Time to take a look back at the NBA draft with observations on how some teams improved themselves.
MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES – The Timberwolves focused most of their draft on point guards. But, their pick of North Carolina guard Ty Lawson was used in a trade. Many people are wondering why the T’wolves would use the fifth [...]

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Last week, the NBA held its annual draft—and that always opens the door for plenty of criticism and argument about who was selected, who selected them, why they selected them, and whether it will turn out to be a wise choice or a wasted pick. Every team—and their fans—are concerned that they [...]

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In the national sports media, you hear very little of sports at the local level—until a tragedy occurs. Such a tragedy happened on Wednesday, when Ed Thomas, the highly respected football coach of Aplington-Parkersburg High School in Iowa was gunned down in the weight room while he worked with his current crop of players—allegedly [...]

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It had to be a mixture of thrill and relief on Monday for Lucas Glover when he holed his final putt, claiming the 2009 US Open. Glover struggled early in the final round but recovered down the stretch, and showed the kind of steely nerves that are necessary to win our national [...]

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Throughout this past weekend, fans were mesmerized by the golf being played at the U. S. Open in New York.

As the weekend went on, the amazing storylines grew. There was the well-publicized story of Phil Mickelson, who has now been a runner-up five times at the Open, but has yet to win the event.

There was [...]

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