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Will the Miami Heat Repeat as NBA Champs? — Sports Survey of the Day
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Last night, the NBA kicked off its 2012-13 season with three games. In the marquee matchup, the defending-champion Miami Heat defeated the Boston Celtics 120-107, in a rematch of last year’s Eastern Conference finals. Unfo
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Did You Watch the World Series? — Sports Survey of the Day
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In case you missed it—and judging by the ratings, you probably did—the San Francisco Giants finished their World Series sweep of the Detroit Tigers on Sunday night. This year continued a trend in which fewer and fewer people are watching the World Series, especially if it’s a four-game sweep. So d
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Who’s Going to Win the World Series? — Sports Survey of the Day
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Last night, the San Francisco Giants completed a spectacular NLCS comeback by beating the St. Louis Cardinals 9-0 and taking the series four games to three. The Giants had been facing a 3-1 series deficit just a few days ago, but they’re now gearing up for their Fall Classic matchup with the American League-champion Detroit Tigers.
So, who’s gonna win?
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106-66: Just Your Typical High School Football Score in Oregon
The Triad High School football team in Klamath Falls, Oregon, defeated Elkton High by a score of 106-66, a combined—and astounding—172 points, setting a new state record. It looks more like a basketball score than football, as Triad scored touchdowns on 16 out of 17 possessions. The only time they didn’t score was on their final possession, when they had the ball inside the Elkton 1-yard line.
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After Cabrera’s Triple Crown, What Huge Baseball Feat Will Happen Next? — Sports Survey of the Day
On Wednesday it became official: Miguel Cabrera is the first player to win baseball’s Triple Crown since Carl Yastrzemski in 1967. Cabrera finished with a .330 batting average, 44 home runs and 139 RBIs, also leading his Detroit Tigers to the American League Central Division championship. Congratulations to Cabrera—anytime achievement that hasn’t been done in 45 years deserves applause. So what co
NHL Cancels Preseason; Regular Season Now Seriously in Doubt
Just seven years removed from the cancelled 2004-05 season, the NHL is moving perilously close to another major work stoppage. The regular season is still scheduled to begin October 11, just two weeks away, but the owners, who locked the players out earlier this month, have now decided to fully cancel the preseason.
This does not bode well if you’re a hockey fan.
Will There Be an NHL Season? — Sports Survey of the Day
Hockey is back! Hockey is dead!
Today may be the day that we find out which of those statements will turn out correct. The NHL preseason has already been cancelled, and the lockout is about to enter its third week. Stunningly, today is the first time the players and the owners have even met to discuss anything since September 15.
Did the Replacement Refs Really Do That Bad a Job? — Sports Survey of the Day
Our (three-week-) long national nightmare is over: the real referees are back. Late Wednesday night, the league and the union reached an agreement, and it looks like NFL fans can go back to yelling at an entirely different group of men in striped shirts for making decisions they disagree with. Yay!
Shaun White Got Pretty Drunk, a Black Eye and Arrested
Olympic gold-medalist Shaun White (allegedly) had quite an evening Sunday night in Nashville. He was arrested for vandalism and public intoxication after (again, allegedly, all of this) pulling a fire alarm at his hotel (the Loews Vanderbilt), which caused the evacuation of the entire building, then smashing a hotel phone. But wait, there’s more …