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Super Bowl XLII: Easy E does it as Giants bring Patriots to earth

The New York Giants shocked the world on Sunday, beating the 18-0 New England Patriots and denying them a spot in a pantheon still occupied solely by the 1972 Miami Dolphins as the only undefeated Super Bowl champions. This was one of those intense ...

From GREG VARKONYI, Sportingo,  5 Feb 2008

From zero to hero - Eli Manning finally grows into an NFL Giant

Super Bowl XLII Live Online Eli Manning is too inconsistent. Eli is too erratic. Eli is not emotional enough. He always has the same smirk on his face, and he just does not care. Eli has the wrong mechanics. He does not set his feet right. Young ...

From GREG VARKONYI, Sportingo,  25 Jan 2008

NFL: It's Manning vs. Brady in Super Bowl XLII

Super Bowl XLII Live Online We thought the biggest upset of this NFL season came last week, when the San Diego Chargers miraculously beat out the heavily favored Indianapolis Colts in the divisional round of the playoffs, in the RCA dome, without ...

From GREG VARKONYI, Sportingo,  22 Jan 2008

The NBA contenders: Euroleague's best bets to follow Manu Ginobili and Steve Nash

Manu Ginobili, Tony Parker, Dirk Nowitzki, heck, even Steve Nash came as outsiders to the world of NBA basketball. Even though the likes of Arvidas Sabonis, Drazen Petrovic and Sarunas Marciulonis paved the way for these guys 10 years ago, it still ...

From GREG VARKONYI, Sportingo,  16 Jan 2008

Michael Jordan is out on his own in the NBA's top ten of all time

OK, we all know that with such a list No.1 is a no brainer. Michael Jordan gets th vote and presto, we move on to the rest. At this point I was having serious problems over who should get the next spot. How can you compare different eras, how can you ...

From GREG VARKONYI, Sportingo,  16 Jan 2008

When The Sopranos TV rating beats a San Antonio-Cleveland final, the NBA is in big trouble!

The world of basketball is filled with controversies, and this year gave us even more than we had hoped for. January’s big news might not have been so big. Commissioner David Stern decided to throw away the newly introduced NBA balls and make way for ...

From GREG VARKONYI, Sportingo,  28 Dec 2007

NBA's 10 best players: Kobe Bryant, LeBron James and Steve Nash - plus who else?

I was hanging out in a local sports bar here in Budapest, catching a live NBA broadcast whilst hammering some ale down my throat. The game we were watching was too ugly to watch; the Celtics were blowing my Knicks team not only out of Madison Square ...

From GREG VARKONYI, Sportingo,  5 Dec 2007

NFL mourns the tragic death of Sean Taylor

Sean Taylor, the fifth overall pick in the 2004 NFL draft, and an All-American at Miami during his college years, was shot early Monday in the upper leg, damaging the key femoral artery and causing significant blood loss. He died later in hospital. ...

From GREG VARKONYI, Sportingo,  28 Nov 2007

Marbury the Arizona deserter leaves Knicks in a twist

If you were watching the match between the New York Knicks and the Phoenix Suns in Arizona last night, you were probably wondering why on earth was Stephon Marbury missing from the Knicks. Frankly, I cannot give you an answer as only the player ...

From GREG VARKONYI, Sportingo,  14 Nov 2007

NFL: The "evil empire" Patriots struck back, but showed vulnerability

The hype for this season’s week nine Colts-Pats match-up was huge. Some named the game Super Bowl XLI-and-a-half. Never before in the history of NFL regular seasons have two unbeaten teams faced each other with such a strong combined record. It was ...

From GREG VARKONYI, Sportingo,  5 Nov 2007

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