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Beside The Points For Thursday, Jan. 25, 2018

Things That Caught My Eye Future of U.S. Soccer to be decided soon Following the end of Sunil Gulati’s run as president of U.S. Soccer Federation — a term that culminated in the men’s team failing to make the World Cup — U.S. Soccer is poised to select its next president to lead the troubled […]

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Beside The Points For Monday, Jan. 22, 2018

Things That Caught My Eye Darkest timeline! The Philadelphia Eagles will play the New England Patriots in Super Bowl 52, and New England is the slight favorite: Our Elo model gives them a 58 percent chance of winning the game and Tom Brady winning a sixth ring. The Patriots had an 18 percent chance of […]

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Beside The Points For Monday, Jan. 22, 2018

Things That Caught My Eye Darkest timeline! The Philadelphia Eagles will play the New England Patriots in Super Bowl 52, and New England is the slight favorite: Our Elo model gives them a 58 percent chance of winning the game and Tom Brady winning a sixth ring. The Patriots had an 18 percent chance of […]

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Beside The Points For Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018

Things That Caught My Eye Best 2 minutes ever With 2 minutes and five seconds to go in the fourth quarter, the New Orleans Saints and Minnesota Vikings had even chances of winning the NFC divisional playoff game. New Orleans had just scored a touchdown to take a 21-20 lead. What happened next was the […]

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Beside The Points For Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018

Things That Caught My Eye Best 2 minutes ever With 2 minutes and five seconds to go in the fourth quarter, the New Orleans Saints and Minnesota Vikings had even chances of winning the NFC divisional playoff game. New Orleans had just scored a touchdown to take a 21-20 lead. What happened next was the […]

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