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Obiora @ July 27, 2008 # 2 Comments
As we wade through this summer’s transfer market, I am reminded that financial structure is one of the most glaring contrasts between the sports leagues of the USA and the domestic soccer leagues of the ‘rest of the world’. By and large, the big American sports franchises (with some exceptions like the NY Yankees) try […]
Obiora @ July 11, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Brandon Jennings, considered the best high school basketball player in the country this past season, will be taking his game to Europe next season because he didn’t ‘pass’ the SATs and so can’t play the requisite one year in college. This move has touched off a lot of speculation about whether American high schoolers […]
Obiora @ June 5, 2008 # One Comment
In the wake of the Penguins Stanley Cup Finals loss to the Detroit Red Wings, I am reminded of Dan Marino. In 1984, the sophomore signal caller of the Miami Dolphins burst onto the NFL scene, throwing for over 5,000 yards (still an NFL record) and 48 touchdowns (a record that stood for 20 […]
Obiora @ May 28, 2008 # No Comment Yet
The NHL has to be supremely upset with the Pittsburgh Penguins right now. Not because the Red Wings won the first two games of the Stanley Cup finals but because it has thoroughly dominated and out-classed the Penguins. This was the dream matchup - one of the NHL’s storied and most accomplished franchises […]
Obiora @ May 16, 2008 # One Comment
It is said that it’s not wise to take on an animal that’s been cornered. The point being that desperation can serve as a catalyst for behavior and results that one might not normally expect. We’ve had two such examples of brilliant desperation in each of the fourth games of the Eastern and […]
Obiora @ May 6, 2008 # No Comment Yet
If you didn’t think that the Stanley Cup playoffs were a grind before the conference semi-finals, surely you must now be convinced. The Penguins needed overtime to eliminate the Rangers and Dallas endured a 4-OT marathon against San Jose. The eighth longest game in NHL history finally saw the Stars eliminate the Sharks after […]
Obiora @ April 24, 2008 # No Comment Yet
In the American sports landscape, football is the national obsession, baseball is the national past-time, basketball is where amazing happens, soccer is growing in popularity and hockey? Sadly it’s overlooked. Despite my love of football and futbol, I’m a firm believer that when it’s played properly, ice hockey is the best team sport in the […]