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New England Patriots win to set up Super Bowl matchup with defending champion Seattle Seahawks

by Avi Gold | 01/19/2015

The New England Patriots booked their trip to the team’s sixth Super Bowl appearance with a 45-7 dismantling of the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday night.  With the victory, coach Bill Belichick and quarterback Tom Brady became the coach and quarterback duo with the most number of visits to the championship game in NFL history. Brady went 23-for-35 on the day, throwing for 226 yards and three passing touchdowns.  Running back LeGarrette Blount ran for 148 yards and cashed in three scores of his own, including a 13-yard run with just over two minutes remaining in the third quarter that made the score 38-7 and put the game out of reach. After the game, the often blunt Belichick had a simple message- “I only have one thing to say.

Former Boston Red Sox pitcher Pedro Martinez among four elected to National Baseball Hall of Fame

by Avi Gold | 01/12/2015

The Baseball Writers’ Association of America elected four players to the National Baseball Hall of Fame last Tuesday, enshrining pitchers Randy Johnson, Pedro Martinez and John Smoltz and second baseman Craig Biggio in Cooperstown. Each of the three pitchers selected easily surpassed the necessary 75 percent of votes needed in their first appearance on the ballot. Johnson, known as the “Big Unit” for his six foot, 10 inch frame, got 97.3 percent of the vote.

Inaugural College Football Playoff selects field

by Noah Hessdorf | 12/09/2014

On Sunday afternoon, the selection committee for the inaugural College Football Playoff announced the four playoff teams.  The University of Alabama, the University of Oregon, Florida State University and The Ohio State University were all selected to the four-team tournament.  The tournament is the first of its kind after years of a one-game winner-takes-all championship.  For decades, fans have complained about the system that allows for only two teams to compete for the title.  The new playoff format was supposed to alleviate this issue by allowing four teams to have a chance, but this season has had many of the same concerns as before. Two Big 12 schools, Texas Christian University and Baylor University, were both left out of the playoff after spending all year as top teams in the country.  TCU as recently as last week had been ranked as the No.

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