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Real men cry. Not at movies or weddings but at important stuff: a shocking playoff upset, the cruelty of a blind referee, a perfectly executed pick-and-roll. This is the secret behind the NBA's "Where Amazing Happens" ad campaign, which sets still frames of basketball stars to a slowly building piano piece called EVERYDAY by Carly Comando. If fans are fish and the NBA is a barrel, Everyday is the bullet. The song was originally composed as the sound track for a viral video in which photographer Noah Kalina cut together pictures of himself taken in an identical...
...last week of the regular season when they proved that they could hang with the class of the NFL.These New York Giants are united and hungry, and they feed off of the lack of confidence that the rest of the nation feels towards them. They have already won three playoff games that they were not supposed to win, and they go into yet another one with a chip on their shoulder and nothing to lose.It is true that, for the Giants to achieve the upset of all upsets, a lot of “maybes” have to swing...
...players, from both fans and opposing players. While the vitriol isn't as vicious as it was in O'Ree's day, Coleman has heard the n-word on the ice; just five years ago, some slob threw a banana at ex-Carolina Hurricanes goaltender Kevin Weekes during a playoff game...
...seething press conference, even a defamation suit against McNamee. But to this point, the trainer has stuck by his story. So Congress is mediating a classic he said/she said dispute among old friends (on national television, of course). Many baseball fans wonder, with the anticipation usually reserved for a playoff game, if anyone will crack under oath...
...only Division I conference without a playoff tournament, the Ivy League awards its only automatic NCAA bid to the winner of the regular season.One loss, one small misstep in league play could mean the end to any postseason hopes...