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March 11, 2010

Losers, rich, rich losers

by Dan Bilicki In: Soccer

Money can’t buy you championships. Just ask Real Madrid how they’re feeling right now and the answer could be something like: “Like losers, but rich, rich losers.”
Lyon came into the game with a 1-0 lead after taking the first leg 1-0 at home. Holding Real to a clean sheet is impressive enough, but walking into [...]

March 10, 2010

End of the Dumbleavy era

by Dan Bilicki In: Basketball

His reign of terror is finally over. Yes Clippers fans, all 22 of you, Mike Dunleavy is no longer in charge of your club in any aspect.
After stepping down as the team’s coach less than a month ago to take over the GM job – something he wasn’t 100% incompetent at – Dunleavy has been [...]

March 9, 2010

Closing time

by Dan Bilicki In: Baseball, Fantasy

Well I hope you didn’t draft your fantasy baseball team already; you could be into some closer trouble already. Aside from races that are far from being settled, like the Rays and Jays, one of the premier ninth-inning men has already gone down.
Joe Nathan of the Twins, who had 47 saves and a 2.10 ERA [...]

March 8, 2010

Stars in trouble

by Dan Bilicki In: Basketball, Football

It wasn’t the best weekend to be a superstar from the state of Pennsylvania. Two of the state’s biggest stars were in some hot water for different reasons, but now some big questions will come to the public’s attention that I’m sure neither guy would like to see out there.
First, Big Ben Roethlisberger was reportedly [...]

March 5, 2010

Free agency opens

by Dan Bilicki In: Football

There wasn’t exactly the same start to free agency that happened last year, with Albert Haynesworth signing his ridiculous deal with the Redskins, but there has been some movement so far.
A quick aside about how quick negotiations can go with these midnight start times:  How can you hammer out a multi-million dollar contract in a [...]

March 4, 2010

What a dead-line

by Dan Bilicki In: Ice Hockey

“Dead”-line, dud-line. Call it what you want but one thing was clear on Wednesday: There was no way in hell that TSN and Rogers Sportsnet should have devoted eight-hour chunks of their schedules to devote to the NHL’s trade deadline. Say what you want about the number of trades made or the number of players [...]

March 2, 2010

More NHL fixing, Olympic style

by Dan Bilicki In: Ice Hockey, Olympics

With the NHL dropping the puck for the stretch run of their season – after stupidly taking off time for the Olympics – I have a good question for Commissioner Gary Bettman: Were you watching the men’s ice hockey tournament? Because if he was, he might have noticed that the Olympic set of rules is [...]

March 1, 2010

Golden Games

by Dan Bilicki In: Olympics

They may have started out pretty rough – heck, a guy died before the Opening Ceremonies even took place – but the hosts sure come together and the as the days moved on.
The beginning of Vancouver 2010 was a comedy of errors, from the Georgian luger’s death to the weather being the warmest in Winter [...]

February 26, 2010

Hasheem Tha-bust

by Dan Bilicki In: Basketball

Really, the only surprise attached to this move is that it took so long to happen. Yes, the Memphis Grizzlies have decided to ship the No. 2 pick in the draft off to the NBADL — the highest pick to ever grace a developmental roster.
You could have seen this story play out from the beginning: [...]

February 25, 2010

Canada crushes Russia

by Dan Bilicki In: Ice Hockey, Olympics

Team Canada’s ice hockey team had better thank their lucky stars for two things: That Roberto Luongo is currently better than Martin Brodeur and that they lost to the U.S. in the preliminary round.
Luongo’s play in net has far surpassed that of Canada’s apparent No. 1 goalie and now the whole country is reaping the [...]

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