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Who Will Win the 2013 NBA Title? — Sports Survey of the Day

BJ Ragone — Mon, 20 May 2013 15:26:57 +0000

The final four teams are now set, so who will be strong enough to win the NBA title this season? In the West, the Spurs took Game 1 from the underdog Memphis Grizzlies, 105-83. That win showed that, while the Grizzles have youth, the Spurs are a veteran team that will not go down easily. [...]

Which Team Will Advance to the Eastern Conference Finals? — Sports Survey of the Day

BJ Ragone — Fri, 17 May 2013 14:41:44 +0000

The Indiana Pacers are one game away from knocking Carmelo Anthony and the New York Knicks out of the NBA playoffs. Fortunately for New York fans, the Knicks were able to stay alive with an 85-75 win in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference semifinals. Anthony led his team with a 28-point performance, but will they be [...]

Would the Chicago Bulls Have Gone Further With Derrick Rose? — Sports Survey of the Day

BJ Ragone — Thu, 16 May 2013 15:01:03 +0000

In the 2012 playoffs, Chicago Bulls point guard Derrick Rose went down with a season-ending ACL injury. That injury cost him the entire 2013 season, and may have cost the Bulls a real title shot.

Does MLB Need Better Protection on Outfield Walls? — Sports Survey of the Day

BJ Ragone — Wed, 15 May 2013 15:22:43 +0000

On Monday night Washington Nationals outfielder Bryce Harper ran face-first into the right-field wall at Dodger Stadium. Watch: While Harper eventually got up from the hit, he didn’t escape injury. He needed 11 stitches, but apparently didn’t sustain a concussion, according to ESPN. Harper isn’t the first to slam into an outfield wall, and he certainly won’t be [...]

What Was the Most Exciting Sports Moment of the Weekend? — Sports Survey of the Day

BJ Ragone — Mon, 13 May 2013 20:56:56 +0000

Over the weekend, sports fans had quite the variety in programming to choose from, but which provided the most exciting moment? In the NBA, there is drama in both the Eastern and Western Conferences. Out West, the heavily favored San Antonio Spurs are now tied at two games apiece with the underdog Golden State Warriors. In [...]

Should MLB Suspend Umpire Angel Hernandez for Making Terrible Calls? — Sports Survey of the Day

BJ Ragone — Fri, 10 May 2013 15:30:15 +0000

It was not a good week for Major League Baseball umpire Angel Hernandez. On Wednesday night Hernandez made a horrendous call that directly affected the outcome of the game between the Oakland A’s and Cleveland Indians. The Indians ended up winning the game, 4-3, because of that error. It was clear to most people that [...]

Do You Think David Ortiz Has Used PEDs? — Sports Survey of the Day

BJ Ragone — Thu, 09 May 2013 17:07:23 +0000

The surprise of the season so far has been the return of Boston Red Sox designated hitter David Ortiz. A new reports from the Boston Globe suggests there might be something to his fantastic start. Ortiz is pretty much all that’s left from that magical 2004 season when the Red Sox won the World Series for the first time [...]

Are the Spurs the Best Veteran Team in Sports? — Sports Survey of the Day

BJ Ragone — Wed, 08 May 2013 14:53:19 +0000

You hear it all the time in professional sports—’These guys are too old, they can’t hack it anymore’—but the San Antonio Spurs are beating teams half their age, and have been doing so for over a decade. In 1999 the San Antonio Spurs began a run of success that would include four NBA titles, and [...]

Will LeBron James Be the Best the NBA Has Ever Seen? — Sports Survey of the Day

BJ Ragone — Mon, 06 May 2013 15:14:06 +0000

We know that by asking such a question we are at risking the ridicule of NBA purists, but after LeBron James won his fourth Most Valuable Player award, we’re a bit curious. James’s latest trophy another accomplishment he can add to his already highly impressive résumé. With the honor, James became just the fourth player in NBA history [...]

Will Jason Collins Inspire Other Athletes to Come Out? — Sports Survey of the Day

BJ Ragone — Fri, 03 May 2013 16:14:17 +0000

Jason Collins made sports history last week when he announced that he was gay. Will that lead other athletes to do the same? Did Collins plan on being the first openly gay male athlete in a major professional American sport? No, but that’s just how things worked out for him. It immediately sparked debate in [...]

Will We See the First-Ever 3-Game NBA Playoff Comeback? — Sports Survey of the Day

Chris Chaberski — Thu, 02 May 2013 16:10:19 +0000

Last night, both the Boston Celtics and the Houston Rockets won Game 5 of their respective playoff series, closing the gap from three games to none to three-two. Can either team keep it up and pull out Game 7 win? In the NBA, this has never happened. Teams have come back from three-to-one deficits, and [...]

What Is the Solution for Tim Tebow? — Sports Survey of the Day

BJ Ragone — Wed, 01 May 2013 15:05:48 +0000

We learned this week that “Tebow Time” was up in New York. So what’s next for the popular but polarizing player? After a disappointing season with the Jets, Tim Tebow was released. It has been an up-and-down experience thus far in the NFL for Tebow, that’s for sure. In 2011 he led the Denver Broncos on an [...]

Do the Lakers Need to Blow It Up and Start Over? — Sports Survey of the Day

Chris Chaberski — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 15:16:05 +0000

On Sunday the San Antonio Spurs finished off a four-game sweep of the Los Angeles Lakers in their first-round playoff matchup. Is it time for L.A. to seriously change course? Last off-season, the Lakers thought they had installed a major upgrade when they acquired Dwight Howard and Steve Nash. The actual season got off to [...]

Are You Happy With the NFL Draft? — Sports Survey of the Day

BJ Ragone — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:03:18 +0000

The first major picks of the 2013 NFL draft are in the books, and instead of a big-name quarterback or wide receiver, the Chiefs selected offensive tackle Eric Fisher out of Central Michigan with the No. 1 pick. It was a great day to be an offensive lineman, as Fisher was merely the first. Three [...]

Do You Believe in the Madden Curse? — Sports Survey of the Day

BJ Ragone — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:33:24 +0000

The Madden Curse—which causes whatever NFL star is featured on the popular game’s cover to suffer a horrible injury or a disappointing season the next year—is something that many NFL fans believe in fully. But if it happens this time around, that would be kind of weird. That’s because retired Detroit Lions running back Barry [...]

Will the NFL Draft Be a Huge Letdown This Year? — Sports Survey of the Day

Chris Chaberski — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 16:12:55 +0000

Thursday night is the NFL draft, usually one of the biggest days of the off-season for football fans. But this year isn’t shaping up like those of the recent past. Just last year, for example, two franchise quarterbacks—Andrew Luck, drafted by the Colts, and Robert Griffin III, by the Redskins—were taken with picks No. 1 [...]

Does Darrelle Revis Make the Tampa Bay Buccaneers a Contender? — Sports Survey of the Day

BJ Ragone — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 15:07:14 +0000

Revis Island has long been stationed in the New York/New Jersey area, but it has decided to relocate to the south. Earlier this week the New York Jets traded Darrelle Revis to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, ending Revis’s seven-year run as a member of Gang Green. After a disappointing season and some very public contract disputes [...]

Will We See the Thunder and Heat in the NBA Finals Again? — Sports Survey of the Day

BJ Ragone — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 15:58:44 +0000

After the first games of the NBA playoffs wrapped up this weekend, it was pretty clear that the two top seeds deserve their places. While we had a very exciting weekend in the NBA with playoff action, two teams really stood out: the Miami Heat and the Oklahoma City Thunder. The teams met in last [...]

Will the Lakers Last in the Playoffs Without Kobe Bryant? — Sports Survey of the Day

BJ Ragone — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 15:15:40 +0000

The Los Angeles Lakers barely managed to get into the NBA playoffs, after struggling through much of the regular season. But will they last? One thing going against the Lakers is the fact that they are without their veteran leader, and star player, Kobe Bryant. Kobe tore his Achilles tendon last Friday against the Golden State [...]

Can Sports Help During a Time of Tragedy? — Sports Survey of the Day

BJ Ragone — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 14:51:59 +0000

Following the horror at the Boston Marathon on Monday, the sports world stepped up to show its support. Tragedy has the power to bring people together in its wake. Last night at Yankee Stadium, the New York Yankees honored their hated rivals, the Boston Red Sox, by playing Fenway Park’s signature song, ‘Sweet Caroline.’ It’s a [...]