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Stephen Curry Is The Revolution

Before this year’s NBA season started, I had a conversation with a Golden State Warriors fan. He was excited about his team and was keen to explain its success: It was perfectly balanced, with perfect chemistry, role players, coaching and management. That Stephen Curry is pretty amazing also helped. His point that the Warriors are […]

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Stephen Curry Is The Revolution

Before this year’s NBA season started, I had a conversation with a Golden State Warriors fan. He was excited about his team and was keen to explain its success: It was perfectly balanced, with perfect chemistry, role players, coaching and management. That Stephen Curry is pretty amazing also helped. His point that the Warriors are […]

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The Last Teams Standing in the NBA Playoffs Are No Surprise

In most respects, this season’s NBA playoffs have been scintillating, with a first round for the ages, the not-so-silent protest of the Los Angeles Clippers, and the resurrection of Serge Ibaka, Oklahoma’s lord and savior. Despite all that unpredictability on and off the court, the oddsmakers in Vegas knew what was coming since nearly the […]

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The Last Teams Standing in the NBA Playoffs Are No Surprise

In most respects, this season’s NBA playoffs have been scintillating, with a first round for the ages, the not-so-silent protest of the Los Angeles Clippers, and the resurrection of Serge Ibaka, Oklahoma’s lord and savior. Despite all that unpredictability on and off the court, the oddsmakers in Vegas knew what was coming since nearly the […]

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When Spring Training Matters

Going into the 2013 baseball season, you would have been forgiven for thinking Marlon Byrd’s days as a relevant player were behind him. He was 35 years old, an age at which most players’ skills have deteriorated significantly. He was coming off a miserable year, one in which he hit .210/.243/.245, was discarded by two […]

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