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NFL Rewind: Week 1

Finally, it’s here. After weeks of waiting for the 2010 NFL regular season to arrive, it’s here. On Thursday the New Orleans Saints and Minnesota Vikings kick off the season in a rematch of last year’s NFC Championship game. Some of the scenery is the same for 2010, while a lot of it is dramatically [...]

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Packing Up the Grill: Week 1

Every week throughout the college football season, in addition to the Friday Tailgater preview, our Sports Nickel staff of college football experts will be reviewing the weekend’s action, distilling it down and “Packing Up the Grill” on the big stories of the week. We’ll usually be coming out with the recap on Mondays; thanks to [...]

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MLB Greatest Players – Volume VIII: Right Field

This is the eighth in a series of articles dealing with baseball’s greatest players, position by position, culminating in an overall list of the greatest players.  This volume covers Center Field.  Who are the greatest in MLB History?  Continue reading to find out.

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2010-11 NHL Previews: Pittsburgh Penguins

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Tailgater: College Football Week 1 Preview

John Mitchell: It’s finally here. This is my favorite time of the year and college football is ready to begin. I hope you enjoyed our conference previews. As always, Zach Bigalke and Matt Strobl are joining me in our first in-season edition of the tailgater. Zach Bigalke: We were already treated to a real thriller last night [...]

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Player Hating: The UFC/Dana White Edition

Welcome to this weeks edition of “Player Hating”, where we hurl blind hatred and those who may, or may not deserve it. This weeks target encompasses a whole sport and its dictator, yes; “Player Hating” knows no boundaries. In 1993 fight fans of America were dazzled with a new sport making its way to the [...]

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NFL Rewind: Preseason 4

Welcome once again readers, this time to the last preseason edition of Sports Nickel’s NFL Rewind. Over the last few weeks we’ve taken a look at some of the key players, teams, and transactions that may have the greatest impact on the upcoming NFL season. Now these factors are a mere ten days away from [...]

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The Outer Limits: 2 Titles > 27 Titles

Vol. VIII The Florida Marlins are superior than the New York Yankees. The Marlins’ two titles are worth more than the Yankees’ 20 something or other titles. Now that I got that out there…How is this possible you may ask? Simple, let me explain. You see, winning a title, for a fan, is like the [...]

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