Category: "Columns"

NFL Rewind: Week 3

Welcome back to your favorite weekly NFL update, fellow fans: Sports Nickel’s NFL Rewind! The NFL season has already seen three weeks come and go, and there’s as much turnover as ever.  Some teams are struggling, some are surprising, and some get just as much attention no matter what they do. While all the melodrama [...]

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2010 Heisman Watch: Week 4

In my opinion, through three games, we had three candidates that were head and shoulders better than everyone else. Week four saw one of them continue his impressive season, one of them get injured, and one of them fold under the pressure of a close game. Now, we have seen a familiar face put his [...]

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UFC 119: Mir vs. Cro Cop Review/Thoughts

Are you kidding me?! That was a horrible call, or score, rather. If you don’t know what fight I’m talking about, then you must have missed the Sean Sherk/Evan Dunham fight. Dunham won that fight easily. A Split Decision was ridiculous. A Split Decision in favor of Sherk was a robbery of monumental proportions. You [...]

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Player Hating : The Dallas Cowboys/Fans Edition

Welcome to this weeks edition of Player Hating, where we hurl blind hatred at those who may or may not deserve it, this week’s target, DALLAS COWBOYS and their fans. Now I know what you are thinking, it’s unfair to characterize and attack a fan base and its team as a whole. You would think [...]

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UFC 119: Mir vs. Cro Cop Preview/Picks

Well it’s time ladies and gentlemen. UFC 119, presented by Halo: Reach, is upon us, and I know you are all waiting on the edge of your seats to watch this event. Okay, so maybe you’re not. There are no HUGE fights on this card, per se, but I think every fight on this card [...]

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NTSF 105: Diversifying your sports portfolio with the Vuelta finale, aging legends and more…

  What is the greatest benefit in having as diverse a range of sporting interests as possible from a fan’s standpoint? There is never an offseason… something is always right in line to take the place of a departing season with a fresh dose of varied live action. It is often said that there really [...]

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NFL Rewind: Week 1

After what seems like too long, NFL Rewind is back to take a look at Week 1 of the 2010 NFL Season. Finally, we can take a look at the surprising games that transpired last weekend, as well as glance ahead at Week 2. The first regular season games saw both unexpected production from various [...]

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TUF 12: Episode I report

Welcome to TUF XII, maybe the least anticipated coaching matchup since Serra/Hughes. Does anyone really care about Kos? Does anyone expect anything from GSP we didn’t see from Nog? Here we go. The Promises ** Koscheck is out saying he is going to beat the UFC’s golden boy (Brock Lesnar?) and beat GSP’s “Fake Ass” [...]

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