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Sports Central
June 24, 2008
Bill Hazell |
Bryant's Lakers, Legacy, Stumble in Finals If Kobe Bryant was going to stake his claim as the greatest of all ballers, he needed to win the 2008 NBA Finals.   |
Sports Central
June 5, 2008
Corrie Trouw |
Scouting the NBA Finals An analysis of the NBA Finals matchup between the Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics. |
Sports Central
June 13, 2008
Scott Shepherd |
NBA Finals Game 4: All Apologies As much as I've tried to talk myself into the Celtics being overrated, it's all but a foregone conclusion. The Celtics are going to be the 2008 NBA champions. |
Sports Central
June 3, 2009
Mike Chen |
Stanley Cup Finals: Close Doesn't Count Call it flukey bounces, luck, or karma; whatever it is, the only stat that matters is the big W next to the Red Wings' name on the box score for the first two games and the Penguins win in Game 3. |
Sports Central
June 14, 2010
Bill Hazell |
Celtics/Lakers, on to the Final Act For the first time in four years, no one has a clue who's winning this thing. What could be better? |
Sports Central
May 29, 2009
Jonathan Hamelin |
Detroit vs. Pittsburgh: The Battle Begins This year's edition of the Stanley Cup Finals will be a rematch of last year's Finals, when the Red Wings dropped the Penguins in six. |
Sports Central
June 2, 2008
Brian Cox |
All Things Old Become New Again For the 11th time in league history, the Boston Celtics and the Los Angeles Lakers will square off for the NBA title. |
Sports Central
June 4, 2008
Scott Shepherd |
NBA Finals: Easy as ABC There is so much that goes into winning an NBA title. It isn't as simple as just X's and O's. In fact, X and O are just two of the 26 letters that you must conquer to win a title. |
Sports Central
June 9, 2010
Paul Foeller |
NBA Finals: Keys to Victory How great is the Lakers/Celtics rivalry? After the Finals end this year, the two teams will have combined to win more than half of the championships in NBA history. |
Sports Central
May 20, 2009
Andrew Jones |
Why This is the Year for Sid the Kid Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin have two things Alexander Ovechkin doesn't have: each other and a much more engrained sense of team play. |
Sports Central
June 12, 2009
Jonathan Hamelin |
Detroit's Home Ice Advantage Here a few numbers that dictate the Red Wings' success. |
Sports Central
December 12, 2008
Bill Hazell |
The Green-and-Golden Age Renaissance Green vs. Yellow means a lot to us NBA nuts, and in a league where upsets don't come often, the chances of another Celtics/Lakers Finals in 2009 seem bright. |
Sports Central
June 19, 2008
Scott Shepherd |
NBA Finals Game 6: A Random Review In honor of the Celtics clinching in six games, here are six random thoughts about the NBA finals. |
Sports Central
June 11, 2008
Scott Shepherd |
NBA Finals Game 3: What's Up, Doc? While the Celtics still have control of the series despite the loss last night, coach Rivers might want to rethink his strategy for Game 4. |
Sports Central
June 7, 2010
Jonathan Lowe |
NBA Finals: Making Sense of it All Everyone was excited to see a rematch of the 2008 championship round between the Celtics and Lakers. |
Sports Central
June 2, 2009
Jonathan Hamelin |
Red Wings, Finish Them! Are you hoping for the Pittsburgh Penguins to comeback in their series against Detroit? Hoping for some more drama, much like we've witnessed in the past playoff series? |
Sports Central
June 16, 2008
Wailele Sallas |
L.A. Mystery Kobe Bryant has yet to figure out the one thing Michael Jordan deciphered in his first trip to the Finals: when you'll do everything to win, sometimes it means not doing everything. |
Sports Central
June 11, 2008
Ross Lancaster |
A Novel Concept: Last Two Are Best This year, for probably the first time since the 2001 Finals between the Avalanche and Devils, the two best teams met for the Stanley Cup championship. |
Sports Central
May 17, 2009
Jonathan Hamelin |
The Frozen Final Four Now that we are down to the Conference Finals, it is time once again to weed out the contenders from the pretenders. |
AskMen.com
Dave Golokhov |
Top 10: NBA Finals Matchups Before the page is turned on this magical 2007 season, let's flip back in history and relive the top 10 NBA Finals matchups. |
Sports Central
June 12, 2009
Scott Shepherd |
NBA Finals Game 4: Role Models When Game 4 of the NBA Finals was on the line, it wasn't the greatest closer in the game who carried the lakers to a 3-1 series lead, it was their role players. |
Salon.com
May 31, 2002
King Kaufman |
Hoops heaven! As two entertaining playoff series climax, the Celtics and Lakers are doomed and the Nets will go from brief glory to cannon fodder... |
Sports Central
March 20, 2008
Sean Crowe |
The Truth: Paul Pierce is Real NBA MVP Something happened to the Boston Celtics' Paul Pierce this season. All of a sudden, he is the best player on the floor when he needs to be. |
Sports Central
May 6, 2009
Jonathan Lowe |
Shuffling the Deck? Last season, the NBA had its dream Finals matchup return to the spotlight when the Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers came together for the first time since 1987. |
Sports Central
June 29, 2009
Sean Crowe |
The NBA Finals Left Me Feeling Empty The NBA Gods righted themselves after the 1985-86 season by giving us the Lakers/Celtics rematch we deserved. Here's the hoping the NBA Gods do the same thing next season. |
Sports Central
May 27, 2008
Bill Hazell |
Home Cooking Vital in These Playoffs Home court is everything in the NBA this year. |
Sports Central
June 5, 2009
Scott Shepherd |
NBA Finals Game 1: The Kobe Show Game 1 of the NBA Finals on Thursday was a callback to the old "The Kobe Show" days in all the right ways. |
AskMen.com
Sheldon Souray |
Sheldon Souray's NHL Playoff Blog The Edmonton Oilers' defenseman gives his insights on the NHL Playoff season. |
Sports Central
May 12, 2011
Bob Ekstrom |
C's and Lakers: Don't Let the Door Hit You Together, the Celtics and Lakers own more than half of all NBA championships. |
Salon.com
June 14, 2002
King Kaufman |
Red-letter day The Red Wings' championship may have been a foregone conclusion, but unlike the Lakers, they at least had the decency to act happy about it. |
Sports Central
June 1, 2010
Bob Ekstrom |
Can L.A. and Boston Just Get a Room Already? Welcome to senior prom, NBA style. |
Sports Central
April 16, 2012
Andrew Jones |
Flailing Penguins and Fickle Canucks The NHL playoffs are underway and so far, nobody can complain of boredom. At press time, there had already been seven overtime games and even a couple suspensions, one of which includes a sheet of Plexiglas that has been suspended indefinitely for attacking Boston's David Krejci. |
Sports Central
May 23, 2013
Andrew Jones |
2013 NHL Playoff Contenders and Pretenders Let's take a look at the remaining teams and their chances of hoisting Lord Stanley's Cup. |
Sports Central
June 11, 2008
Jonathan Lowe |
Boy, They Sure Grow Up Fast There's a certain "je ne sais quoi" to the Lakers -- and a lot of "I dunno" with the Celtics. |
Sports Illustrated
April 23, 2002
Daniel G. Habib |
Stumbling Start Top-seeded Detroit took an early pratfall against young and potent Vancouver in the NHL playoffs... |
Sports Central
April 10, 2007
Chad Kettner |
2007 NHL Playoffs Preview After a long season filled with ups and downs, hockey fans can finally buckle up for the most exciting time of the year, the Stanley Cup playoffs. Here are some predictions. |
Sports Central
April 12, 2011
Andrew Jones |
2011 NHL Playoffs Preview The table is set for the NHL's playoff race. Sixteen teams now vie to hoist the cup that really matters, the lord of all trophies, Lord Stanley's. |
Sports Central
June 10, 2009
Scott Shepherd |
NBA Finals Game 3: Glass Half-Full The momentum swings in an NBA playoff series are off the charts. Teams have to ride the emotional rollercoaster that comes with every win and loss in the postseason, especially the NBA Finals. |
AskMen.com
Sheldon Souray |
Sheldon Souray's NHL Playoff Blog The 2008 NHL playoffs are here, and we're excited to bring you hockey insight from one of the league's best defensemen, the Edmonton Oilers' Sheldon Souray. |
Sports Illustrated
June 4, 2002
Marty Burns |
NBA Finals Breakdown The author examines the Nets-Lakers series position-by-position and gives his prediction on which team will win the NBA championship. |
Sports Central
December 22, 2008
Scott Shepherd |
In the Roatation: NBA Week 8 Whether it's the two best players in the league squaring off for one of the only times that particular season, an NBA Finals rematch, old rivalries renewed, or some combination of all three, the NBA always delivers the goods on Christmas Day. |
Sports Central
June 23, 2009
Mike Chen |
Penguins Won't Be Copied Next Year The Pittsburgh Penguins are a talented but flawed roster -- and to their credit, they overcame those flaws with a few lucky bounces and unsung heroes stepping up at the right time. But to try and emulate the Penguins is an equally flawed proposition. |
Salon.com
May 21, 2002
King Kaufman |
Wake-up call The NBA playoffs are heating up, finally. They may get so hot that we actually get to see a sixth game... |
Sports Central
May 4, 2009
Scott Shepherd |
The Perfect Storm There will need to be a perfect storm of circumstances for a higher seeded team to pull off an upset in this round of the NBA playoffs. |
Sports Central
June 9, 2008
Scott Shepherd |
NBA Finals Game 2: Too Little, Too Late The Lakers aren't dead yet. Twice in the last four NBA Finals the team with the three consecutive home games has swept all three games and gone on to win the series. |
Sports Central
May 5, 2006
Bill Hazell |
NBA's Second Season is Red-Hot The playoffs are only a week into things, but the subplots and themes have already been well-developed. |
Sports Illustrated
May 17, 2002
Jack McCallum |
Old-school Finals Look for the Celtics and Lakers to renew their classic rivalry... |
Sports Central
January 24, 2006
Chris Cornell |
The Significance of Kobe's Big Night To put Kobe Bryant's incredible achievement of solo 81 points in a single game into perspective, one only needs to look at the record books. |
Sports Central
April 16, 2008
Wailele Sallas |
The NBA's Most Valuable Player While everyone gears up for the second season, one debate has risen to capture every talking head, every radio show, and every website. Who deserves the MVP? |
Sports Central
April 18, 2009
Bill Hazell |
The Big Finals Ticket The fate of the NBA's Eastern Conference playoffs has come down to one simple question: how's the knee, Mr. Garnett? |
