Monthly Archives: November 2010

2010 College Basketball Conference Previews: Big Ten

Known as more of a football conference historically, the Big Ten just might be the best basketball conference in the country this year. Conference Tidbits The Big Ten led the nation in attendence last year for an astounding 34th consecutive season, … Continue reading

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2010 College Basketball Conference Previews: ACC

Over the next week or two, BSB will be previewing each of the major conferences in the college basketball season.  With the ACC-Big Ten Challenge underway, we figured we’d start with those two conferences.  Hopefully, I’ll finish the Big Ten … Continue reading

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The Top 12 Point Guards in College Basketball

For a while now, ever since early NBA departures became the norm, college basketball has been a guard-dominated sport.  You don’t have to look any further than last year’s champion Duke team that was led by three stars on the … Continue reading

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BSB MLB Awards: Most Valuable Players

We wrap-up our MLB Awards in pretty uninteresting fashion with the MVP Awards.  Joey Votto and Josh Hamilton took home the awards, and BSB agrees with the choices unanimously.  NL MVP: BRY: Joey Votto Adrian Gonzalez Troy Tulowitzki Carlos Gonzalez Albert … Continue reading

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BSB MLB Awards: Pleasant Surprises and Disappointments

Along with all the normal awards, BSB has also cast votes for the “pleasant surprises” and most disappointing players in each league in 2010.  So, before we get to the MVP awards in a day or two, here are the … Continue reading

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BSB MLB Awards: Cy Young

Roy Halladay was awarded his second Cy Young award on Tuesday, and today MLB announced that Seattle’s Felix Hernandez captured the AL award for the first time.  BSB weighs in: NL Cy Young: BRY: Roy Halladay Adam Wainwright Ubaldo Jimenez Roy … Continue reading

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BSB MLB Awards: Manager of the Year

The Manager of the Year awards were announced today, with Bud Black of the Padres winning in the NL, and Ron Gardenhire won the award in the AL for the first time.  Gardenhire was the runner-up for the award in … Continue reading

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BSB MLB Awards: Rookie of the Year

This season, we’re going to announce our MLB Awards (roughly) when the actual awards are announced.  The real awards are voted on by the so-called “experts” of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America but, fear not, because BSB is here … Continue reading

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Contreras and Sandberg Coming Back

The first real news of the Phillie offseason came this morning with the reports that the Phils are “close” to a deal with Jose Contreras.  Right now the reports are saying 2 years/$5 million for the soon-to-be 39-year-old right-hander. This … Continue reading

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Defining Success

Like a lot of NFL teams, the Eagles hit the midway point of their season with a huge range of possibilities for where their season will end.  At 5-3, they’d currently be in a 3-way tie for the 6th, and … Continue reading

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