Stories By John Altavilla
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Football
/ 2 weeks agoShort Circuit: After Only Eight Games, The AAF Is Sacked
It was a wonderful idea. These things always are at the start. Bright eyes, big ambitions. But in the end, after...
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MLB
/ 3 weeks agoBook Mark: Dykstra Threatens Darling With Lawsuit (And Harm) For Alleging Racist Comments
The 1986 New York Mets were known as much for their carousing as they were for winning the World Series. The...
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NCAA
/ 3 weeks agoElite Eight: Can Notre Dame Make It Two Straight?
The field is set for this weekend’s NCAA women’s basketball Final Four. Here’s a quick look at how the field emerged...
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NCAA
/ 3 weeks agoElite Eight: Auburn, Texas Tech Get First Crack At Final Four
The field for this weekend’s men’s college basketball Final Four is set. Here’s a quick look at the Elite Eight games...
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MLB
/ 3 weeks agoBeer Bash: Reigning MVP Yelich Off To Torrid Start
In accordance with team tradition, every time a Milwaukee Brewers hitter crashes a home run at Miller Park, team mascot Bernie...
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NCAA
/ 3 weeks agoSweet 16: Great Defense, Clutch Shooting, Trims The Field
Great defensive efforts and clutch shooting performances propelled the first quartet to the Elite 8 in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament...
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MLB
/ 3 weeks agoBrotherly Love: Good Or Bad, Harper Will Hear It From Philly Fanatics
The city of Philadelphia has worked diligently for decades to perfect its reputation as perhaps the toughest sports town in the...
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NCAA
/ 3 weeks agoSweet 16: Will Michigan State, UNC or Kentucky Duke It Out?
The Midwest and East regionals of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament feature some of the nation’s top programs. The teams that...
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Soccer
/ 3 weeks agoJust For Kicks: Harry Kane Wants To End His Career In The NFL
In the 1970s, an Australian soccer star named Toni Fritsch came to the United States to try his hand – well,...
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NCAA
/ 3 weeks agoSweet 16: In The South And West, Will Gonzaga And Virginia Hold Serve?
The NCAA men’s basketball tournament taps off the Sweet 16 on Thursday with regional semifinal games in the West and South....
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NFL
/ 3 weeks agoUpon Further Review: NFL Says OK To Challenges On Pass Interference
It’s human nature to procrastinate over a difficult situation until time grows short or something terrible happens to force your hand....
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MLB
/ 4 weeks agoDeLicious Deal: Mets Finally Give deGrom Cy Young Money
At the end of last week, the odds of the New York Mets and their Cy Young winner, Jacob deGrom, agreeing...
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NBA
/ 4 weeks agoJazz It Up: Gobert And Booker Put On A Great Show
On an otherwise ordinary Monday night in Salt Lake City, with the NBA’s regular season spooling down, the Utah Jazz and...
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NCAA
/ 4 weeks agoSweet Nothings: Defending Champ Villanova Already Bounced
If not for the frustrating few seconds of Sunday’s Duke-Central Florida game, when two winning shots spun off the iron and...
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NFL
/ 4 weeks agoLights Out: ‘The Gronk’ Leaves A Void On Patriots Way
Rob Gronkowski was a 16-pound Ebonite. He barreled down the lane, veered into the pocket and exploded into the pins. That’s...
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MLB
/ 4 weeks agoHere’s The Deal: MLB Owners Stepping To The Plate In Record Numbers
It seems like only yesterday when a slew of players in Major League Baseball was crying into their pine tar about...
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MLB
/ 4 weeks agoSafe At Home: Ichiro Says Goodbye To Baseball
It was the perfect goodbye, as classically textbook as Sinatra dropping the mike after one last set at Carnegie Hall. Where...
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NCAA
/ 4 weeks agoTrojan Warrior: Olson Helps The World See Through His Actions
As we move closer to the NFL Draft in late April, college football programs hold events known as Pro Day during...
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Football
/ 1 month agoJohnny Be Good: Memphis Expects Manziel To Play Not Stray
You should have seen the photo of Johnny Manziel smiling at his press conference in Memphis on Tuesday. It was the...
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NFL
/ 1 month agoProsecutors Asking Kraft To Make A Difficult Choice (Update)
Imagine for a moment you are Robert Kraft, the owner of the NFL’s New England Patriots, a man known for his...
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MLB
/ 1 month agoAngels Hook Trout With Record 12-year, $430 Million Deal
At this point in the proceedings, it seems like a good time to admit there likely will never be a ceiling,...
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NCAA
/ 1 month agoOpen Season: It’s Anybody’s Game In This Year’s NCAA Women’s Tournament
Fans of women’s college basketball have come to accept the reality when someone mentions the NCAA Tournament. If you want to...
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NCAA
/ 1 month agoFamily Feud: Minnesota-Louisville Gives Richard Pitino The Chance To Defend His Father.
The process of assigning seeds and creating matchups for the NCAA men’s basketball tournament is a complex one. The selection committee...
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NCAA
/ 1 month agoCount To 10: Any Of These Teams Could Win The NCAA Championship
Welcome to one of the best times of the year to be a sports fan. It’s NCAA Tournament time and the...
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NCAA
/ 1 month agoSole Man: Zion Williamson Is Putting Up His Dukes Again
By the time you read this, North Carolina may have knocked Duke out of the ACC Tournament. They will play Friday...
