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Why Derrick Rose Is the Best Point Guard In the NBA

Posted: 17th April 2010 by Hamza Ahsan in NBA
With the recent end of the 2009-2010 NBA regular season, we have seen a lot of players step up, improve, and play a lot better than they did just one year back. Some of those players include Carl Landry, Aaron Brooks, Joakim Noah, Kevin Durant, and Derrick Rose .  One player in particular, who made his overall game improve quite a lot, was Derrick Rose. Rose has shown in his second ...

Battle for the Eighth Seed: Where the Bulls and Raptors Stand

Posted: 7th April 2010 by Hamza Ahsan in NBA
With exactly one week and five games left in the season and only one more playoff seed remaining, the Raptors and the Bulls are going to be fighting for their right to continue their season. The Raptors are still leading in the playoff picture by one game, so the Bulls will have to find a way to win at least two more contests than the Raptors to make it into the ...

NFL Mock Draft: The Sports Dish Edition

Posted: 3rd April 2010 by Hamza Ahsan in NFL
With the NFL draft coming up this month, it seems as if The Sports Dish doesn't have a mock draft yet. So for the first time in The Sport Dish's history, we will be having a mock draft. Here is the outcome of our first mock draft:   1. St. Louis Rams —Sam Bradford, QB, Oklahoma A franchise quarterback is something that the Rams have been searching for since the breakdown of Marc ...

2010 NBA Awards Watch

Posted: 30th March 2010 by Hamza Ahsan in NBA
With the NBA playoffs coming closer and closer, the awards race is becomming farther and farther apart between candidates. During the month of March, it has become very apparent to who will win each award. The awards that I am talking about are: -NBA MVP -Defensive Player of the Year -Rookie of the Year -Sixth Man of the Year -Most Improved Player -Coach of the Year We are also going ...

Previewing the AL East in 2010

Posted: 28th March 2010 by Hamza Ahsan in MLB
As baseball season is arriving, many people are wondering where their team is going to be come October. The AL East is hoping to be the best division in baseball this year by possibly producing multiple 90-win teams. There is no doubt that the talent in the AL East can not be matched by any other division this year. Here is a look at the division breakdown of the AL East and team-by-team ...

Top Five NHL Playoff Beards in the Last Five Years

Posted: 26th March 2010 by Hamza Ahsan in NHL
Playoff beards have been a great tradition in sports for the past 20+ years. Playoff beards are when players and even fans do not shave their beards until after the playoffs or until their team is eliminated. Even though the Islanders in the NHL started the tradition back in the early 80's, many sports have adopted the tradition of playoff beards. For example, Jake Plummer started bringing playoff beards into ...