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TGS SPECIAL REPORT...CONFERENCE SHUFFLE AND "BIG 64" UPDATE  "Follow the money."
So said the "Deep Throat" character (eventually discovered to be FBI Associate Director W. Mark Felt) played by Hal Holbrook in the classic movie All The President's Men, based upon the Bob Woodward-Carl Bernstein book of the same name. And it might as well apply to college sports these days, too. A little more than two years ago, we penned a piece for TGS website entitled The Big 64. In it, we suggested that the college sports landscape was going to be entering Read more... |
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TGS SPECIAL REPORT...NFL DRAFT WINNERS AND LOSERS  WINNERS? 1-Cincinnati Bengals...Although Cincy, with two first-round picks, didn't move up as many expected to give itself a shot at LSU CB Morris Claiborne, the Bengals found a nice CB consolation prize with their 17th pick in Alabama's Dre Kirkpatrick. The Bengals could have added as many as six eventual starters from the draft, also addressing needs on the OL with Wisconsin G Kevin Zeitler (taken later in the first round), at WR with Rutgers' Mohamed Sanu (3rd) and Cal's Marvin Jones (5th), and along the DL with DTs Devon Still (2nd, Penn State, projected by some as a first-round pick) and Brandon Thompson (3rd, Georgia Read more... |
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NEW TGS COVER STORY...TGS 2012 NFL DRAFT PREVIEW  18-SAN DIEGO CHARGERS: The Bolts have somewhat compensated for WR Vincent Jackson's departure to Tampa Bay by adding wideouts Robert Meachem and Eddie Royal in the offseason. Now the pressing need is to find an impact pass rusher, and nobody did that better in the college ranks last season than the nation's top sacker, Illinois' Whitney Mercilus, who could certainly help what was the NFL's worst third-down defense a year ago. We have to assume that GM A.J. Smith and HC Norv Turner are on the clock after missing the playoffs the past two seasons; more than most GM/HC combos, Smith and Turner need to find a couple Read more... |
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NEW TGS COVER STORY...LOOK-AHEAD TO NBA PLAYOFFS  KEEP AN EYE ON: Remember, Lionel Hollins' Memphis Grizzlies (12/1) took out San Antonio in a major first-round upset a year ago and the enter the playoffs relatively healthy with Zach Randolph having had ample time to get comfy in the lineup after missing over two months with a knee injury. With Randolph and Marc Gasol (back in action after a recent injury) good to go, the Grizzlies could be ready to cause more problems. Remember, Memphis was minus Rudy Gay due to a shoulder injury for the playoffs a year ago, and Gay's steadying influence has been a plus. The Grizzlies are also making a nice fortress out of Read more... |
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TGS ALL-NEWCOMER TEAM 2011-12...AND REMEMBER THE WALTON GANG!  The "All-Newcomer Team" is a staple of ours at TGS since our inception 55 years ago and recalls many fond memories. Especially as we annually name this team at or near the end of our publishing season, when we are usually in a reflective mood. Indeed, it's hard for us not to reminisce at this time of year as we look back upon the countless editions of TGS and recall the past All-Newcomer teams. This year's team, with a pair of Kentucky stars, Davis and Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, recalls the first time when we named multiple members of the same team to one of our All-Newcomer years. And, in that season of 1971-72, we were also tempted to make it a trio of players Read more... |
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TGS SPECIFAL REPORT...NHL STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS PREVIEW!  Welcome to the Stanley Cup playoffs, which are a far cry from the postseason in the NBA, especially in the first round, where, unlike pro hoops, upsets involving top-seeded teams are almost commonplace in the NHL. Those 8 vs. 1 matchups are hardly a fait accmpli in the NHL as they are in the NBA; indeed, we've seen an 8 seed knock off a 1 seed in two of the last three Stanley Cup playoffs (Anaheim over San Jose in 2009, and Montreal over Washington in 2010). And it wasn't long ago that every lower-seeded team won its Stanley Cup first-round series in the Western Conference, in 2006, with eighth-seeded Edmonton racing Read more... |
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TGS SPECIAL REPORT...COLLEGE HOOPS SUPERLATIVES FOR 2011-12  PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Anthony Davis, Kentucky...Anyone who has ever played the game knows how distorting a great defensive force can be, especially one who blocks shots and alters countless others. In that regard, Kentucky's frosh star Davis had perhaps the greatest impact on the college game since Patrick Ewing's days at Georgetown in the early '80s. While John Calipari's latest crop of frosh stars blended with a few key returnees to win the national title for the Wildcats, many knowledgeable observers have suggested to us that the one indispensable element on the Kentucky roster Read more... |
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TGS SPECIAL REPORT...MLB "FUTURES" TO WATCH (NL)  Maybe we're falling into a trap with the Miami Marlins (85 1/2). But we've seen situations like this one before when the pieces all just seemed to fit. New team name, new stadium, new high-profile manager, new high-priced free agents...the old days of low-cost rosters and empty seats at the Dolphins' Sun Life Stadium are in the rear-view mirror. Starting with a new catalyst in the lineup with SS Jose Reyes (ex-Mets), a new ace for the rotation (ex-White Sox Mark Buehrle), and new top-flight closer (ex-Padre Heath Bell). Not to mention a now-healthy (knock on wood) Josh Johnson at the top of the rotation along with Buehrle, providing a combo to match the Phils. Also watch Reyes and underrated CF Emilio Bonifacio Read more... |
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TGS SPECIAL REPORT...MLB "FUTURES" TO WATCH (AL)  They're not making the Baltimore Orioles (69 1/2) clear a high hurdle, but we're still reluctant to get too excited. Not even skipper Buck Showalter knows what to expect from a pitching staff that will likely have a completely different rotation than the one that began 2011; what happened to all of those promising young Orioles' arms, anyway? No signs of significant upgrades in the everyday lineup that only added a few journeymen (Endy Chavez, Wilson Betemit, Ronny Paulino) in the offseason. Keeping 2B Brian Roberts healthy hasn't always been easy (and he was already hurting this month in Sarasota), and 3B Read more... |
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