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There are a number of ways an all-time great can end his career. For the tiny minority who spent their entire playing lives with one team, the end is obvious - they’ll finish with that team. For every Cal Ripken or Tony Gwynn, though, there are more great players who went away [...]

This is the time of year everybody starts you championship putting together their fantasy football team and think it will carry them to their league championship. Over the years, I have developed and re-developed a plan, or blueprint, that has led me to numerous championships and maybe can help you.

Now, I am not guaranteeing [...]

We expected the official announcement of the 2012 Winter Classic between the Philadelphia Flyers and New York Rangers to come Thursday, off the heels of a Philadelphia Daily News report last week. Alas, there are still kinks to be worked out between the NHL and the Philadelphia Phillies, who operate Citizens Bank Park where the game is scheduled to be played. [...]

One flag, one star, one state … one school,” Matthew McConaughey says as he introduces the Longhorn Network in a two-minute promotional video. On Friday night, the Texas Longhorns quietly launched their own behemoth network after much fanfare and controversy. And the opening promo was even more amazing than I expected.[...]

It’s just a preseason game, but the Detroit Lions 34-10 win over the New England Patriots on Saturday has to be encouraging for fans of the oft-maligned franchised. The Lions came storming out of the gate and never looked back, establishing a 27-10 lead by halftime and adding a fourth quarter touchdown [...]

We’ve mentioned before that Detroit Tigers ace Justin Verlander has made himself into the best pitcher in the American League this year. He just proved it again.
Verlander won his 20th game Saturday night in a 6-4 win over the Minnesota Twins. Though he didn’t have his best stuff, the big righty managed to last [...]

After the Miami Heat brought LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh together to raise a media storm, much of the talk was dedicated to how such big players, and big egos, would fit in the same roster. All three had been alpha dogs in their previous years and playing together would mean a lot of sacrifice, as well as patience and understanding of one another’s game. [...]

Welcome to The Sports Bank’s second annual college basketball season preview series.* Last year we looked at 99 teams in 99 days.* This year, we are being slightly more aggressive and expanding to 111 teams in 111 days.* We will rank the 74 power conference teams and top 37 mid-majors in reverse power ranking order.* [...]

We’ve seen talks like this before. Should Terrelle Pryor play a different position in the NFL? Pryor was a dual-threat quarterback at Ohio State, owning in the passing game and even tearing up the turf with his legs as well.

He threw for 2,772 yards with 27 touchdowns and only eleven interceptions along with 754 yards on the ground and four touchdowns.

But it’s different in the pros. [...]

Green Bay, WI (LFL360.com) — Two high-octane offenses collided in the 2011 LFL opener as the Minnesota Valkyrie managed to withstand several Green Bay Chill comeback attempts to outlast home team in a thriller, 28-25.

The Valkyrie jumped out to an 8-0 lead [...]