The last time the Patriots ran into a Tom Coughlin-led team with a polarizing quarterback in the playoffs this happened: Today’s AFC Championship Game has been branded the BOAT (Best Of All-Time) versus the GOAT (Greatest Of All-Time) as a true battle of the quarterbacks. Sure Tom Brady might be considered “the greatest QB of all-time”, but the way that
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It’s been a long 42 years, but after this season a Boston Bruins legend is calling it a career. Rene Rancourt, who first began to sing the national anthems before Bruins games in 1976, announced yesterday that this would be his last season before retirement. It’s not very often that teams become so attached to a singer, or even have
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What a week for basketball feuds. Monday afternoon kicked off with Kyle Lowry and Ben Simmons mixing it up on the court and threatening to meet eachother in the tunnels after being ejected. Kyle Lowry and Ben Simmons appear to motion to each other to meet in hallway after double ejection 👀 pic.twitter.com/Ga7vi0zrkL — Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) January 15, 2018
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We’re inching closer and closer to the Super Bowl, and the games keep getting better. It all kicked off with the Eagles hosting the Falcons on Saturday afternoon. Without Wentz, nobody really gave Philly much of a chance to move on, but the Eagles embraced their new underdog role this weekend. Starting to think the Eagles took it personally
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Full rosters announced for the 2018 @Honda #NHLAllStar Game. Details: https://t.co/lSJuo9wmBM pic.twitter.com/5Os8345Mtj — NHL (@NHL) January 11, 2018 Yesterday the NHL announced its All Star rosters and, as a result of the smaller divisional rosters that come with the 3 on 3 tournament format, there was some high-caliber talent left out of this year’s All Star tournament. So why not
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When a Leafs fan sees the names Mason Raymond, Ben Scrivens and Brandon Kozun lumped together in one place it is usually followed by an uncomfortable shiver and a remembrance of past negative experiences. But this is a much different set of circumstances. With Canada set to march into the Olympic Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea on February 9th, Hockey
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Wild Card Weekend in the NFL was exactly as the name suggests: wild. It started with Kansas City vs Tennessee in a game that many people were expecting the Chiefs to win easily. After building a 21-3 lead, it looked like Kansas City was running away with the game heading into halftime. But right at the end of the 2nd quarter,
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As we recover from the yuletide turkey coma and the post new year hangover we are left enjoying another holiday tradition: The World Junior Championship. While success in this tournament does not guarantee prosperity at the NHL level it does serve as a great platform for one to boost their draft stock and audition for their NHL team. Nico Hischier
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It took until the very end of Week 17, but the playoff picture is finally set. While many of the usual favourites found their way back into the postseason, a few teams are in the playoffs for the first time in a while. Most notably, the Buffalo Bills have finally ended their 17 year playoff drought, but while the playoff
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Listen, I never thought I’d take time out of my life to write something that mentions LaVar Ball. Frankly, his coverage is getting beat to death and I’m not really too interested in discussing him anymore. But this isn’t about LaVar Ball, this is about an idea that revolves around a greater issue in the basketball world today and one
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