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April 5, 2010

Finally, the Knicks win in the west – Season on the sofa week 23 review

Be honest, if you had lost the first four games of a Western Conference road trip and you knew that even a performance for the ages from your best player wasn’t good enough to defeat a team as lowly as the Golden State Warriors, is there another team you’d rather play than the Clippers on the last game of the trip to ensure you at least returned home with one win in your pocket? Continue reading →

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November 26, 2009

The most dubious distinctions and unwanted records in sport

The New Jersey Nets’ descent into potentially precedent-setting ignominy is just one of many dubious distinctions in sport. From the NFL and MLB to the English Premier League, Formula 1 and boxing, the owners of such unwanted records become part of the folklore of their respective sports and, in the case of some, almost a comical euphemism for continued miserable failure and bad luck. Read on as the Sports Bloke examines 10 of the most dubious distinctions in sport. Continue reading →

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November 2, 2009

Brett Favre and the most infamous traitors in sport

In honour of Brett Favre’s return to Green Bay, the Sports Bloke takes a look at more sporting stars who turned their backs on their teams and examines what happened when they returned to their former homes. Continue reading →

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October 26, 2009

An NBA season on the sofa: preview

The Sports Bloke’s season on the sofa will focus primarily on the Knicks (and my own steadily increasing levels of sleep deprivation) as I stay up past 3am to watch them struggle through all 82 games. There’ll also be stuff relating to the ongoing circus of insanity that is unique to the NBA. Continue reading →

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