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First story written by new AnthonyRod.com contributor Sammy Mugharbil! Welcome to the crew! -Anthony
In a night where the Colorado Avalanche played one of their best games of the season, luck was not on their side as Greg Zanon was trying to clear the puck and strange deflection of a referees skate sent the puck right towards Phoenix Coyote player Kyle Chipchura who passed to the wide open Shane Doan who’s wrist shot beat Varlamov for the win. A truly bizarre way for the game to end and the Avs poor luck to begin this season continues. Now, there are positive to take out of this game. The first two periods were excellently played by the Avalanche who took the fight straight to the Coyotes. Read More
Coming into Tuesday, the Nuggets were 30-18 and hosting Monta Ellis and the Milwaukee Bucks. Playing sub-par early in the game and down by 2 after the first quarter, 15 at the half, and 7 after the third, the Nuggets just wouldn’t be denied. Despite Dalembert’s 35 points, Gallo and Lawson both added 22 points as the Nuggs outscored the Bucks 33-18 in the fourth quarter to get the 112-104 victory and extend their winning streak to 7 games, which is currently the second longest winning streak in the NBA as of Tuesday, and has catapulted them into a tie for 4th place in the Western Conference.
Two Harbaughs enter. One Harbaugh has it better than the other. The Harbaugh Bowl. The Harbowl. The Super Bro. The Super Bowl. Despite the Super Dome black-out, Joe Flacco threw 3 touchdown passes and The Baltimore Ravens beat the San Francisco 49ers 34-31 in Super Bowl 47 to take home the Lombardi trophy in Ray Lewis’ last game in the National Football League.
The Denver Nuggets are 11-3 in the month of January, which has put them in the top-5 in just about every national basketball poll out there. Despite questionable losses to Minnesota and Washington during this month, they now sit at 28-18, which is good for 6th in the western conference as of Tuesday. Ever since the addition of Iggy to the back-court before the start of the season, the expectations have been pretty high for fans here in Denver, and across the nation. A little more than half-way through this season, Are the Nuggets coming into their own and becoming one of the better teams in the NBA?
Well, even with the Broncos ousted in the Divisional Round, there’s still another round of football to be played in this year’s NFL Playoffs. The Championship Round features the Ravens v. the Patriots in the AFC, and the 49ers v. the Falcons in the NFC. Here’s a quick look at the two games.
Looking back at the first-round of the NFL Playoffs, there wasn’t a whole lot of excitement up until the last game of the weekend. The divisional round looks to be full of much more excitement. But let’s quickly recap a Wild-Card Weekend that was.
