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It shouldn't have been surprising that when it came to the end, this Lakers season would refuse to go quietly. There was a chance for dignity — even down 20 points and staring at the most thorough of playoff drubbings. Los Angeles's starting ba...

Tom Carpenter recaps Sunday's NBA action, and discusses the possibility of Dirk Nowitzki and Elton Brand missing more time during the final week.

ESPN's NFL Playoff Machine allows you to predict the NFL playoff matchups by selecting the winners of games from the season's final weeks to generate the various matchup scenarios....

If you're fan of high-scoring games and last-second touchdowns, you'll love what the "Madden 13" computers predict for this week's conference championship playoff games. To see this week's games, click here. Mobile users, copy and paste the f...

ESPN's Tedy Brucshi and Herm Edwards differ in predicting a winner for the Seattle Seahawks' divisional playoff game at Atlanta. They offer thoughts in the video above. There's an 8-4 split favoring the Falcons among ESPN's analysts. My predict...

Pro Football Focus ranks the top and bottom positional units on both offense and defense among playoff teams. The Broncos and Patriots are among the leaders in several offensive groups while the 49ers and Seahawks rank highly on defense.

Story | Conversation | January 02, 2013

It's Week 16 and the NFL is filled with pivotal playoff matchups and fantasy football championships. And what better way to prepare than checking out what the "Madden" computers predict? Week 16: 11-5 2012 season: 139-83-1 Click here to see al...

Happy Thursday, everybody? Who's coming to Indy? I've got a big dinner at St. Elmo's to pay for tomorrow night. At least I'll eat well, too. J.P. from Washington DC writes: Is it possible that Ohio State actually BENEFITED from their postseason ba...

Todd McShay's latest Nickel Package looks at five prospects to watch in the upcoming FCS playoffs

Blog | Conversation | November 21, 2012

As a rule of thumb, preseason games aren't used to predict regular season and playoff success. A strong October forecasts little about April-June, just as a weak October doesn't mean a struggle awaits. (Except in the case of the Bobcats, whose curren...

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Mechelle Voepel and Michelle Smith predict how the WNBA postseason will play out and weigh in with their picks for the league's regular-season awards.

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Our experts forecast the AFC East and predict whether the Patriots will get back to the Super Bowl: • Mike Reiss' Patriots prediction: 13-3 record, playoff elimination short of Super Bowl • Mike Rodak's Patriot...

ESPN's baseball experts forecast who will qualify for the postseason in 2012.

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