Hey everyone! Adam Troester has decided to grace these pages with another guest post, this time on the happenings in the NBA through the first half of the season. Enjoy! – Nick By: Adam Troester Although the NBA season started on Christmas Day it is already past the halfway point. Usually, halfway through the season warrants an All-NBA Team of the 1st Half. People go in depth about who are the best players at each position and why. There are also discussions about who deserves to be the MVP, the Rookie of the Year and the Coach of the Year. I’ll list my picks at the end of this blog, but just like this season, I wanted to change things up a bit. Throughout every season there are always storylines that people want to...
Guest Blog: The Effe...
posted by Nick Verlaney
(Please give another warm RED CARD welcome to return guest blogger Adam Troester as he tackles the NBA Lockout.) By: Adam Troester “If a tree falls in the forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?” That is the biggest question regarding the NBA Lockout right now as we have recently gone over the 100...
2011 NBA Finals Edit...
posted by Nick Verlaney
Hey everyone. Again, I am excited to welcome my good friend Adam Troester as a guest blogger on Shown The Red Card. In April, Adam posted an NBA Playoffs Preview and was eager to predict the NBA Finals matchup between the Heat and Mavericks. So without further delay, here is Adam’s prediction on the Finals. The rematch...
Guest Blog: 2011 NBA...
posted by Nick Verlaney
- Hey everyone, Im excited to have my first official guest blogger on Shown The Red Card! My good friend Adam Troester decided to preview the 2011 NBA playoffs and make a few of his own predictions, so they will most likely blow all of my previous predictions out of the water. With that, here goes Adam: During a time where...
Preview: NCAA Tourna...
posted by Nick Verlaney
Hey everyone, back to sports this week with the Red Card NCAA Tournament Preview! Thanks to all the folks who read my Lupe Fiasco spotlight last week. I know it wasn’t sports themed, but he is one of my favorite artists, so I wanted to give him the spotlight for a week. - I have 2 musical recommendations for you...
Extravaganza 1/3: Ka...
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As promised, here is the first post of 3 to open up this new site. I am going to kick this week off with basketball. - In an inspiring human interest story, George Karl, the coach of the Denver Nuggets, is trying to beat cancer to return to the bench next season. Karl was diagnosed with throat cancer in February and coached...
Wonderdogs
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- Really quick: Opening Day for the Omaha Royals is Thursday. $1 Beer night! Come out! Last season at the ‘Blatt. - Fresh off watching the Duke- Butler National Title game, I must say how great of a Championship game that was. Can you imagine if Gordon Hayward would have hit that half-court buzzer beater to win the...
The Madness Continue...
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- It’s obvious that I have to start off this weeks blog with the NCAA tournament. In all my years of watching the tourney, never has it lived up to the billing March Madness quite like this year. The competition has been unbelievable. I dont remember this many games being so close, and so many last second(s) shots...
Madness? This is Mar...
posted by Nick Verlaney
- I hate to open another blog up like this, but please pray for the people of Indonesia as they suffered an earthquake this past weekend, a 6.4 on the Rictor scale. I hope all of these earthquakes are not connected. -Tiger just announced today that he will be returning for the Masters in April. Dont look now, but it looks as...
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