February 2020

Franchise Sports

How many teams can be considered legitimate title contenders?

The Los Angeles Lakers and Milwaukee Bucks have charged into the distance in the Western and Eastern Conferences respectively. With three MVP candidates between them and four All-Stars, the duo are considered by many as title favourites. The Los Angeles Clippers, with a very different approach to the regular season, are not far behind them.

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Franchise Sports

Why putting an NFL franchise in London would be a mistake

LONDON, England. It’s October time, we’re already into week four of the NFL season and the annual buzz of the International Series fills the air once again. The slow, zooming camera captures the rainbow of jerseys parading up Wembley Way. The ranging demographic of people is so vast it can be hard to put into

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Franchise Sports

Dodgers become World Series favourites after Betts trade, Red Sox plan for future

As first reported by ESPN’s Jeff Passan, The Boston Red Sox traded their star outfielder to the Los Angeles Dodgers, while the Dodgers dealt young center fielder Alex Verdugo to Boston and Kenta Maeda to the Minnesota Twins, who also joined to make it a three-team trade.

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Franchise Sports

Analysis of four-team trade: Covington to Rockets, Capela to Hawks

The biggest NBA trade in almost 20 years took place on Tuesday night. As reported by ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, Clint Capela heads to the Atlanta Hawks, Robert Covington to the Houston Rockets. The Minnesota Timberwolves and Denver Nuggets are also involved in the deal. 

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Franchise Sports

Four fourth-quarter plays which decided Super Bowl LIV

Many have described Sunday’s Super Bowl LIV, which ended with a Kansas City Chiefs victory, a “scheme show” where usage of a particular player, or group of players, was more important for the outcome of the game than anything else. That could have been expected by two teams in which coaching plays so big of a role.

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Four teams that should try to sign Greg Olsen in free agency

Following the parting of ways with head coach Ron Rivera and then the shock retirement of Luke Kuechly, the Carolina Panthers made it clear that they are in rebuild mode by officially announcing that they will be moving on without Greg Olsen too, after nine years with the tight end.

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