By Charles Collier The votes are in, and Shai Gileous-Alexander (SGA) of the Oklahoma City Thunder has been named the most valuable player of the 2024-2025 NBA season. The Canadian becomes the 7th straight MVP born outside the USA (and oddly, also the 7th straight without any tattoos). SGA is the third player with connections […]
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Will Giannis Demand a Trade?
By Charles Collier On Tuesday, April 29, 2025, the Bucks lost to the Indiana Pacers 119-118 in overtime. The Bucks made costly turnovers down the stretch and collapsed in embarrassingly epic fashion. Since 1997, there have been 1,610 times that a team was up by 7 points or more with 40 seconds left in the […]
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Round one of the NBA playoffs Due to Start This Weekend
By Charles Collier On Saturday April 19, 2025 round 1 of the NBA Playoffs will begin. The matchups are as follows: EASTERN CONFERENCE (1) Cleveland vs. (8) TBD (winner of the play-in game between Miami and Atlanta) (2) Boston vs. (7) Orlando (3) New York vs. (6) Detroit (4) Indiana vs. (5) Milwaukee WESTERN CONFERENCE […]
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Final Four Weekend is Here
By Charles Collier On Saturday, April 5, 2025, at 5:09 pm, # 1 seed Florida will play # 1 Auburn. In the second game on April 5, 2025; # 1 seed Houston will face #1 seed Duke at 7:49 pm. The last and only time all four #1 seeds advanced to the final four was […]
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March Madness is Underway
By Charles Collier The 2025 Men’s NCAA Tournament started this week. Wisconsin and Marquette have excellent chances to advance to the final four. On March 20, 2025, third seeded University of Wisconsin easily defeated the 14th seeded Montana Grizzles 85-66. John Blackwell was the Badger’s leader scorer with 19 points, going 7-9 on his two-point […]
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NBA Midseason 2024-2025 Awards
By Charles Collier This is my list of the NBA midseason 2024-2025 awards COACH OF THE YEAR– Kenny Atkinson, Cleveland Cavaliers/Head Coach, started the 2024-2025 season with a franchise record 15 straight wins. The Cavs first loss was on November 19, 2024, against the Boston Celtics. Atkinson is the ultimate player’s coach, and he has […]
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Hail To The Chief
By Charles Collier On Sunday, February 9, 2025, Pat Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs will attempt to make NFL history. The Philadelphia Eagles are all that stand between the Chiefs and greatness. If the Kansas City Chiefs win Super Bowl LIX, they will be the first team in NFL history to win three straight […]
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Marquette is Ready to Make Deep Run in NCAA Tournament
By Charles Collier Marquette University has been playing inspiring basketball this season. Their goal is to win the NCAA tournament. Senior guard leads Marquette, Kam Jones, who was named to the John R. Wooden Award Pre-Season Top 50 list. On January 14, 2025, Marquette beat DePaul 83-81. David Joplin was Marquette’s leading scorer. He finished […]
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Packers Can’t Win Big Game
By Chuck Collier On Sunday, December 29th, the Packers lost another game to an upper echelon team. They lost to the Minnesota Vikings 27-25. “They continued to compete and battle, but you can’t do that against good teams. The margins in this league especially against a good football team, are razor thin,” coach Matt Lafleur […]
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Bucks Advance to Semi-Finals of the Emirates NBA Cup
The Bucks started the 2024-2025 season 1-6, and many fans panicked. Some fans thought the Bucks should trade their franchise player Giannis Antetokounmpo and rebuild. Antetokounmpo remained optimistic and had this to say regarding the Bucks’ slow start. “As the team leader, I think we are headed in the right direction.” “That doesn’t mean we’re […]
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