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  • Premier League Team Preview – 5/20: Can Wolves avoid a scrap at the bottom?

    In recent years, turmoil has been the name of the game surrounding Wolverhampton Wanderers. Since Nuno Espirito Santo left the club following the 2020/21 season, Wolves have been following a downward trajectory. Despite a 10th placed finish under Bruno Lage in 2021/22, the Portuguese boss was unable to keep a hold of his job. He

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  • Premier League Team Preview – 4/20: Will Spurs return to form?

    Tottenham Hotspur look to bounce back after a season where not much more could have gone wrong for the North Londoners. A dismal 17th placed finish in the league, the ousting of manager Ange Postecoglu and a poor performance in the FA Cup. However, there is one thing that prevents Tottenham fans from forgetting the

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  • Premier League Team Preview – 3/20: Can Leeds United hang with the big boys?

    After 2 seasons away, Premier League football is returning to Elland Road, as Leeds United find themselves in the top tier once again, after tasting relegation in 2022/23. After a playoff final loss against Southampton in 23/24, the Lilywhites improved and finished top of the Championship, level on points with Burnley, but clinching the silverware

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  • Premier League Team Previews – 2/20: Do Burnley have what it takes?

    After only one season away, Burnley find themselves back in the Premier League, with Scott Parker’s men bouncing back at the first opportunity. Vincent Kompany’s side faced relegation from the Premier League in 2023/24 an with much uncertainty over the future of the club, Scott Parker took over and, led by the league’s best defence,

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  • Premier League Team Previews – 1/20: Can Sunderland avoid the drop?

    After a tumultuous 8 years away, that included back to back relegations, play-off heartbreak in the third tier and a rather eventful Netflix series, Sunderland have returned to the top flight. It was a long and painful eight years away from the big time, but now the Black Cats have returned, with new leadership, ownership

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  • Playoff Julius Randle has been on a Tear

    For only the 3rd time in Franchise history, the Minnesota Timberwolves have reached the Western Conference Finals, a feat that seemed unlikely throughout the vast majority of the 2024-25 regular season. Throughout this time, the Timberwolves looked disjointed, struggling with spacing issues all year, and limped through much of the season. With a 32-29 record

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  • How to Ruin an NBA Finals Team

    9 months ago, the Dallas Mavericks were on top of the world. Fresh off of a 5 game thriller over the Minnesota Timberwolves, the Dallas Mavericks had finally managed to return to the NBA Finals for the first time since 2011. Led by rising superstar Luka Doncic and the mercurial Kyrie Irving, the Mavericks had

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  • Jaden McDaniels is Beginning to Shine.

    Since the turn of the new year, the Minnesota Timberwolves have been a rather average NBA organisation, holding a record of 16-14 in the calendar year, however, the team has missed significant pieces during this time span. For example, both members of the KAT trade package, namely Julius Randle and Donte DiVincenzo have missed significant

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  • The Detroit Pistons are finally on the Rise.

    In terms of NBA Surprises for the 2024-25 Season, there are a handful to choose from. The downfall of the Philadelphia 76ers could be one, as, at the time of writing, the Sixers are sat with a 20-38 record, with only the Wizards, Raptors and Hornets holding worse records in the Eastern Conference. Or maybe

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  • Karl-Anthony Towns is Finally Getting his Flowers

    One of the biggest offseason moves of 2024 happened only one week out of training camp, an unusual time for such a big acquisition to occur. On the morning of the 28th September (BST), the New York Knicks finally acquired their most coveted player. Karl-Anthony Towns, four time all star, two time All-NBA and New

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