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NBA Weekly Awards- Jan 29th

January 28th 2012 01:25

Best win of the week: Minnesota's 105-90 win over Dallas. The Timberwolves are beginning to turn things around. I have been praising the team for the direction they are headed and good things continue to come. Minnesota was in control throughout over the defending NBA champions as they easily beat Dallas. Kevin Love led the way with 35 points.

Kevin Love led the Timberwolves to a big win over Dallas

The Mavericks were missing Dirk Nowitzki though.

Worst Loss: Orlando's two losses versus Boston. The Magic lost 87-56 to Boston on Monday night, then turned around and lost last night after holding a 27-point lead in the second quarter of the game to the Celtics. Boston held the Magic to just 25 second half points, eight of these came in the fourth quarter in the teams 93-83 win.

Top player performance: LaMarcus Aldridge's 33 points and 23 rebound performance against Toronto last Friday. Aldridge had an easy double-double by halftime and he continued dominating the weak Raptors defenders in the Blazers ten-point victory.

A look at the leagues best and worst teams: Chicago and Oklahoma City have the top records in the NBA. Chicago is best in the Eastern Conference with a 16-4 mark, and Oklahoma City reins in the West at 15-3. New Orleans and Charlotte have the worst records. The Bobcats are 3-16 and New Orleans is 3-15 right now. Washington is also at 3-15.

Look ahead to next week: Sunday brings us a battle for the Eastern Conference as Miami is facing Chicago in a possible preview of the conference finals later on in the season. On Wednesday the same Bulls travel to play at Philadelphia in a game of two division leaders in the East. We will get to see how good this 76ers team is as they host Miami next Friday.

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Bogut out for 8 to 12 weeks

January 28th 2012 01:09

The troubles just keep coming for the Milwaukee Bucks. Center Andrew Bogut will miss 8-12 weeks after breaking his ankle on Wednesday.

Bogut fractured the ankle in a game against Houston. He landed in an awkward stance after jumping for a rebound. Bogut was averaging 11 points, nine rebounds, and three assists for the Bucks in 12 games this season.

Bogut was selected with the number one pick in the 2005 NBA draft out of Utah. He has had issues with injuries as of late. Back in 2009, he missed the end of the season, and he also missed 43 games in 2008.

Andrew Bogut will miss 8-12 weeks

Dwayne Wade is back for Miami's game tonight versus New York. The Knicks will be missing Carmelo Anthony as he will sit out with wrist, thumb and ankle injuries. Wade is returning after missing six games with a sprained ankle. He has missed nine games this season.

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Another new NFL head coach

January 26th 2012 23:24

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers were turned down by Oregon head coach Chip Kelly on Monday, on Thursday, they chose a different college coach. Rutgers Greg Schiano was hired by the Buccaneers to lead their team.

Schiano posted a 48-47 record at Rutgers over 11 seasons. He made the Scarlet Knights a team to reckon with at the college level. Can this success transpire into the professional ranks? College coaches traditionally have struggled with the move, only a few have had success at the professional level. Schiano did coach with the Chicago Bears for two seasons before moving onto Rutgers.

Tampa Bay went 4-12 last season with Raheem Morris coaching. The team lost their last 10 games of the year, after starting 4-2. Tampa Bay nearly reached the playoffs for the 2010 season, after having a 10-6 record. Everything was going fine this year, until injuries hit the team. Josh Freeman will return as the quarterback next season.

Greg Schaino takes over at Tampa Bay

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Colts hire new coach

January 26th 2012 04:00

The Indianapolis Colts have hired Baltimore defensive coordinator Chuck Pagano to be their new head coach. This will be Pagano's first head coaching job.

Pagano previously worked for Cleveland, and Oakland in the NFL, and Miami and North Carolina in college football. This was Pagano's first year working for Baltimore. The Ravens had the third-ranked defense in the NFL at the end of the season. Indianapolis just fired head coach Jim Caldwell after three seasons at the helm

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Oakland Raiders hiring Dennis Allen

January 25th 2012 04:06

The Oakland Raiders will hire Denver's defensive coordinator as their new head coach. The Raiders fired Hue Jackson right after the regular season ended. The Raiders were 8-8 last year.

Allen improved a league worst defense last season to 24 this season. His unit was a big reason for the Broncos revival as AFC West champion. This will be Allen's first head coaching job. He previously coached for New Orleans secondary and Atlanta Falcons

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Flip Saunders out at Washington

January 25th 2012 03:58

The Washington Wizards have fired head coach Flip Saunders. Saunders and the Wizards were 2-15 on the season. He had a record of 51-130 while at Washington.

Saunders was in the third year of a four year contract worth $18 million. Randy Wittman will take over as interim head coach. Wittman coached previously at Minnesota where he posted a 100-207 record

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A tale of two kicks

January 24th 2012 02:37

As this is supposed to be the year of the quarterback due to all the big numbers put up by star players throughout the league. For college football, it was the year of the kicker. Yesterday, kickers had the spotlight on them in the conference championship games.

For the first game, the spotlight was on New England's Stephen Gostowski and Baltimore's Billy Cundiff. Gostowski nailed three field goals, Cundiff connected on two of three. The lone miss was the deciding factor in the game. Cundiff missed on a 32-yard field goal in the waning moments of the game. Right away, my thoughts turned to Boise State and their huge misses in games last season and the year before. "He pulled a Brotzman." The miss propelled New England to the Super Bowl, winning the AFC title by a score of 23-20

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Big numbers power Friday night in the NBA

January 21st 2012 06:26

Portland forward LaMarcus Aldridge scored 34 points and pulled down 23 boards in the Blazers, 94-84 win over Toronto. Dwight Howard also topped the 20-20 mark in scoring 21 points and 23 rebounds as the Magic topped the LA Lakers.

In Milwaukee's 100-86 victory over the NY Knicks, point guard Brandon Jennings out-dueled Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony, totaling 36 points to 35. Milwaukee earned their first road win of the season in a game that saw Anthony get ejected for confronting Jennings after a hard foul. The Knicks have lots of talent on the team, but are struggling to put it all together, in falling to 6-9 on the year. Another team that is struggling is Boston

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Philbin in at Miami

January 21st 2012 06:08

The Miami Dolphins have hired Green Bay offensive coordinator Joe Philbin as their new head coach. Philbin has never been a head coach and has been at Green Bay since 2003, and as the offensive coordinator since 2003.

Green Bay head coach Greg McCarthy called all the offensive plays but Philbin constructed them. The new Dolphins head coach has 28 years of coaching experience, 19 of them in college. Before joining the Packers, Philbin was the offensive line coach at Iowa. Previously he had stints at Harvard, Northeastern and Allegehany College as offensive coordinator

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Conference Championships in the NFL

January 21st 2012 03:12

Kicking off Sunday's action is the AFC title game with New England hosting Baltimore. This is followed by the NFC title game and San Francisco welcoming NY Giants to town.

Baltimore at New England: Here's a game with two very different types of teams playing. The Patriots love to score the ball, led by quarterback Tom Brady. Baltimore is led by a great defense and linebacker Ray Lewis. The Ravens have a decent offense, one that has been plagued by inconsistent play from quarterback Joe Flacco all season long. The only consistent option for the team has been running back Ray Rice who always seems to make something happen. If the Ravens can run the ball with Rice and keep Brady and his highpowered offense off the field then the Ravens will win. Yet I have a feeling Brady will find a way to score even against this vaunted Ravens defense. The Patriots defense is getting better and they will force Flacco into making a turnover or two. New England wins a squeaker

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