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The 11 Best Sports Tweets of All Time

The official Los Angeles Dodgers Twitter account tweeted an absolutely amazing burn to the San Diego Padres the other day (more on that in a minute). It inspired me to think about some of the other best sports-related or athlete … Continue reading

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Would the mid-90s Lakers beat the current squad?

You guys know the MO of SpreeGoogs: reference the 90s whenever possible. The golden era of mankind. It can only make your day better. The first part of the decade wasn’t so much of a golden era for the Los … Continue reading

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About Michael Jordan and LeBron James

In case you haven’t heard, last week was Michael Jordan’s 50th birthday. Of course, there was plenty of deserved reminiscing in the form of countdowns, lists, highlights and a few interviews between cigars. It was great. Except for one thing: … Continue reading

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Picking the 2013 NBA All-Star Reserves

Everyone breathe out, the NBA All-Star starters were announced this week, and luckily, the fans didn’t vote Jeremy Lin into the game. From here, the rest of the team is selected by the coaches, so he won’t make it. You … Continue reading

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What’s So Special About Triple-Doubles?

Every year around this time, Missouri and Illinois play an intense basketball game with an extremely clever name: “Arch Madness.” For an MU Alumnus and an Illini hater like myself, this game is either a double-dip of wins for my … Continue reading

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Sportsconomics – Maximizing Team USA’s Efficiency With a Few Roster Twists

** Editor’s Note: This post is 1800 words. I hope you’re comfortable. If there’s one basketball-related storm I can actually get behind wholly, it’s the US men’s Olympic team. All of my issues with NBA coverage/officiating and draft-night letdowns kind … Continue reading

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The Immediate Impact of the Steve Nash Trade for the Lakers

I first want to point out that by cohort MajerleKJ’s excellent post on preferred landing spots for Steve Nash ended up being utterly ironic. Obviously, Phoenix Suns fans did not want to see Nash in the purple and gold torching … Continue reading

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2nd Half of the NBA Season and Beyond

The lockout took away 16 regular-season NBA games, creating a grueling schedule with no practice time and more importantly, essentially no recovery time. Despite the negative consequences of last years’ selfish negotiations that no basketball fan could understand combined with the numerous critics … Continue reading

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2012 NBA All-Star Game Preview

“Most all-star games are for the guards and they do their thing. But for me the game is about entertaining the crowd as much as it is anything. I want to get a few dunks, shoot some threes and bring … Continue reading

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Picking the 2012 NBA All-Star Reserves

Yesterday, in a surprising move, the NBA announced the starters for the 2011 All Star game. Interestingly, the thing they announced about those 2011 starters was that all of them are also starters again in 2012. Not really, but 8 … Continue reading

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Joe Flacco, Ed Reed and our list of top sports drama

In advance of the most important game of the season, Baltimore Ravens safety Ed Reed decided to be critical of his teammate, Joe Flacco, on SIRIUS NFL Radio. You would think that going into a game as difficult as the … Continue reading

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Follow up: The Adam Bonefeste Theory of Basketball Endgame

There are often times when I watch televised sports and wonder how great sports could be if only coaches and players read SpreeGoogs. This blog is always suggesting new ways to improve the games, and it was really only a … Continue reading

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Debating Lakers-Bulls (in a joyful holiday mood of course)

Vlade Van Exel: Full disclosure, I have been a Laker fan since I was 8. The starting five when I began watching them was Nick Van Exel, Eddie Jones, Cedric Ceballos, Elden Campbell and Vlade Divac. As you can probably … Continue reading

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The Best Bets on Kobe’s Divorce

I wouldn’t consider myself someone who has a gambling issue, but one of the most exciting moments of 2011 for me was winning 10 bucks when Christina Aguileira landed the over of 1:46 seconds singing the national anthem at the … Continue reading

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The “Lakeshow” knows no boundaries

It turns out the the “Lakeshow” doesn’t actually require an NBA season.  During this prolonged off-season, no NBA team has gotten more attention than the Los Angeles Lakers.  The biggest story has been the smack-down David Stern gave via veto … Continue reading

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