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<title><![CDATA[NHL looks to Champions League, World Cup for next leap -- NHL]]></title>
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This season, just returning to the ice was enough to generate huge interest in the NHL. After a long lockout, fans returned to the NHL in a big way an...]]></description>
<pubDate>April 08, 2013 04:45:59 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Projecting what a college football playoff would look like for the 2012 season - NCF]]></title>
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What if? It's not going to happen, nor should it, but what if the regular season ended today and we began an eight-team playoff in college football? ...]]></description>
<pubDate>November 14, 2012 05:29:06 PST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Kansas State's place among the elite and Week 8 takeaways- NCF]]></title>
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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- Kansas State trailed Oregon by three-thousandths of a point in the initial BCS standings, so the Wildcats will -- some wacky, rog...]]></description>
<pubDate>October 21, 2012 02:50:29 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Oregon State Beavers had best September in college football - NCF]]></title>
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Some of Mike Riley's peers have wondered, aloud and privately, why the Oregon State coach schedules the way he does, to the verge of overscheduling if...]]></description>
<pubDate>October 03, 2012 05:33:01 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Clemson will look to get Sammy Watkins favorable matchups versus Florida State - NCF]]></title>
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In scouring the country for the most important matchups to keep an eye on this weekend (there are four more to dive into later in this post), one that...]]></description>
<pubDate>September 21, 2012 02:33:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Biggest weaknesses for Oklahoma, Texas and other Big 12 contenders - NCF]]></title>
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DALLAS -- Despite the fact that Oklahoma is again the preseason favorite in the Big 12, the conference has a rather wide-open feel to it in 2012. The ...]]></description>
<pubDate>July 24, 2012 01:30:20 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[2012 NHL Draft - Scouting scuttlebutt on hot prospects, trades]]></title>
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While teams are understandably secretive about their draft plans, there is always plenty of speculation among scouts regarding what other teams are tr...]]></description>
<pubDate>May 03, 2012 09:24:31 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[2013 NHL Draft - After U-18, prospects see stock rise, fall sharply]]></title>
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Now that the IIHF U-18 Championships have concluded with another American gold medal -- Team USA's fourth straight -- the focus for many of this group...]]></description>
<pubDate>April 28, 2012 04:27:11 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[NHL extending big-game blueprint to Thanksgiving]]></title>
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Retailers see the day after Thanksgiving as the biggest shopping day of the year. NHL COO John Collins saw a gaping hole in the sports schedule. And o...]]></description>
<pubDate>November 03, 2011 04:23:18 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Washington Redskins just need more time to turn around franchise]]></title>
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Adam Schefter often answers reader questions in his blog. Query of your own? Submit it here. Q: My Washington Redskins appear to be in free-fall mode...]]></description>
<pubDate>December 06, 2010 04:08:22 PST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[2010 NBA draft: Damion James, Trevor Booker among top specialists in NBA draft]]></title>
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As an NBA team puts together a complete roster, it has to be conscious of filling it out with some specialists that can help you win games on both end...]]></description>
<pubDate>June 22, 2010 05:07:28 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[NBA Draft 2010: John Wall with first pick is only certainty as draft nears]]></title>
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The draft is only a week and a half away, and here's all we know for sure -- John Wall will be the No. 1 pick on June 24. We've been writing for weeks...]]></description>
<pubDate>June 14, 2010 06:53:32 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[NBA draft 2010: Avery Bradley, Lance Stephenson shine at Las Vegas workouts]]></title>
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LAS VEGAS -- They say that what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas, but I'm about to spill a few draft secrets from Sin City. I spent the past two days...]]></description>
<pubDate>May 13, 2010 06:03:45 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[E.J. Hradek: The rules didn't let the NHL slap Matt Cooke on the wrist]]></title>
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Before I resume my Thursday picks (and I was doing a pretty darn good job with my once-a-week puck prognostications before that Olympic break), I want...]]></description>
<pubDate>March 11, 2010 02:17:26 PST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[NBA Draft Blog - If not for John Wall, Evan Turner would be top dog]]></title>
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We're nearing the end of the college basketball regular season. NBA scouts are out in force getting their final scouting reports before the conferenc...]]></description>
<pubDate>March 01, 2010 11:46:32 PST</pubDate>
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