The Baseball Writers' New VP Pulled The Ol' Switcheroo With His American League MVP VoteErik Malinowski, deadspin.com On September 30, LaVelle E. Neal III, the Twins beat writer for the Minneapolis Star Tribune, wrote an impassioned summation of why Angels super-rookie Mike Trout should be considered the clear favorite for American League MVP. It's short, but it's actu… |
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Cabrera, Posey claim MVP awardsNov 15, 2012
NEW YORK (AP) -- Miguel Cabrera has a Most Valuable Player award to go with his Triple Crown. And Buster Posey has an MVP prize to put alongside his second World Series ring. |
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On crutches, D'Antoni coaches LakersNov 15, 2012
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) -- Mike D'Antoni circled the court 2 feet at a time, moving smoothly on crutches while his Los Angeles Lakers went through drills orchestrated by his assistant coach and brother, Dan. |
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Lee Jenkins, CNNSI.com LOS ANGELES -- "Championship", the Lakers shouted at the end of practice Thursday. A 3-5 team with a sidelined point guard, a flawed bench, and a head coach on crutches who was still introducing himself to some of the players. Nearly 10 percen… |
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Jack Dickey, deadspin.com Miguel Cabrera, the Detroit Tigers' big third baseman, hit for the triple crown—.330 batting average, 44 home runs, 139 RBI—in 2012. His triple crown was baseball's first since Carl Yastrzemski's in 1967. Impressive! But it probably wasn't the league'… |
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How D'Antoni Adapts Will Gauge Success With LakersNov 15, 2012
The hiring of Mike D'Antoni didn't go well with a lot of people and many Laker fans. His fit with the Lakers has been scrutinized even before coaching a single game. But whether you believe in D'Antoni or not, he is now the head coach and mostly likely … |
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Samer Kalaf, deadspin.com Remember when the Red Sox traded Josh Beckett, Carl Crawford, Adrian Gonzalez and Nick Punto (ha, Nick Punto) to the Dodgers for some prospects, James Loney and salary relief? A quarter-billion dollars worth of salary relief? Look at all that spendable … |
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Eric Freeman, yahoo.com When a big NBA story hits, the fantastic Taiwanese animation studio NMA tends to provide their own take on the news. That involves not just relating what happened, but depicting the whole deal as a whackadoodle tale of overgrown children who gesticulate… |
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Magic: Lakers VP Buss guilty of 'critical mistakes'Nov 15, 2012
Magic: Lakers VP Buss guilty of 'critical mistakes' |
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Kelly Dwyer, yahoo.com A look around the league and the web that covers it. It's also important to note that the rotation order and starting nods aren't always listed in order of importance. That's for you, dear reader, to figure out. C: Instagram. Via Arash Markazi's feed, h… |
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Five Surprises of the Young N.B.A. SeasonNov 15, 2012
Jim Cavan, nytimes.com Rajon Rondo of the Celtics and Omer Asik of the Rockets have excelled. Ersan Ilyasova of the Bucks has not. |
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Marc Stein, ESPN.com Marc Stein xxxx. |
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Create-a-Caption: Erik Spoelstra is not impressedNov 15, 2012
Dan Devine, yahoo.com Watching Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh shoot a combined 5-for-23 ... allowing the Los Angeles Clippers to shoot 49 percent from the floor and score 107 points, continuing your slide to a lowly 27th among 30 NBA teams in defensive efficiency (per NBA.com's … |
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How D'Antoni Adapts Will Gauge Success With LakersNov 15, 2012
The hiring of Mike D'Antoni didn't go well with a lot of people and many Laker fans. His fit with the Lakers has been scrutinized even before coaching a single game. But whether you believe in D'Antoni or not, he is now the head coach and mostly likely … |
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How D'Antoni Adapts Will Gauge Success With LakersNov 15, 2012
The hiring of Mike D'Antoni didn't go well with a lot of people and many Laker fans. His fit with the Lakers has been scrutinized even before coaching a single game. But whether you believe in D'Antoni or not, he is now the head coach and mostly likely … |
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Iam Thomsen, CNNSI.com The 76ers recently acknowledged that they don't expect to see Andrew Bynum providing a return on his $16.8 million salary until January at the earliest. The 7-foot center's dominance of the low post was supposed to transform Philadelphia into a tempo-co… |
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Salmon: Maturation key to Trout's future successNov 15, 2012
Alden Gonzalez, MLB.com As Mike Trout captivated the nation with his energy, talent and youth, Tim Salmon had a front-row seat, as an analyst for the Angels' local television affiliate. |
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Trout-Cabrera not only close MVP raceNov 15, 2012
The Baseball Writers Association of America concludes its awards week Thursday night with the announcement of the winners of the Most Valuable Player awards in each league. |
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Watch DeAndre Jordan Pretend To Fart On PeopleNov 15, 2012
Tom Ley, deadspin.com Thanks to The NOC, Clippers center DeAndre Jordan has a prank show on YouTube called "Got 'Em." This is a good thing, because it has led to the creation of videos like the one above, in which Jordan uses a fart machine to make people really un… |
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Hunter deal right move for both Tigers and AngelsNov 15, 2012
Anthony Castrovince, MLB.com The Angels made the right decision in letting Torii Hunter leave, and the Tigers made the right decision in welcoming Hunter aboard. |
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Dime Magazine, dimemag.com Each week Court Grip will bring you a prime basketball highlight made possible by having an edge – in skills, performance and technology. This week features Jamal Crawford‘s second appearance in the last three weeks [Watch him murder Rudy Gay with a c… |
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Griffin, Paul power Clippers' romp over MiamiNov 15, 2012
Associated Press, ESPN.com Blake Griffin and Chris Paul had double-doubles, with Paul keying a third-quarter spurt that helped carry the Los Angeles Clippers to a 107-100 win over the Miami Heat on Wednesday night. |
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Dime Magazine, dimemag.com It’s not every day you see the defending champs get completely outclassed. But it happened in the Staples Center last night as the Clippers rolled over the Heat, 107-100. The game was never that close – a late Miami run turned what was nearly a 20-poi… |
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Dickey is the first Met to be named the league’s best pitcher since Dwight Gooden did it 27 years ago. The only current knuckleballer in the big leagues, Dickey won in a rout over incumbent Clayton Kershaw of the Dodgers and Gio Gonzalez of the National… |
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