series and 2007 American League Championship Series in baseball, and the infamous Michael Jordan shot in the face of Craig Ehlo in basketball.
If those highlights aren't depressing enough, there are always Major League I and II . I mean, what other sports franchise has ...
A-Rod’s Postseason Blast Off Continues With Game 2 Heroics
Posted: 18th October 2009 by Daniel Bartemus in MLB
There were five other at bats that played out eerily similar to those of Alex Rodriguez's past postseason failures.á
He came up empty in his first four plate appearances, where only once did the ball leave the infield. Then there was his weak pop-out to shallow center that left the bases loaded in the 12th inning as the rain picked up and the temperatures dropped in the wee hours of the ...
Which of the NFL’s Four Winless Teams will Shun the Table in 2009?
Posted: 14th October 2009 by Daniel Bartemus in NFL
Misery loves company and it took 32 years for the 1976 Tampa Bay Buccaneers to get some.á
Last season the Detroit Lions finished 0-16, joining the '76 Bucs as the only teams to ever finish an NFL season entirely defeated.
After watching the 2007 Miami Dolphins avoid infamy by beating the Baltimore Ravens in overtime in Week 15, I assumed the football gods simply would not allow a group of professionals to ...
Pull For Michael Vick’s Redemption Song to Become a Smash Hit
Posted: 25th September 2009 by Daniel Bartemus in NFL
In 1979, after becoming diagnosed with melanoma, a cancer that would later take his life, Bob Marley began recording what would be his final album, Uprising. His mother Rita labeled itáa concept album, conveying the pain he was in during his final days and how he was dealing with his own mortality.
The last track on the album is titled Redemption Song, which rated No. 66 on Rolling Stone Magazine's 2004 ...
It's time to challenge whoever it was that coined the old sports adage "you win as a team and you lose as a team."
Case study: the 2009 Miami Dolphins.
Very few of the franchise's losses in my lifetime (1985-present) have been a team effort. In the Dan Marino era it was always the fault of the defense. In the A.D. (After Dan) years, the offense has struggled to score 17 points ...