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Antero Niittymaki, It’s His Time

After last night’s game, I think it’s time that Ken Hitchcock gives his vote of confidence for goaltender to Antero Niittymaki. Nitty helped the Flyers bring home a 2-1 win over the Atlantic division rival New Jersey Devils last night at the Wachovia Center. In my opinion, Nitty has shown he has what [...]

Exit Jim Thome, Enter Ryan Howard

Last year, the Phillies were in quite the dilemma with all-star Jim Thome out due to injury and first base prodigy Ryan Howard filling in for Thome at 1st. The Phils were attempting to get into the postseason and threw around the idea of trading Howard for some pitching help down the stretch at [...]

Why can’t the NBA be as exciting as NCAA?

I ask myself this every year, but it seems to be more obvious each time I say it:
Why can’t the NBA match the level of excitement that we get in college hoops? The NFL manages to match or even exceed college football. And college baseball is almost off the radar. [...]

March Madness - Day 4 Recap

The first action of the day featured the Pittsburgh Panthers playing the Bradley Braves. Bradley, being from the disputted Missouri Valley Conference, had something to prove against Pitt. And Bradley did just that by outplaying Pitt and winning behind the excellent play of Patrick O’Bryant who had 28 points.
Bucknell’s hopes of advancing to [...]

March Madness - Day 3 Recap

The third day of the NCAA tournament began with Duke facing George Washington. Duke got solid play from both Shelden Williams and J.J. Redick as they came out with a 71-64 win.
The 2nd game of the day featured UW-Milwaukee taking on Florida. Florida clearly looked the better team all game and took Milwaukee [...]

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