April 9, 2014
About Last Night: Durant Stops Streaking
In case you were busy planning your resignation a mere 10 years after drafting Darko Milicic over Carmelo Anthony, Chris Bosh, and Dwyane Wade, here are the top five stories you missed in sports on Tuesday.
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Triangle Cheat Sheet: 10 Things to Know About Tonight’s NCAA Women’s Championship
If you need your fix of college hoops today and you haven’t been following the women’s game, here are 10 things you need to know about the national championship.
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Mike Evans Is a Quarterback’s Best Friend, Cornerback’s Nightmare
Evans is just the latest basketball crossover, and even though he isn’t quite as tall as Jimmy Graham, he might as well be. His 35-and-1/8-inch arms are longer than those belonging to any of the three top tackles in the draft, and his vertical is 37 inches. If the ball is anywhere near him, he’s probably going to get it.
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Out of the Darkness: How MLS Commissioner Don Garber Took His League From Contraction to Expansion
In Part 1 of Graham Parker’s interview with MLS Commissioner Don Garber, Garber discussed the fast-transforming culture of MLS ownership and spoke of the effect of some of the “young guns” who have entered the league in recent years. Before that happened, though, MLS faced a painful contraction and consolidation of many of the remaining teams into the hands of a few charter owners of the league. Garber takes up the story.
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The Manimal Evolves
Faried had been agitating for an increased role in Denver’s offense since Brian Shaw took over as coach, but his chance didn’t really come until Ty Lawson went down with ankle and foot issues just before the All-Star break. The results have been, frankly, kind of stunning.
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Mark Buehrle Is Your Projected AL Cy Young Winner, Plus More Fun With Small Sample Sizes
We’re a little more than a week into the MLB season, and, as usual, people are forgetting how long it takes to iron out the randomness in baseball. Responsible parties will wait until at least sometime in May before making sweeping conclusions about the 2014 season. Being responsible is so boring, though. You know what’s not boring? Having a few too many Lynchburg Lemonades, calling a bunch of ex-girlfriends, and projecting everyone’s stats across 162 games to facilitate absurd awards and playoff predictions.
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Men in Blazers: Everton, Arsenal, and USA-Mexico
Live from Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport, Rog and Davo are stunned by Everton’s second wind, Arsenal’s impotency, and USA 2–Mexico 2.
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No Zlatan? No Problem for Paris Saint-Germain
While any missed Zlatan time is a blow to those who enjoy watching cool things happen, it won’t necessarily derail PSG’s Champions League title aspirations for two reasons: insane attacking depth that will keep the goals coming, and an underrated midfield capable of providing support to the team’s world-class defense.
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The 12 Most Important Humans at the National Championship
Who will we remember from the 2014 men’s basketball championship game?
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Their Own Personal Hell: Breaking Down the Devils’ Shootout Woes
The New Jersey Devils’ line in the NHL standings may be the saddest thing in the hockey world.
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NCAA Championship Shootaround
Last night in North Texas, March Madness finally came to a cacophonous, crazy, based conclusion. Here are some riffs and GIFs on Connecticut’s huge win over Kentucky, and the end of the college basketball season.
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About Last Night: Dog Bites Cat
In case you were busy rooting for the Calipari-to-the-Lakers rumor to be true for so many reasons, here are the four biggest stories you missed in sports on Monday.
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