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Sunday Shootaround: The Pacers meet Danny Granger again
☰OvertimeViewers GuideThe ListICYMISay WhatThis Week In GIFsgoogleplusfacebooktwitterupHello again, Danny GrangerPaul FlanneryINDIANAPOLIS -- When Danny Granger checked into the Pacers’ lineup late in...
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Modern Hate: The status of the college football rivalry, in four different...
by Steven GodfreyModern HateThe status of the college football rivalry, in four different statestwitterfacebookgoogleplusThe Keg of Nails, where getting out is half the battleSometimes the death of a...
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Fiction: The forgiveness of Lou Gehrig, 1931 and 1940: A Christmas story
Chapter 1You have to understand what kind of pressure I was under. No kid -- and at 23 I was still definitely a kid -- should have to be under that kind of stress. The day the Yankees called Jimmie and...
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Year in Longform 2013
The year in Longform13 of our favorite SB Nation features from ‘13The last shotMichael GraffEarl Badu hit one of the most famous shots in Maryland basketball history. Ten years later, he jumped off...
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The big 2014 Rose Bowl breakdown: Michigan State vs. Stanford
"There’s no such thing as carry-over. We’re not going to win games because we won last year."Stanford head coach David Shaw told me that in an interview last offseason. He gets excited talking about...
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The big 2014 Fiesta Bowl breakdown: UCF vs. Baylor
As a whole, the BCS did a decent job of choosing top teams for top bowl games. In terms of the F/+ rankings, the top five teams are all represented, as are six of the top seven and seven of the top...
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The big 2014 Sugar Bowl breakdown: Oklahoma vs. Alabama
[Game recap here: "Big Game Bob" and the Sooners pulled off the Sugar Bowl shocker!]The "Big Game Bob" moniker for Oklahoma head coach Bob Stoops has lived a long life and served a couple of different...
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Serie A midterms: Asking the magic 8 ball what lies ahead
It's difficult to see what the future holds in Serie A over the second half of the season. Unless you have a magic predictive device.We're not quite halfway through the Serie A season -- only 17...
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The big 2014 Orange Bowl breakdown: Clemson vs. Ohio State
"College football is better when ___ is good."We see and hear it said a lot. Fill in your national power (or, perhaps, former power) here: USC, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Michigan, whoever. We take comfort in...
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The big 2014 BCS Championship Game breakdown: Florida State vs. Auburn
The day after Alabama's dominant win over Notre Dame in last year's BCS National Championship, Bovada released 2013 national title odds. Alabama was an obvious favorite at 5/1, and Oregon, Ohio State,...
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Wilderness women: Every year, women come from all over North America to prove...
I'm not sure why the film crew picked me out of the crowd. It could have been because I was the first contestant to sign up, walking into the dim bar at 11 a.m. sharp and putting down my $5, signing my...
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Hoosier hysteria: How the Pacers won back the heart of Indiana
The Pacers were angry. Two nights earlier, they had blown a fourth-quarter lead and lost in Miami against their nemesis. Two nights before that, they'd dropped a game at home against Detroit, which is...
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The Sound and the fury: The story of Beast Quake, the greatest touchdown run...
On Jan. 8, 2011, Marshawn Lynch's 67-yard "Beast Quake" run propelled the 7-9 Seahawks to a stunning upset of the reigning Super Bowl champion Saints. Three years later, the Saints return to Seattle to...
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Sunday Shootaround: No panic moves coming for the Suns
☰OvertimeViewers GuideThe ListICYMISay WhatThis Week In GIFsgoogleplusfacebooktwitterupThe Suns won't waver despite early success, Bledsoe injuryPaul FlanneryTwo days before the start of the new year,...
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The Florida State process: How Jimbo Fisher combined the best of Bobby Bowden...
On Jan. 4, 1999, Florida State lost the first-ever BCS Championship Game, to Tennessee. The Seminoles were without Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Chris Weinke, who had gone down several weeks...
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Here There Be Alligators: In the rivers and swamps of Mississippi, something...
Here There Be AlligatorsIn the rivers and swamps of Mississippi, something huge lurks below the surfaceWilliam Browning | Jan 15, 2014In September, a man named Lee Turner caught something very big in...
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Top 100 college football games of 2013: The top 10
Top 100 Main MenuGames 100-71Games 70-41Games 40-11Top 10 GamesTop 100 college football games of 2013The 10 bestby Bill Connelly10 Nebraska 27, Northwestern 24 (November 2)It takes a Hail Mary to...
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Top 100 college football games of 2013: 100-71
Top 100 Main MenuGames 100-71Games 70-41Games 40-11Top 10 GamesTop 100 college football games of 2013100 through 71by Bill Connelly100 Connecticut 28, Temple 21 (November 23)99 Eastern Michigan 35,...
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Top 100 college football games of 2013: 70-41
Top 100 Main MenuGames 100-71Games 70-41Games 40-11Top 10 GamesTop 100 college football games of 201370 through 41by Bill Connelly70 North Carolina 34, Pitt 27 (November 16)Ryan Switzer says,...
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Top 100 college football games of 2013: 40-11
Top 100 Main MenuGames 100-71Games 70-41Games 40-11Top 10 GamesTop 100 college football games of 201340 through 11by Bill Connelly40 No. 16 UCLA 41, No. 23 Nebraska 21 (September 14)More here.39 No....
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