Archive for June, 2008

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Apparently, the Toronto Raptors have agreed to a trade that would bring Jermaine O’Neal to the Raps along with Indiana’s 2nd round pick (41st overall) for T.J. Ford, Rasho Nesterovic, Maceo Baston, and the #17 overall pick in the draft. Originally, I had planned to do an article highlighting possible Raptor draft choices at #17. [...]

Better Know a Footballer: Cristiano Ronaldo

Posted: 26th June 2008 by Trev Smith in Soccer, Trev Smith
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This article has been submitted by Trevor Smith. Sports fans with international perspective know Europeans take ample shine to their version of football. The beautiful game is a religion and its players, saints. Thus calico stars receive extraordinary attention from the sporting media. For our part, Canada’s fascination with major international soccer competitions suggests the [...]

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This article has been submitted by Stu Wilkinson and Alex Pennycook. Y’all know the drill by now, so let’s just get right into it: Who Is the Biggest Sleeper in the Draft? Alex: Chris Douglas-Roberts – Sleepers are hard to predict at this stage because so much of a players success depends on the situation [...]

NBA Draft Week – Centers

Posted: 25th June 2008 by Blake Murphy in Blake Murphy, NBA Ball, NCAA Hoops
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This is Part 5 in a 7-part NBA Draft Preview Series here at The On Deck Circle. While I apologize to our readers who aren’t NBA fans, Thursday is the NBA Draft, one of my favorite nights of the year, and as such our coverage will focus primarily on the draft this week (supplemented, of [...]

NBA Draft Week – Power Forwards

Posted: 25th June 2008 by Blake Murphy in Blake Murphy, NBA Ball, NCAA Hoops
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This is Part 4 in a 7-part NBA Draft Preview Series here at The On Deck Circle. While I apologize to our readers who aren’t NBA fans, Thursday is the NBA Draft, one of my favorite nights of the year, and as such our coverage will focus primarily on the draft this week (supplemented, of [...]

UEFA European Championship 2008 Semi-Final Preview

Posted: 25th June 2008 by mostafa-el-beheiry in Mostafa E.B., Soccer
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This article has been submitted by Mostafa El Beheiry. The quarter-finals followed up the group stage with some heartbreaking results with three of the four results considered upsets in addition to going to extra-time. The Germans “upset” Portugal 3-2 – they were underdogs based only on their runner-up status after the group stage, I don’t [...]

Gary Roberts Wedneday – Brandon Rush

Posted: 25th June 2008 by Stu Wilkinson in NCAA Hoops, Stu Wilkinson
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This article has been submitted by Stu Wilkinson. A few years ago, the North Carolina Tar Heels won an NCAA National Championship in Men’s Basketball. Four of the Tar Heels – Marvin Williams, Sean May, Ray Felton, and Rashad McCants – left school early after winning a championship. All four of them were drafted in [...]

NBA Draft Week – Small Forwards

Posted: 24th June 2008 by Blake Murphy in Blake Murphy, NBA Ball, NCAA Hoops
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This is Part 3 in a 7-part NBA Draft Preview Series here at The On Deck Circle. While I apologize to our readers who aren’t NBA fans, Thursday is the NBA Draft, one of my favorite nights of the year, and as such our coverage will focus primarily on the draft this week (supplemented, of [...]

NBA Draft Week – Shooting Guards

Posted: 24th June 2008 by Blake Murphy in Blake Murphy, NBA Ball, NCAA Hoops
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This is Part 2 in a 7-part NBA Draft Preview Series here at The On Deck Circle. While I apologize to our readers who aren’t NBA fans, Thursday is the NBA Draft, one of my favorite nights of the year, and as such our coverage will focus primarily on the draft this week (supplemented, of [...]

Hockey Night in Canada's Last Song

Posted: 24th June 2008 by Tieja Maclaughlin in Hockey, Tieja Mac
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This article has been submitted by the debuting (and female) Tieja MacLaughlin. So it‘s official…CBC has dropped its legendary Hockey Night in Canada “dunt-da-DUNT-da-dunt” theme song, and in turn, killed a small piece of each and every Canadian. No longer can we Canucks look forward to the excitement of getting all jacked up at the [...]