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How Much Can An NFL Fan Read Into The Ravens’ Blowout Win?

The Baltimore Ravens’ 59-10 Week 1 demolition of the Miami Dolphins seemed to mark the arrival of Lamar Jackson as a complete quarterback, the establishment of the Ravens as serious AFC contenders and a death knell for the Dolphins — who reportedly had a flurry of players turn in trade requests the night of the […]

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How Does Germany’s Blowout of Brazil Compare to Those in Other Sports?

On Tuesday morning, I called the World Cup semifinal between Germany and Brazil a very evenly matched contest. Yeah, about that … In an astonishing 18-minute span during the first half, the Germans opened up a 5-0 lead against a Brazil squad that seemed to have given up without its superstar striker, Neymar, who’d been knocked out of the previous […]

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How Does Germany’s Blowout of Brazil Compare to Those in Other Sports?

On Tuesday morning, I called the World Cup semifinal between Germany and Brazil a very evenly matched contest. Yeah, about that … In an astonishing 18-minute span during the first half, the Germans opened up a 5-0 lead against a Brazil squad that seemed to have given up without its superstar striker, Neymar, who’d been knocked out of the previous […]

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