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• Kobe's Record Night Lacks Winning Ending

  MEMPHIS -- It's hard to overshadow Kobe Bryant scoring 44 points, especially when he breaks the Lakers' all-time scoring record in the process and a si …

• Highest Rose Bowl winning percentage

  Of schools that have played in at least five Rose Bowl Games, USC has a record of 24-9, a winning percentage of 73% and Illinois has a record of 3-2, a …

• Upside vs. Winning

  As baseball's winter meetings conclude, I take notice of the movers and shakers of the weeklong conference as well as the stand-patters, for lack of a …

• [citation needed]: Winning the NFL Ladder Match

  Call it a guilty pleasure, but really, it isn't. It's a full-on pleasure. It's something I can dig into and dissect and study as both an art form and a …

• Redskins assured of another non-winning record

  With the 27-24 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles, the Washington Redskins fall to a lousy 3-8, meaning, the best they can do if they win out, would be 8- …

• Dallas Cowboys Eyeing Best NFL Team Winning Pct. Alltime

        Its only a matter of time before the Dallas Cowboys have the best winning pct. in NFL history. Here are the top five tea …

• Congrats to Real Salt Lake for winning the MLS Cup

  The entire MLS season came down to last night. RSL vs LAG for the MLS Cup. LA Galaxy were certainly the expected winner. They had a better record in th …

• 3-Deep: The Running Game of the New Orleans Saints

  Let me start off by saying: Reggie Bush, Pierre Thomas, and Mike Bell.These three have been a force to be reckoned with, they have talent, diversity, a …

• The Boston Celtics

  The Celtics have started the season 2-0, and everything seems to be clicking so far(excluding Big Baby's little incident).  Rasheed is giving the …

• Winning the Yankee way

  Is there anyone out there that does not understand that winning the Yankee way is ...simply painful...but boy its all about heart! …

• Caveat Emptor w/ Super Bowl Winning Headcoaches

  Back in the good ole' days, before I watched football, NFL headcoaches presided over one team like Tom Landry with the Cowboys, Chuck Noll with the Ste …

• best chance of winning the heisman

  if the season was to end today who has the best chance of winning the heisman? tim tebow sam bradford......or is it someone that nobody is even talking …

• "Baseball's Silent Assassin" - Part III

  Published July 26, 2009 Welcome to Part III of "Baseball's Silent Assassin" and sorry about the tardiness of the piece.  But I have had my hands b …

• 14:53 To 33:47

  If you didn't watch Monday night's Colt's vs Dolphins game and was told the Dolphins dominated the clock 33:47 with an unstoppable Wildcat running …

• Winning and Losing

  The Difference The difference between winning and losing is the width of a person's hair.  Even though it is apparent that the turnovers cost Dal …

• Winning a title without winning a race?

   By Terry BlountESPN.comArchive Could someone go winless this season and become the Sprint Cup champion? Yes, it could happen. Could someone w …

• Oakland Raiders winning record this season?

  If the Oakland Raiders can have a good training camp and Jamarcuss Russell does good and Mcfadden helps then they could have a winning season and possi …

• Nationals prove sometimes losing is winning!

  Last week the Nationals drafted once-in-a-lifetime-super-beast-uber-stud-master-of-disaster-flame-throwing-(HOLY HYPERBOLE)-time-and-space-bending-pitc …

• The Luck is Changing in Flushing

  No, the following is not a misprint: The Mets are getting some breaks. Their luck hasn't been terrible of late, and even when something unfortunate occ …

• 15 Worst Team Winning Pct. in NFL History

       You know when the Dallas Cowboys were bad in the late 80s and the early 2,000s, the Aints, Ets, Cardinals, Buccaneer …

• Steelers Have Only 18th Best Winning Pct.

        Here we go again! Every time I do some research, the Steeler fans get clubbed on the head. I decided to l …

• Sports Marketing: Building Your Collegiate Fan Base

  Colleges and universities have a captive fan base that extends from the students to their families, friends and, of course, the alumni. That???s genera …

• Excited for the Jazz Winning Streak

  Nine in a row with Denver Up tonight. …

• who's winning the super bowl 2009

  I say Cardinals! Remember the Giants of last year doing the impossible and beating the undefeated Patriots. I can draw some parallels between the Cardi …

• Response to "I Simply Don't Get It"

  Darn thing told me my response was too long!  Ha!  I guess that should tell me something (AKA stop talking so much you long winded fool)...Bu …

• Blazers Blog: Winning the Pillow Fights

  Good lord I'm tired already.  It's only 1 AM, this shift isn't over for another eight hours.  This could possibly be the least gr …

• LOCK WINNING PICK FOR TONIGHT'S GAME

  FLORIDA WILL DOMINATE 45-27  …

• Jets Need A New (Winning) Identity

  It's been 40 years since the Jets won a SB. Back then they were the "Joe Namath Jets" to most, but really they were the product of Weeb E …

• Back to winning, and other musings

       This is a short blog.     One, here's to the Caps getting back to winning. 2-2 in December (and 4-3 th …

• NY Jets refuse to commit to winning

  Somebody needs to be fired at the end of the season.  I don't know if it's Mangini or Schottenheimer, but one of them or both are being st …

• Struggling but winning....

  Thank goodness for defense right. Peppers had nine sacks in a much better year so far in 2008. He also has five FF this year and 28 solo takes with 6 a …

• What was Brandon Marshall going to do after the winning TD?

  OK guys, Cutler threw to Marshall for the winner last night, THEN,  Marshall pulled a pack of something out of his jock while Cutler and crew came …

• Notre Dame vs. Stanford

   Fighting Irish -6 vs. Cardinals Finally the Irish are starting to get back to their winning ways by starting this college football season at 3-1 …

• Can it really be....?

   So we are now 4-1...who woulda' thought?   I'm still holding my breath for a fall down.  It seems to be something that we …

• Texas State Back To Winning Ways

  After starting the season 1-1, coming back to beat D-2 Angelo State and falling to FBS SMU in a game that the Bobcats were capable of winning were it n …

• Winning Ugly : The Chelsea Midfield

  Chelsea FC Fans Blog - Tuesday 26 August 2008Good morning Chelsea fans. In the latest EPL news Manchester United defeated Portsmouth 1-Nil at …

• Winning.

  So your front office spends the whole summer trying to pry away the Best Player in the World du jour from one of the most storied franchises on the pla …

• Team U.S.A. Reaches its Goal By Winning Gold at Beijing

  With the Beijing Olympics in the books and part of history, the central focus for the United States -- at least outside of the controversies swirling a …

• Rain Prevents Cubs From Winning Yesterday Against Braves

  From the Cubs Brickyard: (Atlanta, GA) - The Chicago Cubs rolled into Atlanta yesterday, winners of 14 of their last 21 games. They were ready to lay a …

• Cubs Inspired to Win by Stripping Photo of Jim Hendry Naked

  This comes to us from last season, but it is just as applicable this year. The Cubs are hot, hot, hot. But what is giving them their drive to win? The …

• 5 Head Coaches who need a winning season (NCAAF)

    This is a list I compiled containing five head coaches who I think will need a winning season and a bowl game to save their job. The order these …

• Mets 10-game winning streak snapped.

  The Mets were riding high after their rally on Thursday night, but I'm not pleased to report that they finally lost to the Reds yesterday, 5-2. Alt …

• The Mets' winning streak is now at 6.

  Just recently the Metropolitans were thrown into absurd conditions - their manager had been fired, and everyone was doubting them. They weren't eve …

• My Greatest College Football Experience: Tenn vs FL 2004

            So I was hanging out with my very good friend from high school the other day and we started to r …

• DeWitt Named Rookie of the Month

  Gillette has honored Dodgers' third-baseman, Blake DeWitt, as May's Rookie of the Month. The 22-year-old will not only receive a trophy commemorating t …

• Glaus Sends the Pirates a Loss (HA! I rhymed!)

  The Cardinals won dominantly yesterday over the Pirates, 7-4. The game had some great defensive highlights, while the Cardinals beat up on Pirates star …

• Pistons last hope of winning a Championship?

  The 2008 NBA Playoffs may have been the Detroit Piston's last hope to go onto the NBA Finals and win it all.  Why?  Well, they have a bun …

• Dodgers vs. Cardinals

  The Los Angeles Dodgers are going to open their three-game series against the St. Louis Cardinals tonight at 10:40 PM EST. The Cardinals currently have …

• Winning boring vs. an exciting fight

  Why is it that American promoters and fans typically (not always Clay Guida fans) write someone off after losing multiple fights, if they are exciting. …

• Back on the winning track

       Seeing as though I haven't written on this site in 2 weeks, tonight is as good a time as any to pick up and write. &n …

• How are Marlins winning?

  Dan is curious how the Marlins are in first even though their players are working for minimum wage. …

• Is Winning the Hart Worth It?

  A while back, I did a blog on who I thought had the upper hand in winning the NHL awards this season and, yeah..., got some players wrong! But the more …

• MMA Numbers in the News - Winning and Losing

   35 Number of days in jail (35) Chris Leben was sentenced to after he turned himself over to Oregon authorities for a DUI back in 2005. In 2007 he …

• Last Night's Preview: Mets @ Dodgers

  The Los Angeles Dodgers have a difficult match-up tonight against the New York Mets. The Dodgers' manager, Joe Torre, once played for the Mets and …

• Game Preview: Dodgers @ Florida

  The Los Angeles Dodgers are scheduled to start their three-game series with the Florida Marlins later today. The Marlins have a 15-10 record in the 200 …

• Sweep: Complete!

  The Los Angeles Dodgers successful swept the Colorado Rockies with a 3-2 victory on Sunday. James Loney knocked in the winning-run on a single in the 1 …

• Another Season Another Saints Prediction

  Ive seen so many games the saints could have won if only we wouldve had the right personell. Hell when our defense was the greatest and the dome patrol …

• Tiger winning the poll

  Tiger is still ahead of MJ, Babe and Ali in the poll for which athlete has had the biggest impact on their sport. Dan thinks Babe Ruth and Ali could be …

• 12 TD winning streak broke

  No Big news, but my 12 TD streak was broke by Irishhughs.The taste of defeat can be a pungent one indeed.Kirk signing out. …

• Bracket Gods?

  Since when have you known me, Erwin, maybe one of the strangest people you've ever met, to be good at anything?Um, probably never, unless you'r …

• This Day in MMA History (20 March)

   320 Date (3/20) of 1999 when Randy Couture suffered a loss via Kimura to Mikhail Illoukhine at Rings Rise 1st in Japan. Couture began his career …

• Timberwolves keep on winning

  The Minnesota Timberwolves won again last night against the Memphis Grizzlies. No big surprise there considering all the Wolves have been doing of late …

• The Must Read Tips for Winning your NCAA Bracket

  It's NCAA Tournament time... but who am I to tell you how to fill out your bracket? I'm just a guy who won his bracket pool 2 of the last 4 yea …

• Rockets Fans: Don't Get Too Excited...Yet...

      The current 20-game winning streak by the Houston Rockets is impressive.  In a very competitave Western Conference they have re …

• No Love For the Rockets...

  So it's official. The Houston Rockets have won SIXTEEN FREAKING GAMES IN A ROW, yet nobody seems to acknowledge that this is currently happening. I …

• Politics and Sports: Anything in Common?

  The answer is yes.What are they?Read to find out.The first one is compromise. I'll start with compromise in politics.A long time ago, when the …

• The Basics of Logic Part II- More to avoid

  Continuing from...http://fannation.com/blogs/post/156258Hopefully "Part I" didn't bore everyone into a coma- TDs will be a lot better if …

• Field of Dreams winning the poll

  Seems people think Field of Dreams was better than Raging Bull. Raging Bull was No. 4 on the AFI list of all-time great films. I think that's only …

• Patriots: Winning Freaks or Winning Cheats?

   Okay, some comments I write just beg me to blog. Here's one that did. Are the Patriots Freaks of nature with their 16 and 0 season, three SB …

• Eastern Conference Player of the Week-A big Surprise

  According to U.S.A. Today, the Sixers' PG, Andre Miller is the Eastern Conference player of the Week!His team is winning!  4-1! The Sixers, su …

• Terrell Owens Frustrated By "All This Winning"

  By Contributing Writer Matt Webb“I’m sick of feeling all warm and fuzzy inside,” said a concerned Terrell Owens at his press conferen …

• Five Winning Football Teams that are Making Their Fans Nuts

  The Green Bay PackersSeason Record: 10-2Key Injuries:  Bret Favre, QB; Bubba Franks, TE; Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila, DE; Charles Woodson, CB; Mark Tausc …

• Women R US-Beast of the Week is............

      ....AJ Feeley of the Philadelphia Eagles for leading his team to within a hair's breath of beating the team that is the so-calle …

• Bears fans, or fans of winning

  I get a little sick of reading about how terrible the Bears are doing this season. They are floundering, yes. It's cheap and easy to rip someone or …

• New Orleans

  New Orleans....... I was so disappointed when the season began; losing 4 straight games, but then you made all Saint's fans proud winning the next …

• Nominate 10 PEOPLE!

  Alright, we are going early again, so pick 1 person and only 1 that you wish to nominate. If you give a list, I will take the first person on your list …

• This blog is NOT about the Pats running up the score....

  ....its about how Tony Brady has obliterated Peyton Manning this season statistically heading into their Stuperbowl matchup this Sunday:Passing Yards(N …

• Teams winning without free agents? I think not

  Being the cynical baseball fan that I am, I have once again found something very annoying that has caught my eye. Throughout the playoffs, baseball ana …

• Brett Favre

  Holy Cow! How does he do it?   Brett Favre pulls through again. The 38 year old soon to be hall of famer, pulled through with another great t …

• Back On The Winning Track

  Well, after two unfortunate losses (at Iowa & v. Michigan) the Illini got back on the winning track this weekend with a Homecoming victory over Bal …

• A Woman's Look At Norv Turner

      Is this how Norv Turner planned on repairing his reputation as a mediocre at best head coach, a 3-3 start with a team that went 14-2 …

• Most Points Scored in the NFL to Date

  Patriots 230Cowboys 203Browns 167Colts 164Packers 142Chargers 137Texans 133Steelers 132Miami 128Arizona 128 Miami is the only one of the 10 teams …

• One stop shopping for news on the trouble in Huskerland!!!!

  Here are some links to top stories in various newspapers around the USA. Most are firestorms about the coaching staff; most recent ones at the top:http …

• Fewest Points Allowed in NFL for Teams Having Played 5 Games

  Steelers 47Patriots 65Seahawks 74Buccaneers 77Chiefs 83Colts 88Packers 93Cowboys 96Ravens 97Texans 99Every team on this list has a winning record excep …

• Has Anyone noticed that Jr has bad luck when he is winning?

  I really don't think its bad luck.  Its the evil step-mom that has the control on that.  Menard and Truex have no issues what so ever, bu …

• Les Miles is the reason LSU is winning big games

  Posted by John DeShazier October 07, 2007 BATON ROUGE -- The reason LSU remains No. 1, perhaps unanimously in every poll that counts, is because of a c …

• Pontiac Game-Changing Performance

  ESPN and the Pontiac GAME-CHANGING performance....is there a worse-named note in sports?  This week's winner is the Auburn kicker for making t …

• Redemption! The Winning Streak Has BEGUN!

  What a week #2 of the NFL season turned out to be!  Typically being a Cardinals fan, you get used to going home in a pizzed off mood.  You ge …

• Anybody, Anytime..... Thats How We Roll....

  This is the new Dbacks marketing campaign and it is 100% true.  On any given night, there will be a new hero.  We'll have E. Byrnes, or C …

• The Key to winning throwdowns.

  If you're making a title up, then think of something obvious, like Ladanian Tomlinson is a great RB or LSU has more wins than USC after week 2, and …

• Great endings to great games, Week 1 NFL Wrap-up

   And you thought that the 49ers last second victory was the most exciting ending to an exciting NFL week 1....That the 49ers' improbable victo …

• The Interesting Records of Baseball

  Barry Bonds passed Hank Aaron on the All-Time Home Run list on August 7th of 2007. On September 6th, 1995, Cal Ripken Jr. played in his 2,131st consecu …

• 5 Keys to Winning Your Fantasy Football League

   Want to know how to win your fantasy football league. Here are 5 keys Luck  Know your playersKnow your backupsBe quick on the waiver wireDon …

• Out of Nowhere?!?!?!

     Only  a week ago I was starting to write off the Arizona Diamondbacks because they could not buy a hit and were losing games and sink …

• Winning a Tight One in the Sun

  It's not unusual to hear announcers opine that Dodger Stadium plays to the strength of pitchers, especially during nighttime games.  …

• Does draft = consistency part 2

  I have to apologize to FanNation. I am going to have to put my analysis on hold for a short time. I am currently working on a huge project and will not …

• The Winning Formula; Game Notes

  That's the Yankee team I like to root for; a team who steals bases, doesn't give up when they are down, and even plays small ball. Miguel Cairo …

• Does drafting = consistency?

  I started out on this project to see if there is a direct correlation to teams which are consistently bad or consistently good; and how they draft. I w …

• Interesting research

  Stay tuned next week. I will finally move into the 21st Century and try blogging regularly. I have been doing some research about a theory I have conce …

• Let the good times roll

  The Yankees are rolling and it's time to forget about the horendous start to this 2007 season.  After being 7 games under .500 with a 24-31 re …