I’m absolutely a fan of the Philadelphia 76ers, but at a time when a team needs (at least) three legit All Stars to have a realistic shot at a championship it’s hard to get excited about them. A month ago, they were sitting as the number seven playoff seed in the NBA East with a losing record. As bad as that is, there was a still a team with an even worse record going to the playoffs at number eight. It was a sad commentary on the state of the East.

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I had a lot of fun following the Cleveland Cavaliers epic 26 game losing streak that ended Friday night (Thanks, Clippers) and I should have written more about it after the negative attention I gave the New Jersey Nets last season. The Cavs beat their own previous record of 24 straight losses spanning the 1981-82 and 1982-83 seasons and tied the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for the longest (read as “worst”) losing streak of all time across the four major US sporting leagues.

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I’ve made no secret of my appreciation of the MLB At Bat app audio feeds for the iPhone. As we head into a decisive Game 5 in the ALDS matchup between the Tampa Bay Rays and the Texas Rangers, I wanted to reflect on the things I’ll miss now that I’ve had the opportunity (and a reason) to listen to a Rangers radio broadcast:

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How could anyone not love baseball’s balk? It’s fun to say, I don’t fully understand it (I’ve never seen one and said “that’s clearly a balk”), and there have been three in the past two weeks of Phillies games. Sure, Phillies pitchers have committed all of them, but the balk is still my favorite crazy baseball rule.

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The World Cup is over and could not have ended with a worse game. Holland versus Spain was not a showcase of the best soccer has to offer. That would go to the third place game between Uruguay and Germany. Pretty much any game Uruguay played was great soccer. Even the game against Ghana when their striker, Luiz Suarez, used his hand to keep out a sure Ghana goal in the 120th minute. Both Holland and Spain played boring, diving soccer. Just embarrassing. Yet, Spain is your World Cup champion. I guess it is fitting considering it was not really a memorable World Cup.

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