January 2012
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¿Vlade Divac es ahora un amuleto de la suerte?
Vlade Divac could be considered a lightning rod for bad luck, however a box seat appearance at the 2012 Australian Open men’s final is helping curb that notion.
Divac featured in fellow countryman Novak Djokovic’s corner during his epic five-hour victory over Rafael Nadal, acting as a good-luck charm of sorts.
Divac was mostly a fan favorite during his time in the NBA for the Los...
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Los pretendientes de tenis
Once again the pretenders of the tennis world have bowed out of another Grand Slam tournament with nothing to show for it, except another painful chapter to their tortured legacies.
In the women’s draw there is the Danish beauty, who has held the highest ranking for the past two years and ranks even higher in our hearts.
She was bounced from the 2012 Australian Open in the Quarterfinals by...
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Tigres signo Fielder. Obama dice Detroit está de...
Detroit is on the up.
Hours after the Tigers signed Prince Fielder, President Barack Obama announced the country’s auto industry ‘was back’.
Fielder was born in 1984, the year of the Tigers’ last World Series triumph.
By 1992 he was striking out his father Cecil, and in 1996 he was famously knocking the ball over the fence at old Tiger Stadium.
The return of...
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La última vez que se conocieron: San Francisco...
You may think the last time these teams met was in Week 10 when the 49ers secured a 27-20 win at home.
You may think the last time these two franchises duelled in the postseason was in the Wild Card playoff in 2003, which saw the Niners hold on for a wild 39-38 win at The Stick.
The last time the New York Giants and San Francisco 49ers really met was on a sunny Sunday in January 1991 at...
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James, Wade abandonar la búsqueda de pirita
We encounter ‘fool’s gold’ in various forms, retirement pensions, enhanced cleavage from push-up and padded bras, and of course there’s pyrite.
In the NBA, pyrite is commonly found behind an arc-shaped line 23 feet and 9 inches from the hoop (22 feet in the corners).
Miami Heat President, Pat Riley famously dubbed the long-range attempt as fool’s gold years ago, only...
