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NFL General

Who is Winston Justice?

By Rob LaBrie

Winston Justice is the best offensive tackle in the upcoming draft. He’s going to dominate in the NFL, much like he did in the combine and on the USC pro day. He’s bigger and faster than anyone else.  Justice is also the most athletic tackle in the draft and clearly has top ten talent.  He has a pretty face and he’s much better than D’Brickshaw Ferguson in pretty much every way you could imagine. He even has a cooler name than D’Brickshaw. All of this is true. If you don’t believe me, just ask him… he’ll tell you all about it.

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MLB General

The Official "Two Weeks Into the Season" Awards

By Rob LaBrie

Although we are only a little over two weeks into a very long baseball season, I feel compelled to write about what has happened so far just because there’s been so much going on.  We’ve seen an established superstar hit 9 jacks in 13 games and a guy with 19 career homers before this year hit 9 of his own through 13 games.  We’ve seen a guy come close to breaking Joe DiMaggio’s timeless hitting streak record.  We’ve seen a 40-year-old, “washed up” Mad Dog win his first three games in dominating fashion.  We’ve also seen a pair of Sox, one young and one old, win their first three games.  Oh yeah, we’ve also seen perjury charges and a homer-less 10 games for the guy with the biggest head in the game, literally.  What better way to sum up the season than with the first annual TWIS Awards?  

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College Basketball

Hopefully the Returning Gators Start a Trend

Joakim Noah, Corey Brewer, and Al Horford announced that they would be returning for their junior season on Friday night in front of a group of students and fans in Gainsville.  Billy Donovan confirmed this statement afterwards, saying he had talked to the students earlier and they told him they wanted to win a second straight national championship… and if other teams in Division 1 can’t hold on to their prime time players, the Gators might just do so.

It’s been the trend over the past few years for players to leave college early or come straight out of high school to go to the NBA.  College players who dominate at that level for more than one year without entering the draft have become a dying breed.  While there’s always a chance Joakim Noah is going to be the new trend setter, it’s highly unlikely that many more will follow in his footsteps.

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Boston Celtics

Wastin’ Away Again in Beantown

By: Rob LaBrie

The Boston Celtics… not exactly the epitome of a successful franchise now-a-days.  Those of you old-schoolers will think of Bird, Russell, and McHale when you hear
“Celtics”.  Unfortunately, it doesn’t look like Boston will be taking home championships anytime soon.  There is really only one phrase that can sum up the C’s in the Danny Ainge era… train wreck.  However, there is one star that has stood out in Boston and the star has been shining even brighter lately.  In Boston, we call that star “The Truth”.

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MLB General

Fantasy Baseball: Top 20 Picks

The Super Bowl is over.  We still have the Pro Bowl, but who can really get into that?  The end of the football season means that the baseball season is upon us.  Those of you fantasy owners know that baseball is probably the toughest of all fantasy sports.  The long season will often take a painful toll own fantasy owners.  It becomes difficult to keep up with all of the little changes that teams make over the 6 month season.  In order to be a winning manager, you must stay active all season, make quality free agent pickups and trades, and keep track of match-ups your players will face.  However, none of this will mean anything if you can’t draft the right players in the beginning.  Fortunately for you, that’s what I’m here for.

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NFL General

Conspiracy Theorists Need to Get Real

Listen folks, I’m not saying that the refs called a great Super Bowl and that we should be praising the ground they walk on, but here’s the bottom line: Pittsburgh won the game.  They did it fair and square.

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MLB General

AL East Preview

By: Rob LaBrie

Now that the Patriots aren’t in the Super Bowl, I seem to be having trouble really getting as into it as usual.  So when all else fails here in New England, we look to baseball.  While the rosters aren’t finalized yet, there’s no harm in taking a peek at what’s going on in the Show.

Recent history shows that the AL East has been dominated mainly by the two powerhouses, New York and Boston.  However, it could be different this year.  The Red Sox have seen many roster changes including first base, second base, shortstop, third base, and center field.  The rotation will see two new starters and the bullpen has also changed around a little bit.  Meanwhile, the Yankees are another year older and will have only one guy under thirty in the starting lineup.  Then there is Toronto.  The Jays have added plenty of fresh faces and are being considered the dark horse in the East.  The Orioles have also changed it up a little, despite what Miggy seems to think.  Of course, there are always those pesky Devil Rays to watch out for…but don’t get your hopes up.

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NFL General

Conference Championship Picks

By: Rob LaBrie

The two conference championship games include two very intriguing match-ups.  On the AFC side you have the red-hot Pittsburgh Steelers going to Mile High to face the Denver Broncos.  Pittsburgh is coming off a confidence-building win over the choke-artist Colts.  However, Denver hasn’t lost at home all year and last week they handled the Patriots behind a solid defensive effort and a plethora of mistakes on the part of New England.  In the NFC, you have the Seattle Seahawks, a trendy Super Bowl pick coming into the playoffs, at home against the Carolina Steve Smith’s… I mean… Panthers.  Seattle also went undefeated at home this season including a win against the Redskins in the Divisional round.  The Panthers managed to get to this game through great defense and clutch performances by Steve Smith over the last two weeks.

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NFL General

Young Should Be Number One

Reggie Bush had an amazing collegiate career.  He was a walking highlight reel for his 3 year stay at USC.  He helped the Trojans in getting their first two national titles, one of which was a split.  He won the Heisman, joining a highly exclusive group of the best college players of all time.  So naturally, who was standing on the sidelines when the game was on the line in the Rose Bowl against Vince Young’s Texas Longhorns?  Reggie Bush.  Who was out single-handedly tearing down the legend that was the USC Trojans while Bush was taking a break?  Vince Young.

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New England Patriots

Deflated Dynasty

The New England Patriots have had a great run.  Nobody can deny that they have been one of the greatest teams of all time.  While they certainly haven’t been as talented as teams like the Broncos, Cowboys, 49ers, or Steelers of their time, they’ve had intangibles that no other team had.  Bill Belicheck is the greatest coach of his era and ranks right up there with legends like Vince Lombardi and Bill Walsh.  The image of him standing on the sidelines in his Patriots hooded sweatshirt will likely be what people will think of.  They also have a man by the name of Tom Brady.  Tom Brady has won 3 Super Bowls at age 28.  He could retire right now and easily go to the Hall of Fame.  New England is broken right now, but the dynasty has not been destroyed.