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Copa Del Rey: Celta Visits Real Madrid Aiming To Keep Series Close
After suffering the first defeat in 40 games Real Madrid will look to go back to its winning ways with a victory at home against Celta de Vigo in a match for Spain’s Copa del Rey. Real Madrid was leading 1-0 in its last league game against Sevilla when in the 85th minute Sergio Ramos scored with a header in …
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Factors That Decided The NFC Wild Card Games
In the NFC Wild Card games the Seattle Seahawks defeated the Detroit Lions 26-6 and the Green Bay Packers defeated the New York Giants 38-14. Here’s a look at what factors determined the results of both games. Why the Seattle Seahawks Defeated the Detroit Lions Thomas Rawls, who finished with 161 rushing yards, was a workhorse in the running game. …
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Factors That Decided The AFC Wild Card Games
In the AFC Wild Card games the Houston Texans defeated the Oakland Raiders 27-14 and the Pittsburgh Steelers defeated the Miami Dolphins 30-12. Here’s a look at what factors determined the results of both games Why the Houston Texans Defeated the Oakland Raiders -It’s not an excuse, but many in the media will quickly point to the fact that the …
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The MLB’s Most Significant Retirements Of 2016
In the last installment of our series about the most significant retirements of 2016, here’s a look at two sluggers who excelled in the majors and helped their teams win it all: David Ortiz After a 20-year career, 541 home runs, 2,472 hits, 1,768 RBIs , a career .286 batting average and 10 All-Star games, “Big Papi” played his last major-league …
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The NFL’s Most Significant Retirements Of 2016
Continuing with our series of the most significant retirements of 2016, here’s a quick look at two key players that decided to leave behind their careers in the National Football League: NFL Peyton Manning On March 7, one month after winning the second Super Bowl of his NFL career, future Hall of famer Peyton Manning announced his retirement at a …
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2016’s Most Significant Retirements In Tennis
In this ongoing series about the most significant retirements of 2016, we already covered basketball and soccer. Now let’s take a look at two amazing players that decided to leave competitive tennis behind : Ana Ivanovic The Serbian tennis star Ana Ivanovic has decided to retire at just 29. Ivanovic, who in 2008 became the women’s number one player in …
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Soccer’s Most Significant Retirements Of 2016
Continuing with our series of the most significant retirements of 2016, here’s a quick look at three great soccer players that decided to call it quits in 2016 Miroslav Klose The all-time leading scorer in World Cup history retired at 38, in November after winning the 2014 World Cup in Brazil and having scored 16 goals in four different World …
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The NBA’s Three Most Significant Retirements Of 2016
Every year many NBA players decide to retire, but we rarely see three future hall of famers retire the same year. This was one of those years as Kobe Bryant, Tim Duncan and Kevin Garnett decided to call it a career. Here’s a quick look at the three of them and their achievements. Kobe Bryant Lakers all-time leading scorer ended …
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Holly Holm To Face Germaine De Randamie For Featherweight Title At UFC 208
The 2017 championship fight between Holly Holm (10-2, 7 KO) and Germaine de Randamie (7-3, 4 KO) will not only be the main event of UFC 208, but also inaugurate the featherweight division of women’s fighting. The February 11 bout at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, will give Holm an opportunity to capture her second UFC title and …
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Barcelona vs PSG and Bayern vs Arsenal best of Round of 16
After the draw of the UEFA Champions League was held on Monday it was determined that Real Madrid will face Napoli in the round of 16 to decide which team moves on to the quarterfinals. After finishing second in Group F (12 points) behind Borussia Dortmund (14 points), Zinedine Zidane’s boys would have to play against one of these group …
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