Posts Tagged ‘Upsets’

Intentional Upset: Shaq To Phoenix Makes No Sense

Wednesday, February 6th, 2008

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to our RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Barring a failed physical, the Phoenix Suns and the Miami Heat are about to consummate a trade that would send Shaquille O’Neal to Phoenix for Shawn Marion and Marcus Banks. Apparently, all three parties wanted out of their current [...]

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Intentional Upset: Bob Knight Steps Down

Tuesday, February 5th, 2008

Texas Tech head coach Bobby Knight has decided to step-down from his position, effective immediately. In a move that caused much surprise in the coaching world, Coach Knight leaves as the winningest coach in Division 1 basketball with 902 wins. Over at SportsbyBrooks, they have a great write-up discussing the motivations behind Coach [...]

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Intentional Upset: Perfect No More

Sunday, February 3rd, 2008

19-0? No sir. Not this year.
The New York Giants, led by an incredible defensive performance and an Eli Manning that came of age, defied the odds and beat the until-then, unbeaten New England Patriots in a Super Bowl for the ages… and perhaps the biggest upset ever.
Final score:
New York - 17
New England - [...]

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Intentional Upset: Indiana, Wazzu Fall

Friday, February 1st, 2008

Cal shocks Wazzu in Washington - No one, except for the west coast, pays attention to Pac-10 basketball until the tournament starts and considering the time difference (later games, of course), it’s relatively understandable. But with three teams in the Top-25, it’s hard to deny there’s quality basketball in the west. So it [...]

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Intentional Upset: Kansas Goes Down

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

When Kevin Durant won last year’s NCAA Player of the Year award, it was the first time ever a freshman had done so. Now, it looks like a freshman might win the award in back-to-back fashion as Kansas State’s Michael Beasley EASILY looks like the best player in college basketball and after last night’s 84-75 [...]

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Intentional Upset: Johan Santana To The Mets

Wednesday, January 30th, 2008

No, this little event is not exactly a “sports upset” per se, but the news Santana would be leaving the Twin Cities certainly was upsetting, especially for one particular blogger. Santana was traded to the New York Mets yesterday and pending the acceptance of a long-term contract, it looks like Johan has pitched his [...]

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