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New York Yankees: We’re Fans TooùA Defense Of Yankee Fans
Posted: 18th February 2010 by Matt Carter in MLB
Every Yankee fan knows the feeling. Walk anywhere outside of New York wearing the blue and white, and we're greeted with chants of derision. However, unlike what fans of the Red Sox or Mets might endure, we endure insults that challenge not our team, but our fanhood.
"Front-runner."
"Bandwagon-Jumper."
People who have heard these sorts of insults know that they hurt more than other ones, such as "Yankees suck" or chants of that ...
The Cream of the Crop: What NBA Players can Win a Title As the Number One Option
Posted: 16th February 2010 by Matt Carter in NBA
While the NBA is extremely deep with talent, especially this year, there still remains a selective elite that can lead a team. This elite, while mostly subjective, needs to have proven through their production that they can be the Alpha Dog on a title winning team. This column intends to weed out the pretenders from the NBA's true elite.Begin Slideshow
With the World Cup coming up soon, and having had finished Bill Simmons' "Book of Basketball," I decided to borrow/steal one of his ideas, namely constructing an American soccer dream team out of current NBA players.á
Note: For this team, only current, American-born players were considered.
Goalie: LeBron James
To start the team, who better than the best and most athletic player currently in the NBA?
Some might think that the position of ...