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Why the Quarter-Finals of Euro 2016 Are Too Close to Call

Unlike its Western counterpart (Copa America), Euro 2016 has seen a number of dramatic finishes and tight games. While only one match in the knockout stages wasbeen decided by penalty kicks, the group stage featured more late goals than I can remember seeing at any other major tournament. And whether that has to do more with some of […]

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Can Cleveland Cope With the Winner of the West?

While we wait for the Western Conference Finals to come to its dramatic close, the Eastern Conference has long been decided. Toronto put up a decent fight for two games, but even the East’s #2 seed was no match for Cleveland. Sadly, Cleveland’s 12-2 record in this year’s NBA Playoff’s may be looked it with […]

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Watching the Throne: Realistic Challengers for the 2016 NBA Championship

Anyone who watched the 2014-2015 NBA season and Playoffs knows how good the Golden State Warriors were. Their stellar season ended with them being crowned champions over Lebron James and an injury-riddled Cleveland Cavaliers.  Stephen Curry was the league MVP, the Warriors were the NBA’s highest scoring team, and were sitting on top of the […]

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Which Comic Book Movie Will Conquer 2016?

While most people usual have a special date marked on their calendar, if you’re a fan of comic books then you probably have quite a few circled for 2016 (if not the entire year). This year, we are going to be spoiled for choice when it comes to comic book movies. A number of them feature […]

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50:50? Why Super Bowl 50 Is Anything But a Toss-Up

This year’s NFL season has been anything but predictable. However, when it comes to Super Bowl 50 there will likely be only one result that would be truly surprising and that is a win for the Denver Broncos. That’s not to take anything away from Gary Kubiak’s team, but there are a lot of things that would […]

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3 Fatherhood “Facts” That Are More Like Fiction

Is there anything scarier to a guy than the birth of their first child? Most men who have been there will tell you point blank that it’s nothing like they’ve ever experienced. And while that’s true, that moment after you first hear your child cry makes it really easy to overlook perhaps the scariest thing of […]

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Who Would’ve Guessed? 5 Surprises of the 2015 NFL Season

We are almost at the halfway point of the 2015 NFL season and if you’ve been following each week, you’re probably as shocked as I am about some of the things that have happened. After another seemingly endless preseason and all the off-field drama in the NFL office, it’s nice to have the unpredictability of […]

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A Survival Guide to Your First Pregnancy: The Partner Edition

Finding out that you as a couple are pregnant is undoubtedly one of the best and scariest moments of your life. You begin to ask yourself all sorts of questions like, “Will I be good as a parent?” and “Who should I tell?” However, it’s important to know that the second that line appears on […]

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Plotting a Way to Finish Your Novel in the Modern World

Is there anything harder than writing? Ask anyone who is aspiring to be an author and they’ll undoubtedly tell you “NO”. While coming up with a story is exciting and really fun, getting all of it out on a page coherently can be frustrating. Today, you could probably travel the earth ten times over on […]

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How to Identify Risks in Your Fantasy Football Draft

Fantasy football season is here and that means it’s the time of the year for mock drafts, stat analyzing and predicting this year’s ticket to the finals of your league. However, that last part is the trickiest as you have to navigate things like injuries, draft busts and bad match-ups. Is there a way to […]

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3 Reasons Why You Should Have Watched the FIFA Women’s World Cup

With the pervasiveness of sports on TV it’s impossible for the average viewer not to stumble across some form of competitive action this summer. If you were to ask most people, they’d probably tell you that they caught a game or two of the Stanley Cup Finals, NBA Finals, the odd MLB game or maybe […]

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Movie Review: ‘Jurassic World’ Proves That ’90s Nostalgia Isn’t Extinct

You must have been hiding under a rock in the Cretaceous Period to have missed the damage Universal’s “Jurassic World” did to the box office records during its opening weekend in the United States. In terms of being a financial success, even with the traditional second week drop-off, it’s fair to say that the film will […]

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The Farmers Market: 3 Reasons to Indulge in a Local Adventure

Sometimes the meaning of the word “adventure” is lost in the stereotypical images we have in our heads. Many see it as a once-in-a-while thrill, or something that we would have to travel far away from home to experience. However, we shouldn’t overlook the little things that can really add pleasure and value to our […]

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