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The 2010 NBA Playoffs are right under our nose, as Saturday is closing in, and we're all about to get a huge dose of "anything is possible" and "where amazing happens ". Take a deep breath, make your predictions, and enjoy the show. Oh, if it could ever be that easy . Every year, the playoffs are hyped-up all season, as experts and analysts alike talk about the top rookies of the year, ...
Anyone who is going to sit back with a cigar in their mouth and calmly predict how the 2010 NBA Playoffs will unfold better take a second and think again. Sure, the obvious prediction (on paper, anyways) should be the Cleveland Cavaliers against the Los Angeles Lakers, pitting the league's two top seeds in an epic showdown between LeBron James and Kobe Bryant. It would mean Shaq did his part, LeBron James ...

2010 NFL Trade Rumors: Tony Scheffler on His Way Out of Denver?

Posted: 14th April 2010 by kevin roberts in NFL
Just like former teammate Brandon Marshall did yesterday, Denver Broncos' tight end Tony Scheffler has signed his one-year tender with the team, making a trade much easier, and much more likely leading into the 2010 NFL Draft . With little information being discussed on Scheffler's status or future with the team, we are left to reflect on his past displeasure with Josh McDaniels, his contract, and his role in the offense. The ...

NFL Trade Rumor: Brandon Marshall Signs With Denver, Trade Next?

Posted: 13th April 2010 by kevin roberts in NFL
  Denver Broncos star receiver Brandon Marshall has reportedly signed his $2.51 million tender that was originally extended by the team, a sign that a trade is imminent. Denver put the first-round tender on Marshall over a month ago, but teams were unwilling to give up a first-round draft pick to land Marshall's services. Now, with just nine days remaining until the 2010 NFL Draft , the waiting game has begun. There have been ...

2010 NBA Playoffs Nearly Set: Fantasy Basketball Primer

Posted: 13th April 2010 by kevin roberts in NBA
Fifteen of the NBA's 16 teams have officially qualified for the 2010 NBA Playoffs , leaving only the final seedings left. Also remaining is the Chicago Bulls and Toronto Raptors remaining duking it out for the final spot in the Eastern Conference playoffs. We still won't know for sure the seeds until all games conclude on Wednesday night, but we still have a pretty good idea of how it's going to ...

Ben Roethlisberger’s Offseason: Straight Out of the Movies

Posted: 13th April 2010 by kevin roberts in NFL
I'm sorry, but I've seen this before. In fact, although either unwilling (or not wanting) to admit, many of us have. What Ben Roethlisberger has done (twice) in the past two off-seasons, or rather, is being "accused" of doing, is straight out of a movie. If you care to indulge, track back about a decade, when a little movie by the name of Body Shots , starring Tara Reid, Sean Patrick-Flanery, ...

2010 NFL Trade: The Fantasy Impact of Santonio Holmes to the Jets

Posted: 12th April 2010 by kevin roberts in NFL
The news has been ground-breaking, and each added tid-bit of information makes it increasingly more interesting. First, the alarms sounded when news broke that the Pittsburgh Steelers had traded star receiver Santonio Holmes to the New York Jets . But trading Holmes, a constantly troubled young man, isn't the surprising part. Only getting a fifth-round pick and being accused of "dumping" the former Super Bowl-MVP receiver, quite frankly, is . What follows this ...

2010 NFL Trade Rumors: Eight Guys Who Could Be On the Move

Posted: 11th April 2010 by kevin roberts in NFL
With less than 12 full days separating NFL fans from their respective team's first decisions in the 2010 NFL Draft , rumors are starting to fly at a remarkably high rate. In the wake of the "trade heard round the world" that sent Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb to the Washington Redskins, we all have quickly learned that anything is possible, and things are rarely as they seem to be. All of ...

2010 NFL Mock Draft (4.0): Two-Round Mock

Posted: 8th April 2010 by kevin roberts in NFL
We've learned a lot in the past two months, via the NFL Combine , pro days, injuries, NFL trades, and through NFL free agency . We now know that Sam Bradford and Colt McCoy can throw the ball and are fully healed, and we know that Joe Haden isn't as slow as his combine 40-time suggested. Donovan McNabb getting traded from the Philadelphia Eagles to the archrival Washington Redskins shook things up ...
Andrew Bogut is down for the count. The elbow injury the Milwaukee Bucks center sustained in Saturday's game has turned out to be much more serious than originally feared, as Bogut reportedly has dislocated his right elbow, sprained his right wrist, and broken his right hand. Talk about a trifecta. But this isn't the time to sit around moping, dropping your head because the loss of Bogut means you can kiss your fantasy ...