Category: Articles
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MikeCheck: MEAC set to punch ticket to Atlanta’s Celebration Bowl for HBCU football national title
Heading into the final Saturday of regular-season football action, nearly half of the 10-team league remains in contention for at least a share of the MEAC title. Between the NCAA’s only two HBCU conferences competing at the FCS level, a total of eight teams are still vying for either division or overall league championships over…
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Lang’s World: Who’s In, Who’s Out of the College Football Playoff?
We are a dozen weeks into the college football season, and by now we have a pretty good idea of which teams have legit claims to the throne. So who deserves to be in the final four? As I see it, there are 10 teams with a legitimate claim to be invited to the small…
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Lang’s World: Conley ‘getting my feet back under me, being mentally right where I need to be’
Just a few games into the 2017-18 season, Mike Conley’s season was done. Season-ending surgery was required. So what do you do when the thing you love to do, that thing you were born to do, is taken away from you? So Conley sat and thought. A lot.
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#IMHO: Jamal vs. Kyrie, the Warriors’ Dynasty, and an early take on rookies
Grind City Media’s Lang Whitaker and Michael Wallace have been covering the NBA since shorts were short and socks were long, but their opinions about the League don’t always mesh. #IMHO is their weekly chance to weigh in on the most pertinent news from around the NBA. What’s lit? What’s lame? Find out each week…
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MikeCheck: Braves showing ‘relentless’ mettle as road to SWAC title heads toward Alcorn State
MEMPHIS – The guarantee check was secured. So, trailing 35-7 at halftime 1,100 miles from campus against an FBS opponent, it would have been all good and understood had Alcorn State shut it down. There was nothing else to prove last weekend in Las Cruces against a New Mexico State team trying to squeeze another…
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MikeCheck: After faltering on trip, Grizzlies’ 3-game homestand crucial for getting Conley, Gasol consistently on track
The supporting cast is revamped, the defensive mindset is restored and the quest to be a playoff contender in the West is renewed. But, the Grizzlies simply won’t build the early momentum they need to go very far this season if Mike Conley and Marc Gasol aren’t clearly leading the way.
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Lang’s World: The Joy of Hate-Watching
Watching college football is very rarely a purely partisan experience. No matter which squad is your favorite team, they will only play about a dozen games, maybe a couple more if you’re lucky (or maybe if they’re lucky).
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MikeCheck: Grizzlies cut Harrison as confidence grows in Temple, Mack entering 3-game trip
The move leaves Memphis with 14 players under traditional NBA contracts and creates an open roster spot should the team seek to bolster depth up front. Harrison, 24, entered the season with $200,000 guaranteed on his $1.5 million contract, which presented the Grizzlies both roster and financial flexibility.
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#IMHO: Offensive explosions, the coaching carousel, plus Giannis and The Brow
So Mike, another week, another 50-point game. This time it was Klay Thompson, dropping 52 (on 14 threes!), last week it was Steph Curry with 51, and before that it was Blake Griffin with 50. Everybody can score, and people are getting buckets all over the League.
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MikeCheck: Birmingham’s reinvestment in Magic City showdown a nod to HBCU’s ‘Classic’ success
MEMPHIS – Alabama State coach Donald Hill-Eley emerged on the losing end of his team’s most recent game, but he knows a truly winning formula when he sees one.