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The Mentally Strong Athlete

‘Mental toughness’ is like good food or good weather: it often means many different things to many different people. Like ‘mental training’, ‘peak performance training’ and ‘sports psychology’, the words and images that connote these terms are incredibly diverse. Despite the wide range of definitions, most coaches and athletes agree that a fairly common definition […]

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Dallas cowboys are not dead

The Vultures are haunting the Dallas Cowboys now. All the sports outlets like ESPN, the NFL network, sports writers, sports radio shows all over the United States have almost buried the Cowboys. But it’s still too early to bury the Cowboys. It is true that the Cowboys followed up a very impressive win against the […]

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Inside the Boxscores Week 4 Part 2

Inside the Boxscores is a weekly feature by Matt Fargo that has been widely recognized as the best roundup in college football. Take an in-depth look at each game and extract the most relevant information that will help you in future handicap games. College football is full of wacky plays, misleading scores, and unexpected endings. […]

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The pre-match rituals of a soccer fan

Soccer fans can be strange creatures. I’m a football fan and while I think I’m perfectly normal, my lady would tell you otherwise! I’ve been obsessed with the game since I was a little kid, and while the game has changed in many ways over the past two decades, I’ll always be hooked. There is […]

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Minnesota Twins 2006 Betting Preview

The Minnesota Twins have dominated the AL Central in recent years, but regressed slightly in 2005 to just 83 wins after posting 90+ wins in each of their previous 3 seasons. With the AL Central continuing to improve, pushing the AL East into the top division in baseball, the Minnesota Twins will have their work […]