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  • Franz Wagner: Germany’s Next All-Star

    The Orlando Magic have undergone one of the fastest rebuilds in the NBA over the last few years, and currently, sit at 12-7, holding 3rd in the Eastern Conference, behind only the red-hot Cleveland Cavaliers, with only one loss on their resume, and the reigning NBA Champion and powerhouse Boston Celtics. Sure, the Eastern Conference

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  • The Minnesota Timberwolves have a Problem.

    with a record of 2 wins and 2 losses, with wins against the new look Sacramento Kings and the Toronto Raptors, whilst losing to the JJ Redick led Los Angeles Lakers and their WCF enemy, the Dallas Mavericks. On paper, this doesn’t seem too bad. Both the Mavericks and the Lakers made the postseason last

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  • Franco Colapinto: Williams’ Argentine Problem

    Williams began the 2024 Formula 1 season with the same lineup as the previous year, with the British-Thai Alexander Albon and the American Logan Sargeant making up the Williams driver lineup for the second consecutive season. This appeared to be the plan all along; despite the fact that Albon was routinely quicker than Sargeant in

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  • The Rise of Nottingham Forest

    The current Premier League table, as of October 26th, reads how most would have expected at this stage of the season, as we approach a quarter of the way through the year. As many would have predicted, Manchester City sit at the top, with 7 wins and 2 draws through their 9 games. Liverpool, flying

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  • NBA Season Preview 4/30: What Next for the Charlotte Hornets?

    The Charlotte Hornets currently own the longest Playoff Drought in the NBA, since the Sacramento Kings ended their own drought after returning to the playoffs as the 3rd seed in the 2022-2023 NBA Season. The Hornets last experienced postseason play in the 2015-16 season, when Barack Obama was still the US President, and Kevin Garnett

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  • NBA Season Preview 3/30: Can the Portland Trail Blazers Escape the Basement?

    The Portland Trail Blazers have not made the playoffs since the 2020/21 season, when they lost in the First Round in a six game series against the Denver Nuggets, and since, the team has struggled to stay afloat in the Western Conference. Since then, the team has gone through multiple re-tools, initially around star point

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  • NBA Season Preview 2/30: The Tank of the Washington Wizards

    The Washington Wizards had long been stuck in a deep NBA Purgatory, before finally pulling the plug on the roster last summer. Out went star player Bradley Beal, one of the highest paid players in the league, and a part of the Wizards since he was drafted 3rd overall in the 2012 NBA Draft. For

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  • NBA Season Preview 1/30: Can the Detroit Pistons bounce back from disaster?

    Over the last 5 seasons, from the 2019-2020 NBA Season, to the latest, the 2023-24 campaign, the Detroit Pistons have amassed a record of 94-290, or, a winning percentage of .245 having played 384 NBA Games in that timespan. The Pistons have been a team stuck in the pits of the NBA since 2019, when

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  • Wardell Wizardry: Team USA beat resilient France in Gold Medal Matchup

    Men’s Basketball at the Paris 2024 Olympics concluded with a rematch of the 2020 Olympics final, between the omnipotent Team USA and the hosts, France, in a match up that many did not have on the cards. Throughout the Group stages, the hosts had gone 2-1, but did not look entirely convincing in any of

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  • Thursday, June 6th. The day where the Three Lions’ squad for the upcoming Euro 2024 tournament in Germany has been announced, and, to the surprise of many, Crystal Palace are the most represented club in the current England contingent; Adam Wharton, Marc Guehi, Eberechi Eze and Dean Henderson are the four Eagles representing their country

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