Tonya Harding, Nancy Kerrigan 30 for 30 premiering next month

December 10, 2013 by Leave a Comment

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Remember “Skategate?” Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan? Or Nancy Kerrigan and Tonya Harding? Of course, you do. I’m sure you remember Tonya Harding’s nudey mag photos and then Tonya Harding gaining all that weight.

On January 6, 1994, just weeks before the Olympic Games in Norway, Nancy Kerrigan was struck on the knee in a stunning attack and what unfolded was one of the most dramatic controversies in sports history. It’s when the 24-7 news cycle was born. The era of OMG NON-STOP COVERAGE OF SPORTS SCANDAL began. Our lives of media saturation would never be the same again, ESPN Films will debut a new 30 for 30 documentary, The Price of Gold, on Thursday, January 16, at 8 p.m. CST on ESPN. The documentary is directed by award-winning filmmaker Nanette Burstein (The Kid Stays in the Picture, American Teen, On the Ropes.)

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Jordan Lynch talks about his upcoming Heisman Trophy experience

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Northern Illinois quarterback Jordan Lynch (Chicago, Ill./Mt. Carmel HS) will travel to New York City as a finalist for the 2013 Heisman Trophy. Jordan Lynch is the first Huskie player to be selected as a finalist for the trophy. Florida State QB Jameis Winston is the overwhelming favorite, and he’ll almost certainly win it, but Lynch for 6 is only the third player from the Mid-American Conference to be named a finalist along with Randy Moss (1997) and Chad Pennington (1999), both from Marshall. No MAC player has ever won the Heisman.

The other finalists are Alabama QB AJ McCarron, Texas A&M QB Johnny Manziel, Boston College running back Andre Williams and Auburn RB Tre Mason. Manziel won the award last year, if he wins this year, which he won’t, he would be just the second two-time Heisman winner in college football history. Archie Griffin of Ohio State is the first and only.

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Cleveland Browns Josh Gordon: narcotics offenses and receiving records

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Josh Gordon is the name you need to know as the Cleveland Browns get ready to host the Chicago Bears on Sunday. He was relegated to the Supplemental Draft, so only Browns fans and fantasy owners knew who he was before he had his raucous record re-writing receiving rampage in mid-season this year. He’s obscure no more as Josh Gordon has been the darling of this fantasy football season.

Of course, we’ll stop the fantasy football talk right there because you know how much I care about that stuff. I like pre-conference college basketball, no one else does. Lots of people like fantasy football, I do not.

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Big Ten power rankings: 12-10-13

December 10, 2013 by 2 Comments

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Time for a Big Ten basketball power rankings while they’re still fresh. No cutesy poo introduction this time. Just read this essay about college basketball. And how no one cares about pre-conference college basketball. Well except for me, I do.

After you’re done reading that you can move on the Big Ten power rankings.

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PHOTOS and VIDEOS: Slovenian skiier Tina Maze is hotter than Lindsey Vonn

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Tina Maze is going to be the next biggest thing when Sochi gets here. She’s a Slovenian World Cup alpine ski racer who’s hotter than Lindsey Vonn. Yeah, I said it Tina Maze is hotter than Lindsey Vonn. There I said it again. Maze is one of just 6 women who have won in all five World Cup events in a single season. Tina Maze who goes about 5’10, 150, has 22 World Cup victories and is the current world champion in Super-G. Tina Maze will dominate in the 2014 Winter Olympics as she was the world champion in giant slalom in 2011 and won the overall World Cup in the 2013 season.

TINA-MAZE

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Michigan State fans: STOP BURNING THINGS IN THE STREET!

December 10, 2013 by 1 Comment

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This is a memo to Michigan State fans, Michigan State University, Michigan State alums and Michigan State students. Y’all need to come together and stop this DUMB “tradition.” Burning things in the street after losing a college basketball game is classless and reflects POORLY on MSU. And this is a Spartan (sort of, I’m an Illini first and foremost) talking. I did my first semester of graduate school at Michigan State, and that happened to be spring 2000, the same exact semester the Spartans won it all.

The Big Ten has not won a national title since, and a small group of Michigan State “fans” have acted like IDIOTS just about every year when MSU gets eliminated from the NCAA Tournament. Following last Marcht’s 71-61 loss to the Duke Blue Devils, at least seven couch fires were reported in East Lansing. This also happened in February after Michigan State lost to the Indiana Hoosiers. And this “ritual” goes back to 1999 when MSU was eliminated by Duke (the more things change, the more they stay the same) in the Final Four.

Congratulations cadre of Michigan State morons, you’ve done the impossible: made Duke more likable.

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How come NO ONE CARES about non-conference college basketball?

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For one month of the year, everyone and their brother is obsessed with college basketball. It’s the month that comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb. Which reminds me how the college basketball season comes in with crickets chirping and apathy. And it leaves with all eyes up on it, desperately clamoring for it not to leave as One Shining Moment plays. Fitting how March, the month with most well known cliche, is that month. And of course, it’s the casinos, sports books and office pools that make everyone care about it during the NCAA Tournament.

In January people start to care about college basketball, and in February, a lot more start to pay attention. Although this year, that will take a hit from the Winter Olympics in Sochi.

The rest of the year no one cares, and I MEAN NO ONE CARES. Unless you live in the states of Kansas, Kentucky, Indiana or North Carolina. In those states you care passionately every year from October to April. And if you’re a Kentucky Wildcats fan, you care about college basketball the whole year round. Anyways, let’s take a serious look at how college basketball has taken the right measures to fight preconference apathy, and why that apathy is still so strong, despite all the great measures they’ve taken.

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Josh McCown lovefest in full effect, Jay Cutler bashing begins

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Josh McCown is 3-2 as Chicago Bears starting QB. He has 12 TD passes and one interception. He’s competing 70% of his passes. He’s thrown for 348 yards in three straight weeks. Josh McCown only has seven 300 yard games passing in his NFL career. His passer rating on the season is 103.6 For his career it’s 75.8.

Jay Cutler is 38-26 with the Bears as a starter. He’s 4-4 this year. Cutty’s passer rating is 88.4 for the season, 84.4 for the year. Time for a good old fashioned QB controversy. Even though there really shouldn’t be one. This really isn’t a discussion.

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Michigan State Rose Bowl flashback and history

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With Michigan State’s victory over Ohio State in the Big Ten championship game, the Spartans clinched a berth in the Rose Bowl for the first time since 1988; a game MSU won 20-17 over USC. For the Big Ten, it meant only it’s third Rose Bowl victory in the last 15 years; going 2-12 from 1974 to 1987.

The years that followed, however, the Big Ten experienced a great amount of success from 1989-2000 going 8-4 over the Pac-10 (now 12) in the Rose Bowl.

Now the Big Ten, not just Michigan State, is praying for history to repeat itself.

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Manchester United could easily fall out of Champions League

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It sounds weird to say Manchester United and mid table, but that’s exactly where they are, and it’s the place they deserve to be. They’ve earned it. The Red Devils have fallen 12 points off the lead. Worse, it’s Arsenal that sits atop the table.

Manchester United suffered their first home loss to Newcastle United since February 1972. The magpies win caused one fan to commit suicide supposedly. With David Moyes at the helm, United suffered the first home loss to Everton since August of 1992. When Moyes was with his old club, he said he used to head to Old Trafford “just hoping to get out alive.”

Now hes making history for Manchester United- the wrong kind. And it gets worse.

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Robin Van Persie denies he requested to leave Manchester United

December 10, 2013 by 1 Comment

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There have been a lot rumors that Manchester United striker Robin Van Persie was seeking a transfer to FC Barcelona. Multiple outlets have reported the rumor. However, Robin Van Persie denies that he put in a transfer request. RVP was brought over by Sir Alex Ferguson, and he didn’t expect Fergie to retire. He got used to the way Ferguson does things. Van Persie says he clicks with Fergie’s replacement, David Moyes despite what you hear to the contrary.

Previous reports have said that Robin Van Persie and Moyes don’t get along. Even if he says he has no desire to leave, it doesn’t stop other teams from coveting and bidding for him.

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Indianapolis Colts will scare absolutely no one in playoffs

December 9, 2013 by 2 Comments

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Yesterday the Indianapolis Colts had two chances to get into the NFL postseason. They could have gone in the front, kicking the door down with a statement win at the Cincinnati Bengals. Instead they had to wait three hours and sneak into the post season through the back door. The Colts clinched the NFL’s most awful division, and let someone else earn a postseason berth for them.

Sure, the Indianapolis Colts are headed to the second season, but they scare no one who could potentially face them. Unless their opponent has to travel to Lucas Oil Field, the Colts seem like an easy out.

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