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Nfl Dog Jerseys Let Your Four Legged-Friend In On The Season

However, the team’s three-game sweep over the Giants gives Pittsburgh MLB’s longest active winning streak (five games) as of Monday day of…

May 30, 2015
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Backs, Blockheads, and Bros: Or, Why the Lakers Are So Bad

You might have heard by now, but the Los Angeles Lakers are having a pretty rocky quest on their quest for their…

January 31, 2013
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Finals Review for the Start of the NBA Season

With your externship meetings with possible VISFs fast approaching, The Phoenix has prepared an updated cliff-notes version of the trending NBA storylines,…

December 6, 2012
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Stolen Thunder: The Thunder Lost What Might Have Been

A chance a iconography, a lore, a legendarium.  A means of developing a collective memory, the memory the Lakers, Celtics, Knicks, Bulls,…

November 15, 2012
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Letter to the People of Los Angeles

Dear Laker Nation, Hello from New York! We love your weather, your people, and occasionally your prices. We don’t like your earthquakes.…

November 15, 2012
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The need to find greatness somewhere, somehow

It took less time than normal for this year’s Super Bowl coverage to make me feel like heatstroke was imminent. Looking back,…

February 2, 2012
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Patriots should clinch a Super Bowl trip vs. Ravens

Ravens on Offense: Is there a well-known quarterback you’d be less likely to recognize on the street than Joe Flacco? He’s like…

January 19, 2012
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Daring to dream: My 2011 Hanukkah wish list

As holidays go, Hanukkah falls short in several respects. “Let’s all listen to that great Hanukkah-themed song!” says no one. Where it…

December 1, 2011
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Underneath it all, racial politics dominate lockout

Since the NBA officially locked out its players on July 1st, the question people seem to be asking more than any other has been,…

November 3, 2011
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‘Moneyball’ and how we got where we are now

For just a minute, forget that you have ever heard the term Moneyball. Pretend that if you were to hear it right…

September 29, 2011

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