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Cavs all time champs of NBA Draft Lottery

May 21, 2013 by davidkay 2 Comments

The NBA Draft Lottery was held Tonight and we found out the Cleveland Cavs will pick first in the 2013 NBA Draft.

The Cavs have been lucky enough to get No. 1 pick 3 times in 11 years. However, the Cavs have also been bad enough to get No. 1 pick three times in 11 years.

Unlike last year when Anthony Davis was the clear cut top prospect, a number of players are in consideration this year including Kentucky‘s Nerlens Noel, Ben McLemore of Kansas, and even Michigan‘s Trey Burke or Georgetown‘s Otto Porter. More than likely, team need will play a huge factor in terms of which player hears their named called first on June 27th.

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NFL Draft moved to May; 2016 and 2017 Super Bowl Locations Decided

May 21, 2013 by paulmbanks Leave a Comment

The NFL Draft is moving from April to May. Possibly. This NFL Draft move, should it happen, would help make May much less of a boring, dull sports month. Seriously, when the NBA Draft Combine is the highlight of the month, ouch babe. That’s why they tell you in the stock market, “sell in May and go away.”

According to CBS Sports:

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Kate Upton yearbook photos

May 21, 2013 by paulmbanks Leave a Comment

More breaking Kate Upton news.

Because of course, Kate Upton news is always the most important kind of news you’ll find. Kate Upton high school yearbook photos have surfaced on “the internets.” I only included the pictures from when Kate Upton was legal. So you don’t have to feel like a creepy weirdo for looking at these pics.

You can feel like a creepy weirdo in general for looking at Kate Upton pictures at work. Then again if you’re a red-blooded male, or female for that matter, how can you not look at Kate Upton photos at work? Beats working, right?

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Cubs claim scrub pitcher from Cardinals; SEASON SAVED!

May 21, 2013 by paulmbanks Leave a Comment

The Chicago Cubs might lose 95 games this year. Who knows with this move today, maybe they’ll only lose 90. Or maybe not. The Cubs claimed right-handed pitcher Eduardo Sanchez off waivers from the first place St. Louis Cardinals. Getting a cast off from the front-running Cardinals has got to help, right?

To their credit, the Cubs aren’t in last place. They’re penultimate in the NL Central. The Milwaukee Brewers are behind them.

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ESPN cutting jobs, despite booming profits

May 21, 2013 by paulmbanks Leave a Comment

ESPN is doing really well financially. ESPN has “beat the street” considerably, and consistently recently. However, despite surging profits, they will lay off a substantial number of workers. Hopefully, Darren Rovell is one of them! Ha!

ESPN parent corporation Disney has matched or exceeded earnings per share estimates for the last eight fiscal quarters. Disney also recently reported a 32 percent gain in net income. Distribution fees are increasing better than expected and ESPN also is enjoying skyrocketing prices for broadcast rights.

ESPN will televise the new college football playoff system, which will grab them another $470 million annually.

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Wing Nut wants to shoot Hillary Clinton in the Vagina

May 21, 2013 by paulmbanks Leave a Comment

Sometimes Chicago Cubs fan and sometimes New York Yankees fan Hillary Clinton should definitely keep her vagina protected. Keep her vagina on high alert, because a far right wing nut job is looking to attack it. The former Senator and current Secretary of State is under fire over Benghazi from the right wing media machine.

Faux Noise Channel has been wall to wall with Benghazi coverage for quite some time. But one radio talk show host has gone more direct with his threats on Hillary Clinton, Park Ridge, Illinois’ most famous product.

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Do we need professional cheerleaders in hockey and baseball?

May 21, 2013 by paulmbanks 6 Comments

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In recent years, the NHL has introduced “Ice Crews” which are essentially hockey’s version of cheerleaders. And the Florida Marlins and Cincinnati Reds have brought scantily clad babes to baseball now too. What do you think of these developments? blaspheme? or long overdue?

We’ve accepted NFL Cheerleaders and NBA Dance Teams, but do hockey and baseball need them?

Do you we even need them in football and basketball for that matter?

I invite you to voice your opinions on these ideas below, just the TSB staff did.

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Riot Fest, Warped Tour, different ideas with the same goal

May 21, 2013 by jeffrey-hicks Leave a Comment

Riot Fest and Warped Tour will invade Chicago and the suburbs in what has been an annual rite of summer. The two music festivals share the common goal of bringing some of the best bands in punk rock, metal, and hardcore and have been successful executing so differently.

Warped Tour was formed in 1994 by Kevin Lyman, who still runs it today. Warped travels across the country during the summers months bringing dozens of acts to areas large enough to hold a six stage venue. Besides music, the tour has included extreme sports, tents upon tents of merchandise, and meet and greets with bands before and after sets. Warped has also traveled internationally to Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Canada, and Europe.

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Orlando Magic should blow up their roster this off-season

May 21, 2013 by davidkay Leave a Comment

The Sports Bank‘s series of NBA off-season team needs pages begins with the worst team in the league this past season; the Orlando Magic. The franchise suffered a major setback after dealing disgruntled superstar Dwight Howard last off-season. They enter the off-season stuck with a roster of average talent and rather than trying to scrape by, it is time for the Orlando Magic to blow up their roster and get straight to rebuilding mode.

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Charlotte Hornets; new nickname, same off-season goal

May 21, 2013 by davidkay Leave a Comment

Michael Jordan and the Charlotte Bobcats are looking to the past, changing their name back to the Charlotte Hornets after New Orleans became the new joke of the league by switching their nickname to the Pelicans. Caught up? Good.

Despite the new mascot, the Charlotte Hornets enter the off-season in a similar position as the past decade or so; trying to find some sort of way to turn the corner and become a relevant basketball team. Unfortunately, there is no quick fix to solve the problem.

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Deadspin chronicles Darren Rovell’s awkward supermodel exchanges

May 20, 2013 by paulmbanks Leave a Comment

I’ve often said that if the Darren Rovell Twitter account were a human being, and a high school student, it would get beat up repeatedly.

Each day, the jocks would take the Darren Rovell Twitter persona and shove him in the locker. The greatest example of Darren Rovell being awkward in social media occurs when he interacts with Kate Upton; or tells us how the Playboy Mansion Super Bowl party is lame; at least by his standards.

Yes, Darren Rovell hanging out with the Prom Queens and Head Cheerleaders is always amusing:

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Luke Skywalker pants up for auction

May 20, 2013 by paulmbanks Leave a Comment

The pants worn by Jedi Knight Luke Skywalker in “Star Wars” are up for auction May 21st in Los Angeles. They are expected to fetch $70,000-$100,000.

“‘Star Wars’ is one of those rare cinematic experiences that most people remember their whole lives,” said Nate D. Sanders, whose company is auctioning the pants. “It’s hard to believe now, but ‘Star Wars’ in 1977 was not a ‘go’ from the start. Several studios passed on making it. But now, we look back on it, over 35 years later, and it’s the 3rd highest grossing movie of all time.”

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