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Bottom Line Sports Talk w/ T
by Talal Elmasry
Bringing you an in-depth perspective on hot topics in sportswww.bottomlinesports.net
Episodes
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Episode 39: Panic Time For Best of the West?
The Spurs and Lakers both lost their respective Game 1s on Sunday. New Orleans handled L.A. 109-100 in a game where Pau Gasol struggled big time for the two-time defending champions. Meanwhile, Chris Paul exploited the Lakers' weakness, its backcourt, yet again in a stellar performance. The...
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Episode 38: NBA Playoff Reaction: Help Wanted
After Saturday's Game 1s, it's clear that Dwight Howard and Derrick Rose need more help from their teammates. Rose finally got some as Chicago survived 104-99 against an Indiana team that led almost the entire game. Meanwhile, Superman never got it. Jameer Nelson scored 27, but no one else scored...
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Episode 37: NBA Playoff Preview: The Ridiculous East
When the Celtics play the Knicks, massive egos will collide. None bigger than Kevin Garnett and Amare Stoudemire. Whoever wins the matchup between two of the biggest trash-talkers in the NBA may determine who advances. No series has more star power or history, but no series has more questions. In...
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Episode 36: NBA Playoff Preview: The Wild, Wild West
I give my predictions in this series-by-series breakdown of the matchups in the West. Tomorrow's episode will focus on the East. Although the East has more NBA title contenders, the West will have more competitive first-round matchups. I've had my eye on the series between the Thunder and Nuggets...
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Episode 35: Tiger's Mental Battle Has Relevance To Us
Tiger Woods is in a mental struggle for the ages, trying to regain his hold on golf. There's no doubt golf needs Tiger Woods just likes Cycling needed Lance Armstrong. A sport will always benefit from a gold standard. After all, that's how I gained interest in all the sports I follow so closely...
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Episode 34: The Day Basketball Died
The UConn players you see there are not celebrating. In fact, they're mourning the death of basketball, which happened at 9:23 p.m. Eastern time when UConn and Butler tipped off for the national title. Somewhere, James Naismith is rolling in his grave. I point out some incredulous stats that…
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Episode 33: Who Is Top Dog? Huskies or Bulldogs?
March Madness brought us an incredible tournament, and an unprecedented amount of madness. Tonight, the national champion will be crowned in a matchup where the best player will face off against the best team. Can UConn's Kemba Walker and his sidekick Jeremy Lamb do enough offensively against...
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Episode 32: Lakers, Celtics Still Have Their Swagger
Last night, the Lakers and Celtics played like they had something to prove, and they did. Especially the Lakers, who blew out the Mavericks in a chippy contest that saw five players and one fan ejected. I talk about how all three of the two-time defending champions' question marks before the...
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Episode 31: LeBron Has To Join The Dark Side
LeBron James was a no-show during pregame introductions in his second return to Cleveland last night, which resulted in a 102-90 loss. The King can't continue to hide from the hate. He's a villain, and that's not changing any time soon. Not only does he have to accept that, he has to embrace that...
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Episode 30: What Is "It" And Why Some Don't Have It
What does it mean when you hear someone say, "He just doesn't have...it"? Why do some players or teams have it, but others not? The phrase tends to be used in a universal way, and I think the word does come back to universal elements as I explain. But "it" is used in the same context no matter…
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Episode 29: Too Much Madness For My Pro Taste
I really like college sports, but I simply love pro sports. And don't get me wrong, I really like me some March Madness. I put it third behind the NFL Playoffs and NBA Playoffs. However, March Madness always reminds me why I can never like college sports more than professional sports. I explain…
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Episode 28: Sweet 16 Showcases Top 3 Talents
LISTEN TO THIS EPISODE OVER AT BottomLineSports.net The Sweet 16 put the nation's 3 best players on display for us: Jimmer Fredette, Derrick Williams and Kemba Walker. But which player had the best game? And which player has the best NBA prospects? I get into that after going in-depth with each...
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Episode 27: NFL: No Fun League
One of the most exciting plays in football, the kickoff return, took a big hit after rule changes were made in the NFL. In an era where so many incredible athletes like Devin Hester, Joshua Cribbs, Leon Washington, Brad Smith, Dexter McCluster, Dante Hall, just a name a few, this rule change has…
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Episode 26: Nadal and Federer Have Company
The Joker is no joke anymore. After being ranked No. 3 in the world for a record period of time, unable to challenge Rafael Nadal or Roger Federer, 23-year-old Novak Djokovic finally broke through and overtook Roger Federer to become the world's No. 2. He beat Federer and Nadal in consecutive...
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Episode 25: Youngest Champ Is Crowned at UFC 128
For Jon "Bones" Jones, UFC 128 was supposed to be his toughest test. But after stopping Mauricio "Shogun" Rua in the 3rd round and becoming the youngest champion in UFC history, the question becomes is there anyone that can test Bones? The answer may come from his former sparring partner, Rashad...
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Episode 24: Best, Worst of Madness After First Round
And yes, it's First Round, not Second Round 2 to me. I don't care what they officially call it. Teams That Made the Most Noise -North Carolina and Florida. All the No. 2 seeds played well, but these two teams made their presence felt. The Tar Heels racked up 102 points on big efforts from Tyler...
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Episode 23: Irving's Return May Cause Duke's Demise
Kyrie Irving, one of the best guards in the nation, will return for Duke in its NCAA Tournament opener against Hampton on Friday. Coach K and the rest of his Blue Devils say his return will not ruin the chemistry the team has built in his 3-month absence. After all, Duke only lost four games...
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Episode 22: Now Top Seed, How High Will Bulls Fly?
The Bulls just keeping surpassing all of our expectations, and they did it again last night. Chicago claimed the top seed in the Eastern Conference with its win over Washington. What does this mean for Chicago? A lot. The Bulls are 30-4 at home, which is second best in the NBA. Regardless, the...
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Episode 21: Time To Experience The Madness
College Basketball's orgasm-inducing tournament is back, everyone. Prepare to witness more buzzer-beaters in a 21-day span than you can keep track of, and get ready to lose most of your hair while trying to fill out your brackets. On Selection Sunday, it was announced that the four No. 1 seeds…
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Episode 20: Heat Rediscover What Made Them Hot
If a team ever needed a regular-season win, it was Miami last night. The Heat got it with a 94-88 win over the Lakers at home. They did it with great defense, which hadn't been anywhere near what it was earlier in the season when the team was at its most confident. But last night they sealed the...
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Episode 19: Tiki Will Surprise His Haters
Tiki Barber, who turns 36 in April, filed his papers to unretire on Tuesday. As a Giants fan, I don't like the way he left the game in 2006, and then used his new job in the media to criticize the team first chance he got. I don't think anyone does. But there's 3 reasons why I think Tiki, one of...
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Episode 18: UFC Superfight Could Cause An Aftershock
A fight for the ages could be on the horizon in mixed martial arts. UFC President Dana White has said that if George "Rush" St. Pierre defeats Jake Shields at UFC 129 on April 10th in Toronto, St. Pierre could make a move to Middleweight for a superfight with Anderson "The Spider" Silva, pitting...
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Episode 17: NBA Showdown Sunday Showed Us Plenty
The Lakers emphatically ended the Spurs' franchise-record 22-game home winning streak on Sunday with a 99-83 win. L.A. was up by more than 20 points in the first quarter, and went up by as much as 32 in the third quarter. The Bulls beat the Heat 87-86 to sweep the season series with Miami. The...
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Episode 16: Duke-UNC: Today's Greatest Rivalry?
There's 3 key ingredients to a truly great rivalry. I call them the 3 H's: Hatred, History and High Stakes. Duke-North Carolina has every one of those. And this is the fifth straight year these teams have provided us with a regular-season finale with a league title up for grabs. Tonight's game is...
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Episode 15: The Magic Will Always Be A Mystery
The Heat led the Magic 73-49 early in the third quarter. A 24-point lead...that was until Orlando went on a 40-9 run and pulled off the second-biggest comeback in Magic history, winning 99-96. What makes the Magic such a mystery? What is their key to success now? I'll explain another key, which...
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Episode 14: Owners Have NFL's Best Interests In Mind
UPDATE: NFL and NFLPA agree to 7-day extension on expiration of collective bargaining agreement. We may be in for a long summer, not knowing whether fall will bring us our football. It's hard to imagine, but it seems very likely that we won't know until at least September. Although both sides…
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Episode 13: Gators the Biggest Sleeper of Them All
No. 14 Florida is the biggest sleeper team in the nation right now, and lived up to that in an incredible second-half display against Alabama on Tuesday night. This group of Gators didn't become a sleeper team without shaking some nightmares first. The two years following the program's…
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Episode 12: Heat Flaming Out Without Their Leader
How do the Heat plan on beating the Celtics without nearly the same clutch capabilities? And we can safely assume LeBron is not a clutch player, because first of all, he said so himself. And second of all, he's never proven he can be trusted with the ball in his hands late in games. So why do the...
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Episode 11: Rex Needs a Reality Check
Although I can't criticize Rex Ryan as a coach, I do see a problem with his third Super Bowl guarantee in 3 years. Some people say he doesn't care about what the media says. Well, if this is meant for his players and coaches, why does he feel the need to make a Super Bowl guarantee to the media?…
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Episode 10: Rose, Bulls, Rise to the Occasion
The Bulls win over the Heat last night revealed a lot about both teams. And if he hadn't already done it before, Derrick Rose proved that his game has reached a whole different level now. Also, the new-look Nuggets, now with a very talented roster from top to bottom, showed awesome potential in…
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Episode 9: The Combine's Cream of the Crop
T's Top 5 NFL Prospects 1) Nick Fairley 2) Da'Quan Bowers 3) Patrick Peterson 4) A.J. Green 5) Cameron Newton Auburn DT Nick Fairley came up huge for his team in big games, including the national championship game. That's unlike Bowers, who was a non-factor in Clemson's last two games of the...
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Episode 8: The Biggest Sports Spectacle Doesn't Exist
I explain why everyone from schools AND fans should all want what I think would become the mother of all sports events. For fans opposed to it, don't you want more than one meaningful game a year? Don't mistake the regular season for being a playoff. How do we determine after a whole season is…
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Episode 7: Knicks Get Melo, East Gets Ridiculous
As if 5 contenders wasn't enough to make these playoffs ridiculous already. Now we've got half a dozen contenders for an NBA title. With the Knicks' addition of Carmelo Anthony and Chauncey Billups, New York will be a tough out in this year's playoffs and many more to come. Three-team trade...
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Episode 6: Duke is No. 1, But Not the Best Team
With No. 2 Texas, No. 3 Ohio State and No. 4 Pitt all going down this past weekend, Duke rose to No. 1. The Blue Devils have looked dominant, but they're feasting on a weak ACC. Meanwhile, Pitt has proven itself to be the best team in the nation's best conference. Ashton Gibbs, Brad Wanamaker,...
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Episode 5: Why the Dunk Contest Needs To Be Revived
Serge Ibaka's dunk from the FT line was legit and stood tall against worse attempts from legends in the past. JaVale McGee may have solidified himself as the best 7-foot dunker in history with his Reverse Windshield Wiper from under the rim. And DeMar DeRozan's One-handed Reverse Windmill off the...
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Episode 4: Blake Griffin or Kevin Love?
Which one of these young stars has had the more impressive season halfway through the NBA season? Scoring Kevin Love: 21.1 points per game Blake Griffin: 22.8 points per game Rebounding Kevin Love: 15.5 rebounds per game (1st in the NBA) Blake Griffin: 12.6 rebounds per game (4th best in the NBA)...
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Episode 3: College Football Recruiting's Growing Intrigue
It's gotten to the point where more people pay attention to whether Ohio State's five-star quarterback Braxton Miller even PUTS the hat on rather than watching to see what Terrelle Pryor DOES with his helmet ON. There's also 2 growing trends in recruiting that I don't like. Photo from...
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Episode 2: Lakers still have 2 aces in the hole
L.A. hit a new low in its 104-99 loss to Cleveland. But there's still 2 things that should keep Lakers fans calm. Photo by lakersblog.latimes.com
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Episode 1: Who do you take in a 7-game series? The Magic or Bulls?
A lot of people feel both of these teams could be a threat to the Celtics and Heat in the playoffs. But which team would prevail in a playoff series? Photo by newshopper. sulekha.com
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