Basketball is one of the most wide-spread sports throughout the world, including quite a lot of players, managerial staff and a massive audience. Knowing more about them is bound to reflect in your NetBet exploits, but there is a whole different side to the game that you should also be aware of. With the establishment …
In this week’s episode of the XN Sports Podcast, we bring in special guest, Donny Rodriguez. Donny used to be the Chicago Bulls beat writer for various local sports websites and is currently part of the Chicago Second City comedy group as he brings in a unique perspective on the game of basketball. This week, …
About three years ago, if you were to ask any NBA savant who they’d rather have between Stephen Curry and LeBron James, you’re question would be met with blank stares, exasperated grumbles or elementary school-octave laughs. Fast forward to now, in 2017, and that’s not the case. Yes, LeBron is better. He’s 32 years old …
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The Reverend Robert joins Felipe in discussing the NBA MVP race as we nominate 11 candidates for the award. We also discuss the possibility of any other teams in the Eastern Conference that can legitimately defeat the Cleveland Cavaliers in the NBA Playoffs. Likewise, we discuss the potential that a Western Conference team can dethrone …
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In this episode of The Men Up North Sports Podcast, we run down all six MLB divisions and predict the winners by season’s end. We also gauge the National and American League MVP, Cy Young, and Rookie of the Year Awards’ Race. We also discussed the Shelby Miller for Dansby Swanson trade involving the Arizona …
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The United States of America national basketball team so far has been doing pretty well in the Olympics: they‘ve won three out of the three matches that they‘ve had so far, promptly demolishing China and Venezuela and managing a more difficult victory against Australia. Now they’ve got two more European opponents to play until the …
This is part 2 of the Derrick Rose Saga. The irony of a superstar with the last name of Rose getting hurt at the Rose Garden in Portland. The hope and the promise all come to a screeching halt when a superstar and his advisors make all the decisions. Rose had every excuse to not …
What happens when you look back on an unfilled prophecy? This is our story of the promise, the hype, the prophecy and ultimately the failure of Derrick Rose. Featured Image Credit: By Keith Allison from Owings Mills, USA (Derrick Rose) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
