Chicago Bears vs Dallas Cowboys: brutally honest preview

December 5, 2013 by Leave a Comment

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How are the Dallas Cowboys underdogs in this one? Are you serious?

It’s weird how the Chicago Bears, Chicago Bulls, Illini and Northwestern all saw their seasons, from a practical sense, end within a week or two of each other. Illinois and NU wrapped up their dreadful seasons this past Saturday, and the Minnesota Vikings OT upset made the rest of this year a moot point for the Bears. So all of Chicago’s NFL and college football teams are pretty much down now. And with Derrick Rose going down, my hometown’s NBA team is done too.

Tis the season right? It’s the most. Wonderful time. Of the year!

Bring on the Dallas Cowboys, are you ready for some football?

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PHOTO: Indiana Hoosiers female fan strips down to her underwear at game

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This female Indiana Hoosiers fan attended the Big Ten ACC Challenge game at Syracuse, and soon got rather sad. Because after all her team got destroyed. As did my Michigan State Spartans, so I feel her pain. And my Illini collapsed in their game and lost as well. However, I did not get semi-naked, as this young woman did.

And I’m sure this will shock no one, the down to her unmentionables in public, or should I say in pubic, Indiana Hoosiers fan has a huge tramp stamp! SHOCKING!

And she has a huge upper back tattoo as well, surprising no one.

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Everton G Tim Howard taking over ESPN Twitter account

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Everton Goalkeeper Tim Howard is having an excellent week, on and off the pitch. He shut out his old mates Manchester United, helping Everton get its first win at Old Trafford since 1992. On Fox Soccer Daily, they were debating whether or not Howard is best goalkeeper in all of Premier League.

Now Tim Howard will man an ESPN Twitter account during the Final Draw for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. The Draw places the 32 teams who have qualified for the 2014 World Cup into eight groups consisting of four teams. The teams in each group play three matches in a round-robin phase with the top two teams from each group advancing to the round of 16 single-elimination phase.

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Manchester United want to trade Nani and Valencia for Sneijder

December 4, 2013 by 2 Comments

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Manchester United manager David Moyes is trying to get a deal done that include wingers Nani and Antonio Valencia in a potential bid for Galatasaray’s Netherlands midfielder Wesley Sneijder. The Daily Express was the first to report the transfer rumor, but now multiple other outlets have picked it up.

From the Express:

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UCLA Cheerleaders, dance team photo gallery

December 4, 2013 by 1 Comment

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The UCLA Bruins are right there with the Kentucky Wildcats, Kansas Jayhawks and North Carolina Tar Heels as the blue blood programs of college basketball- literally and figuratively. The UCLA cheerleaders are to college hoops what the USC Song Girls (USC Cheerleaders) are to college football. Both in L.A. both draw from that ridiculously superior talent pool.

So the UCLA cheerleaders, UCLA dance team, UCLA dancers whatever you want to call them deserve their own post- long, long overdue. Get ready, as the Bruins hoops squad, and the UCLA cheerleaders will do their thing Friday night at 9 CDT. As a #6 seed taking on the #11 seed Minnesota Golden Gophers.

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2014 NFL Mock Draft: 12-5-13

December 4, 2013 by 13 Comments

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2014 NFL mock draft time. Team needs were taken into account sometimes, but not all the time. We did go “best player available” like the cliche says, or value-based pick sometimes. The 2014 NFL mock draft order is based on projections on how we believe the NFL teams will perform this rest of this season.

We also have feature stories on the players themselves. Click on the names where highlighted to read those.

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Tim Beckman’s “W.I.N.T.” up for Quote of the Year

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This offseason, Illini football coach Tim Beckman introduced a new catch-phrase for the program.

“Whatever is Necessary.” or “W.I.N.” is the new slogan Tim Beckman used to motivate/lead Illinois Fighting Illini football in 2013. Or actually, it’s W.I.N.T. whatever is necessary today. Yes, Beckman changed W.I.N. to W.I.N.T. by adding on the “Today” or T.

And it was just revealed minutes ago that this soundbite is up for Quote of the Year, on a Chicago sports talk radio midday program.

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Carolina Panthers vs New Orleans Saints: who has advantage?

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Drew Brees and the New Orleans Saints (9-3) host Cam Newton and the Carolina Panthers (9-3) in a battle for first place in the NFC South on NBC’s Sunday Night Football. Coverage begins with Football Night In America at 6 p.m. CST on NBC.

After starting the season with a 1-3 record, the Panthers have won eight consecutive games and are tied with the Saints for first place in the NFC South. The Saints are coming off a road loss to the Seahawks, but New Orleans is undefeated at home this season and is looking to regain their lead in the division. The Panthers are riding the hottest defense in the NFL. The Panthers D doesn’t have a lot of overwhelming names, but it’s truly Gestalt. A lot more than the sum of its parts.

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10 Tennis Facts that will Surprise and Fascinate you

December 4, 2013 by 2 Comments

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Alongside boxing, tennis stands as one of the most demanding and physically challenging individual sports known to man. It is also one of the most ancient and historically rich past-times, which originated in the 12th century and continues to gain in popularity today. This is largely down to the current generation of players, with Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray and the legendary Roger Federer among the greatest players of all time.

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VIDEO: Kevin Durant is tired of always being second banana

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NBA superstar Kevin Durant is getting tired of being number two, an exalted, yet still second-best rank that’s dogged him since high school. But to his Oklahoma City fans and the city’s tornado victims, “KD” is number one.

Kevin Durant, 25, has already been the NBA’s highest scorer three times. But he’s come in second three times for the league’s MVP; finished second in the NBA Finals when his team lost to the Miami Heat; he was number two in the NBA draft; and he says he was the second-best player on his high school team. He’s tired of it. “…People would just always say that it’s cool, you’re top three, that’s cool. That’s good to be there. It’s alright to be a top-three player in the world…I mean…I’m just tired of settling for that, tired of saying that, tired of hearing it,” he tells Brown.

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VIDEO: Indiana Hoosiers fight song synced with Christmas Lights

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This Indiana Hoosiers die-hard is experiencing zeitgeist alright. Zeitgeist translates from German into ‘Merican as “spirit of the times.” Indiana Hoosiers spirit. Holiday spirit. Christmas spirit. School spirit. Spirit of the season.

He, or she, most likely a he, synced up Christian Watford’s 3-pointer to beat Kentucky at the buzzer in December of 2011 with Christmas lights. It starts with the Indiana Hoosiers fight song. Cue up the Clark W. Griswold from National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation jokes.

Enjoy after the jump!

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Badgers in the NFL: Russell Wilson dazzles in primetime in week 13

December 4, 2013 by 1 Comment

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With the recent rise of the Wisconsin college football program the Badgers in the NFL have had a similar uptick.

More and more guys are beginning to have a splash in the league and the guys over at Pro Football Focus (PFF) have an eagle eye on each one of them.  If you’re not familiar with PFF, you’re living in the stone age of modern football analysis. Here at The Sports Bank, we’re big supporters of what they do, so we’ve oriented our weekly check-up around what they’re saying about Badgers in the NFL.

This week’s Badgers in the NFL is dominated by Russell Wilson who has the 11-1 Seahawks primed for a playoff run. Watch out for the Broncos’ rookie Montee Ball who notched his first 100 yard game. [Read more...]

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