Stories By John Altavilla
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NCAAF
/ 1 month agoFrost’s Return To Nebraska Has Cornhuskers Heating Up
Just the memory of Keith Jackson’s voice describing All-Americans Johnny Rodgers and Mike Rozier brings us back to a time when...
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NFL
/ 1 month agoJ-E-T-S Jets! Jets! YES! Darnold, Defense Stokes Super Excitement
To be a New York Jets fan is to always expect the worst to happen, so you are not surprised when...
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NFL
/ 1 month agoWeek 1 Takeaways: Rodgers Refuses To Buckle Under
The most popular sport in the United States is also its most violent. And the injuries the NFL suffers do not...
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NFL
/ 1 month agoHere’s The Story Of A Man Named Brady (And 4 Other NFL Subplots)
On Thursday night, the Philadelphia Eagles took the first step in defense of their Super Bowl championship by defeating the Atlanta Falcons,...
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NCAAF
/ 1 month agoThe Eternal Yard: Burt Reynolds Leaves Behind Sports Legacy
Long before Burt Reynolds made his television debut on Gunsmoke in 1962, a really long time before he was Hollywood’s highest...
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NCAAF
/ 1 month agoTides Stay Calm In Tiebreaker.com’s Week 2 College Football Poll
We will never steer you wrong at Tiebreaker.com. Last week, we presented our first college football Top 5 poll and each...
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MLB
/ 1 month agoOhtani’s Elbow Needs Repair, But Not His Determination
Even though he was determined to try, it was too much to ask of Shohei Ohtani to take Major League Baseball...
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NCAAF
/ 1 month agoWolverines’ Play Has Fans Howling For Harbaugh’s Hide
Michigan head football coach Jim Harbaugh evokes divergent opinion, which makes him no different than any coach in Division I other...
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NFL
/ 1 month agoGrab Your Clipboard: Random Thoughts As NFL Season Begins
We love Theodore Roosevelt here at Tiebreaker.com. And we especially adore his “Man In The Arena” speech delivered in Paris in...
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Tennis
/ 1 month agoRoger, Over And Out: Millman Shocks Tennis World
If you live in the East and love watching sports on television, you’re accustomed to falling asleep in the middle of...
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NFL
/ 2 months agoWaiting In Wings: Foles Starts While Rehabbing Wentz Still Sits
Let’s begin by saying Carson Wentz is no Wally Pipp. For you youngsters, Pipp was the unfortunate first baseman benched by...
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Soccer
/ 2 months agoCan Usain Make Successful Pitch, Or Does Bolt Get The Boot?
As Michael Jordan, Bo Jackson, Deion Sanders, Danny Ainge and Tim Tebow have taught us, life is too short to consider...
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MLB
/ 2 months agoIn McCutchen, Yankees Get Their Man (Again)
You probably know by now that money does not guarantee happiness. What it does, however, is give you options to do...
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NCAAF
/ 2 months agoRoll Tide! Tiebreaker.com Rolls Out Its Week 1 College Football Poll
Now that the college football season is ready to really kick into high gear, it seems like the perfect time for...
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NCAAB
/ 2 months agoIs The 1-and-Done Finally All Done?
One of the major public relations problems men’s college basketball has endured since the days of Spencer Haywood has been the...
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Tennis
/ 2 months agoTennis Served Hot Recipe For Disaster At Sweltering Open
It was another brutally hot day in New York on Wednesday, temperatures rising into the high 90s, humidity oppressive enough to turn...
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MLB
/ 2 months agoWith Their Magic Beane, A’s Continue Climb Toward October
If nothing else, Oakland A’s general manager Billy Beane is dedicated to his philosophy of how to build a baseball team....
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NBA
/ 2 months agoHanging Up His Spurs: Manu Bids NBA Adieu
So there was this time on Halloween Night in 2009 when Manu Ginobili, one of the greatest guards in NBA history,...
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NFL
/ 2 months agoBank It Like Beckham: Odell Rewarded With $95 Million Deal
There seemed no doubt Odell Beckham Jr., would be an NFL star when he played at LSU. As a junior, he...
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NFL
/ 2 months agoHerd Loud And Clear: Bills Fans’ Show Dalton Love
There are occasional moments in sports that transcend the universal fixation on not losing. Call them feel-good flashes: Runners helping injured...
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NFL
/ 2 months agoThe Darnold Era Set To Start While Mayfield Waits His Turn
Baker Mayfield and Sam Darnold were taken first and third overall in the 2018 NFL Draft by teams in need of...
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NFL
/ 2 months agoTomlin To Prying Eyes: Don’t Look Behind Our Curtain!
With the advent of modern technology, especially the flight of sophisticated, swooping drones, has apparently come a paranoia within the...
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NFL
/ 2 months agoRGIII As No. 3? Ravens Will Decide Griffin’s Fate
You can’t miss Robert Griffin III when he’s on the field. He’s long and lanky with the classic athletic pedigree. Of...
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Golf
/ 2 months agoTiger vs. Phil: Money Is The Driver
So now it is official. Professional golf and Don King have a lot in common. A few weeks ago, we told...
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NCAAF
/ 2 months agoMeyer Suspended Three Games For Role In Smith Scandal
There are few college coaches in the United States whose name is synonymous with the program they coach, the way Bear...
