Category: Opinion
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NFL Draft Round 1 Recap:
It was an eventful night in Detroit Michigan. The “fans, ” or industry plants, were supporting their respective teams in full force on one of the most important evenings in the NFL offseason. It was a night of celebration for many teams and a night of misery, distraught, and anger for others. The spectacle that… Read more
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March Preview Recap: Final Four Predictions
*Apologies for the chaotic scheduling… March Madness has thrown us off. Once it is over expect your regular scheduled program to return. This year’s March Madness has hosted some incredible moments and heartbreaking defeats. From last-second panic during the Auburn – Yale game to chaotic, exhausting, and frankly hilarious basketball during the Grand Canyon –… Read more
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Post Trade Deadline — NHL Outlook 2024 and Beyond, NHL General Manager’s Guide
This piece was originally written by Will Cooper for our 2024 trade deadline recap, as he forecasts what the rest of 2024 and the coming years have in store for us based on this deadline. However, after reading it I’ve decided that this should stand by itself because folks, Will just put pen to paper… Read more
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Fanatics is ruining professional sports uniforms
Fanatics, a US-based sports memorabilia manufacturer and retailer, has completely taken over the sports merchandise world. The company currently operates the official league store for every major US sports league – the NFL, MLB, NHL, NBA, PGA Tour, NCAA, UFC, Nascar, and even WWE official stores boast loudly on their front page that they are… Read more
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NCAA Court Storming: Is there an issue? Does it need to be banned?
Who doesn’t love an underdog? It doesn’t matter what sport, underdogs intensify the idea that anything can happen in sports. Whether it’s the #1 NCAA men’s basketball team, the #3 NCAA women’s basketball team, or a rivalry game that one squad hasn’t tasted the sweetness of a win in years, court storming is undeniably a… Read more
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The All-Star Game has been dead for years – it’s time to lay it to rest for good
If you ask any baseball fan to name the play that defined the 2011 MLB season, you will get one of two answers: David Freese’s Game 6 walk off home run to send Busch Stadium into a frenzy and force a World Series Game 7, or his two-strike, two-out double in the bottom of the… Read more
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Meet the writers!
Ross and Reese were asked basic and cryptic questions about themselves, their favorite memories, sports, and more. Hear what they have to say and meet the writers! Favorite TV Show? Peaky Blinders Favorite Sports teams? Carolina Panthers, Charlotte Hornets, Carolina Hurricanes Favorite sports memory to watch? The entire 2015 Panthers Season/Specifically, Cam Newton throwing a… Read more
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Live by Dan Campbell, die by Dan Campbell: Coach’s gambles cost Lions a chance at first ever Super Bowl Appearance
With about six minutes remaining in the first half of Sunday’s NFC Championship game between the Detroit Lions and the San Francisco 49ers, Lions Safety CJ Gardner-Johnson waved goodbye to 49ers fans from the sideline as Detroit held a commanding 21-7 lead over the NFC’s top team. What happened in the ensuing 36 minutes left… Read more
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Panthers Hire Bucs’ OC Dave Canales
On September 7th, 2003, my dad brought me to my first ever Carolina Panthers game in, “Ericsson Stadium”. I was a wide-eyed and wonderstruck 2-year-old who had never experienced such a stimulating spectacle. On that day, after a lackluster and boring first half, head coach John Fox turned to Quarterback Jake Delhomme. Delhomme entered the… Read more