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A Guy From My First-Period Class In High School Is Coming To Save The New York Rangers
The New York Rangers have the top seed in the Eastern Conference for the Stanley Cup playoffs (Thursday! On NHL Network! Catch it!), but the New York Rangers might be doomed. They face the Ottawa Senators in the first round. The Rangers went 1-2-1 against the Sens during the regular season. The Rang...

A Man Named Bubba Is Masters Champion Thanks To This Phenomenal Shot From The Parking Lot
Bubba Watson overcame a missed clutch putt to come back in the second hole of his playoff with Louis Oosthuizen by launching a perfect recovery from well off Augusta National's 10th fairway onto the green. On a day that featured two holes-in-one and a double eagle, it'll be the shot golf fans rem...

0% Of Cubs Fans Polled Expect Their Team To Make The Playoffs
Cubs fans are already despondent after yesterday's 2-1 loss to the Nationals. In other words, they're gotten an early jump on behaving like Cubs fans. Here's a poll from Chicago news station CLTV aired last evening, in which nary a single believer in a Cubs postseason could be found. Obviously, t...

Knicks Accused Of Hiding Jeremy Lin's Injury To Sell Playoff Tickets
The Daily News missed a big chance for a "Linsidious" headline, but not the chance to make a pretty big accusation: that the Knicks knowingly sat on the results of Jeremy Lin's MRI until after a playoff ticket deadline had passed....

Math Says If Wes Welker Catches That Ball, The Patriots Win
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The Ballsiest Call In Super Bowl History
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Eli Manning Is All The Football Hero America Needs
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Why Are Ray Lewis And <em>Friday Night Lights</em>' Peter Berg Shilling For The NFL On Player Safety?
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Eli Manning And The NFL's Trouble With Goodness
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The New England Patriots Are Not Out For Revenge
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Ray Lewis's Postgame Speech Might Actually Make You Feel Sorry For The Ravens
You know what's boring? The scene in a winning locker room. The real holy grail is seeing a team after they've just been kicked in the balls, like Baltimore after their heartbreaking loss at Foxboro on Sunday. The Ravens uploaded video of Ray Lewis's speech to his teammates, in which he praises Fl...

Science! Proves That People Really Don't Like Going To Work The Morning After The Super Bowl
It's the rare SportsNation poll with a nearly perfect geographical split, somewhere around the Central and Mountain time zones. A question we had never pondered before—Which day would you prefer to watch the Super Bowl?—tears a nation asunder....

Why The Giants Targeted A Player Prone To Concussions
The day after a conference championship game, there is an avalanche of coverage, usually sticking to the main storylines. But other than this New York Magazine story, it's odd that no one had made much of a fuss over two Giants saying they specifically targeted Kyle Williams because he had a history...

Billy Cundiff Rushed His Kick Because Of An Error On The Gillette Stadium Scoreboard
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"You Don't Have To Worry About Me Jumping Off A Ledge": An Interview With Billy Cundiff
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Why We Scapegoat
Because Billy Cundiff exists, Ravens fans don't have to come to terms with the fact that one of the best rushing teams ceded the turf to one of the worst. Or that they could only turn three New England turnovers into six points. Or that their offensive line turned to soggy swiss cheese at the merest...

Bill Belichick And Tom Brady Stank Their Way To The Super Bowl
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What Went Wrong On Billy Cundiff’s Missed Kick?
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Did Lee Evans Catch A Game-Winning Touchdown For The Ravens?
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Undercover Cops Will Be Wearing Giants Jerseys At Sunday's Game
The trap has been baited for the drunk and stupid. San Francisco PD will be dressed as Giants fans at Candlestick Park, the better to sniff threatening behavior on the part of the locals. After a number of Saints fans reported being verbally and physically abused last week, the Niners and the city a...