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Author Archives: Sammy Mugharbil

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College Football Hurts, Braxton Miller Out For Season

  By Sammy Mugharbil | August 23, 2014 - 3:36 pm | College
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braxton miller 2With the College Football season fast approaching, the first major injury of the season went down this past week. Unfortunately, for the legions of Buckeye fans across the nation, their star QB Braxton Miller will not be taking the field this year due to a shoulder injury.

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Rafael Nadal to Miss US Open

  By Sammy Mugharbil | August 23, 2014 - 12:38 pm | Tennis
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nadal 2The US Open, the last Grand Slam of the tennis season has received a major blow to tennis fans around the world. Reigning champion Rafael Nadal has pulled out of the US Open because of a nagging wrist injury. Read More →

2014 World Cup Groups Set

  By Sammy Mugharbil | December 6, 2013 - 8:25 pm | Soccer
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Early this morning, the groups for the 2014 World Cup Finals in Brazil were selected. As always there was a mixture of ‘groups of death’ and ‘groups of life’. As a reminder, the top 2 teams from each group will progress to knockout rounds of the tournament. The groups for the 2014 World Cup Finals are as followed: Read More →

Nuggets Start Season 0-2 With Loss to TrailBlazers

  By Sammy Mugharbil | November 1, 2013 - 11:04 pm | NBA, Nuggets
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nuggets 1Coming off their opening night loss to the Sacramento Kings on Wednesday, Denver returned home for their home opener against the Portland Trailblazers, and got straight punched in the mouth losing 113-98. So much for that 23 game home winning streak (regular season). Read More →

Nugget’s Start Season With Loss to Kings

  By Sammy Mugharbil | October 31, 2013 - 12:38 am | NBA, Nuggets
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denver nuggets 2The Denver Nuggets opened up the 2013-14 NBA season with a tough loss on the road against the Sacramento Kings 90-88. Read More →

Rapids Season Over with Playoff Loss To Seattle

  By Sammy Mugharbil | October 31, 2013 - 12:19 am | Rapids, Soccer
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raidsWhat a season for the Colorado Rapids, especially when you think about the minimal expectations put on the team at the beginning of the season. Unfortunately, all good things must come to an end and the Rapids end came Wednesday night where they lost in a play-in playoff game on the road to the Seattle Sounders 2-0. Read More →

Weekend Sports Round-Up

  By Sammy Mugharbil | September 15, 2013 - 11:22 pm | Uncategorized
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weekend sports round upHere’s an overlook of some of the big sports stories that transpired this weekend! As always, there was a little bit of everything! Read More →

Nadal Wins Second US Open

  By Sammy Mugharbil | September 9, 2013 - 8:51 pm | Tennis
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 Rafael Nadal is back! He completed his almost perfect return from a serious knee injury that kept him sidelined through most of 2012, to capture the 2013 US Open over Novak Djokovic in four sets 6-2, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1. Read More →

Weekend Sports Round-Up

  By Sammy Mugharbil | September 9, 2013 - 12:38 am | College, Olympics, Soccer, Sports, Tennis
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weekend sports round upHere’s an overlook of some of the big sports stories that transpired this weekend! As always, there was a little bit of everything! Read More →

US Open Final’s Set

  By Sammy Mugharbil | September 7, 2013 - 8:15 pm | Tennis
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us openThe Men and Women’s US Open Finals are both set and look to be mouth watering match ups. Both #1 and #2 seeds all reached the finals. Read More →

Weekend Sports Round-Up

  By Sammy Mugharbil | September 2, 2013 - 12:24 am | College, Golf, Metro State, MLB, Rockies, Soccer
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Here’s an overlook of some of the big sports stories that transpired this weekend! As always, there was a little bit of everything! Read More →

College Football is Back! Week 1

  By Sammy Mugharbil | August 30, 2013 - 1:52 pm | College
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Passion, intensity, drama, excitement, Lee Corso’s headgear, and the list goes on. That’s right, College Football is back, not to mention ESPN College Gameday too! You think I’m excited, imagine Lou Holtz or Kirk Herbstreit. Read More →

2013-14 UEFA Champions League

  By Sammy Mugharbil | August 30, 2013 - 1:47 pm | Soccer
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 The group stage draw for the 59th installment of the European Cup has been set. This is the 22nd installment since it was renamed the UEFA Champions League in 1992. Read More →

Sunday Sports Round-Up

  By Sammy Mugharbil | August 25, 2013 - 11:35 pm | Broncos, Golf, Soccer, Tennis
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sports roundup

Here’s an overlook of some of the big sports stories that transpired this weekend! As always, there was a little bit of everything! Read More →

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