Ames Progressive

Someone familiar with my educational background might think I chose to write this article because of my fear toward the impending military resurgence of Germany after picking up my minor in 20th Century European History. Yet someone who frequently engages in sprawling NBA conversations with me might figure I hacked away at my keyboard for [...]

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A home-court advantage skews the betting line as the familiar environment provides the hosts with ample rest and a raucous crowd that lifts spirits and distracts opponents with verve and inflammatory chants. No mathematical formula can quantify the edge but few avid gamblers dedicated to the taboo science will admit to discounting the location factor.For [...]

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Take those comical Congressional hearings and stuff them down the chute. I don’t need to waste another breath or most precious of thoughts on such a melodramatic farce. For anyone currently or ever remotely interested in the NBA, I suggest you stock up on your sex, drugs and cocoa-puffs. You might indulge in a helping [...]

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I understood the difference between the drama of unscripted athletic competition and the choreographed theatrics of staged performances at the rapacious age of five. But despite the definite border separating the two, I devoted almost as much unrequited devotion to the World Wrestling Federation, which due to an absurd legal dispute with the World Wildlife [...]

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A transition offense in an arid climate and a wearied body with degenerating legs equate into an ominous last stanza for Shaquille O’Neal in the league as the four-time champion looks to avoid a sudden collapse in the midst of another title pursuit. I jeered vociferously at the freak of a man known simply as [...]

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Our collective thirst for sports history, for something remarkable that will endure for the rest of our lifetimes, began in early November following one of the most anticipated regular season football games in recent memory. The Patriots proved they could humiliate grown men hauling in seven figures a year by showing Stalinesque brutality on the [...]

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