Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaand they’re off!!!!!!!!!!!  The three words that will start the race in which American Pharoah will try and do what no other horse has done since 1978. Win the Triple Crown. Very exciting stuff. There is a reason no horse has won this crown in a very long time……it’s hard to do! Win three races in 5 weeks against the best horses in the world. With the third leg of [...]

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Nothing like Game 7 in the Stanley Cup playoffs! Tonight the Rangers will stave off elimination (again) against Tampa Bay to earn their second straight trip to the Stanley Cup finals. It has been a great series as both teams have the firepower to score quickly. And the hard hitting just doesn’t stop. But this time it will come down to goaltending, with the experienced Lundquist coming up larger than the inexperienced [...]

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Guaranteeing a win in Game 7 of a series you once lead three games to one is not a good idea Mr. Ovechkin. You are a great hockey player, but you are no Mark Messier when it comes to delivering on a guarantee. Next time, just let your skills do the talking for you. This is the kind of thing that tarnishes a great career. Now you will be remembered [...]

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What a remarkable performance by young Jordan Speith at Augusta. Wire to wire against one of the most competitive fields in recent memory.  And he handled himself with class and dignity the entire time. This is just what the PGA needed as it looks for the next generation of young players to replace past champions like Woods, Els and other forty-something legends. We have alot to look forward to as Jordan [...]

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This will be a very competitive  Masters tournament in Augusta this weekend with the likes of McIlroy, Watson (Bubba, not Tom), Speith, Walker  all vying for the title of Masters champ. And there is a player named Tiger who is also in the field. It is not out of the question that he can compete as he plays well here, but these other guys have been playing this season, so [...]

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This is a very exciting time of the year for basketball fans across the country. Today begins March Madness,which compels fans and non-fans alike to fill out a bracket and try and pick the eventual winner out of 64 teams. There will be upsets along the way, buzzer beaters, nail biters and unlikely heroes. But in the end, only one team can hold up the championship trophy. In this case, it appears that the Kentucky [...]

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Dean Smith passed away this weekend at the age of 83. The former head basketball coach at the University of North Carolina was one of the most widely respected figures in college basketball history. Not just because he was a terrific teacher of the game, which lead to 2 National Championships, but also because of the values he taught his players. They all have spoken about how much he taught [...]

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Wow, welcome to the world of notoriety Malcolm Butler! Incredible play to seal the Belichick/Brady legend in one of the great Super Bowls of all-time. Yes, we all knew that Lynch was going to carry the Seahawks to their second straight championship. All of us but Pete Carroll! Regardless of the poor play call, the credit goes to Butler for being where he was supposed to be and making a [...]

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Enough about the air in the footballs, let’s get on with the game! It appears we have a great matchup for the Super Bowl. There always seems to be a story that the media tries to make bigger than the game.  Time to put that aside!  I assure you that the footballs will be equally inflated! So, if we are just talking about the game itself, it appears we have [...]

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Well Bills fans, get used to your head coach trying to make himself bigger than the team he coaches. For the life of me, I can’t understand why a guy, who hasn’t won anything in this league, gets the head coaching job for a team that hasn’t won for so long, not to mention paying him five million dollars a year! Who was making the decision and what did they [...]

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