Posted by Patrick on March 29, 2007
There’s a first time for everything, as the saying goes. Since the Nordiques moved from Quebec to Denver to become the Colorado Avalanche, they’ve made the Stanley Cup playoffs every year, including 2 titles in 1996 and 2001. The Av’s are chasing the Calgary Flames for the 8th place seed in the West, but it’s looking like it’s too little, too late.
Shop.NHL.com has got the long sleeve T’s with player numbers and names, and now they’ve got the short sleeve T’s, too. Get your Joe Sakic shirt and all your Avalanche gear today!
Posted by Patrick on March 28, 2007
Is the Kid the real deal or what? In just his 2nd year, Sydney Crosby is leading the NHL in total points and is tops on the Penguins in total goals. Now that Pittsburgh is keeping the team, this kid can be the focal point of the league (just don’t join Ben Roethlesburger’s motorcycle club anytime soon).
Check out Shop.NHL.com for all the gear, including the new Long Sleeve Name & Number T-Shirt, personalized for your favorite player. Only $22.99!
Posted by Patrick on March 27, 2007
Opening day is just a few days away, but there’s still plenty of time to get signed up for Yahoo’s Fantasy Baseball. Sign up your team or join a league on your own.
Posted by Patrick on March 26, 2007
Kyle Busch wins the Food City 500 and the first race featuring the Car of Tomorrow, the new version NASCAR has invested seven years of research to make the stock car more safe. The biggest changes: moving the steering wheel three inches to the right to move the driver further away from crash impact, and the wing spoiler instead of the blade to give the car better aerodynamics. Most drivers weren’t in favor of the new car, including Tony Stewart saying it’s “like driving station wagons”.
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Posted by Patrick on March 25, 2007
Talk about your top-heavy Final Four! 2 #1 seeds will play 2 #2 seeds in the National semifinals for the right to play for the NCAA basketball championship. Let’s take a look at the matchups:
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UCLA Bruins vs Florida Gators
The Bruins defense has been dominating throughout the tournament, and showed up big time in shutting down Kansas to win the West Regional. Arron Afflalo and Darren Collison are leading the Bruins into the rematch of last years Championship game against Florida, who dispatched Oregon with clutch shooting and rebounding at the end of the game.
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Georgetown Hoyas vs Ohio State Buckeyes
The Hoyas are back in the Final Four after 22 years, and yet they look like the same team lead by Patrick Ewing. Stout defense and strong inside play got them past North Carolina in overtime. They’ll need every bit of that defense when they take on Ohio State. While teams pack the zone to crowd Greg Oden, Mike Conley Jr. and Ron Lewis continue their awesome guard play with timely outside shots. We’ll pulling for the Hoyas, but Ohio State has too much talent.
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Allen Iverson, traded from Philidelphia to Denver earlier in the year, has his new Answer X Pump shoe available soon. It offers automatic custom fit and provides you with the ability to further customize your fit with the on-board adjustable dial.
Reebok Store is exclusively giving you the ability to reserve your pair.
Posted by Patrick on March 24, 2007
Only the most popular sport in America can put its image not only on purses, but now on shoes. The NFL has joined with Crocs and put your favorite team’s logo on the popular sandal. Look casual and represent your team!
See more Sport Crocs here!
Posted by Patrick on March 22, 2007
Last up are the beasts in the East in East Rutherford.
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#1 North Carolina vs #5 Southern Cal
North Carolina comes in as yet another top seed who’s still winning, but not in convincing fashion. Tyler Hansbrough has finally shed his facemask as it looked like he couldn’t see 2 feet in front of him. UNC will need him to step up as USC comes in after a convincing win over #4 Texas. USC’s looking good, but Carolina’s got too many horses.
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#6 Vanderbilt vs #2 Georgetown
Vanderbilt’s another ‘under the radar’ team who’s quietly made the Sweet 16, but make no mistake, this team can play defense. It’s win over Florida in the regular season established the Commodores as at top SEC team. Georgetown is another team making us at Sport nostolgic for the old days of Ewing, Mourning, and Mutombo. And yet, the Hoyas play like they did 20 years ago: dominating the inside and tough defense. Look for the Hoyas to take Vandy, and the East.
Posted by Patrick on March 21, 2007
Yeah, he’s won 3 titles in a row, but Kobe Bryant goes for a Lakers record 3 consecutive games scoring over 50 points in each game. Elgin Baylor and Wilt Chamberlin were the other Lakers to accomplish the feat. Kobe scored 65 against Portand to stop the Lakers 7 game losing streak, then dropped 50 against Minnesota. His chance for 3 will come in Memphis on 3/22.
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Let’s take a look at the Friday – Sunday games with the Midwest Regional in St. Louis
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#1 Flordia Gators vs #5 Butler Bulldogs
The Gators are looking to repeat as tourney champs with its entire team back. Although they’ve won the SEC tourney, they don’t seem to look like the dominant team we thought they’d be. Butler’s a bit surprising at the #5 seed, but there’s nothing surprising about their defense. Look for the Butler to keep this close, but the Gators bite the ‘Dogs.
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#3 Oregon Ducks vs #7 UNLV Runnin Rebels
The Ducks finished a quiet 3rd place in the PAC 10, including winning the conference tournament. Aaron Brooks leads the team in scoring and assists. We at Sportthestyle are happy to see UNLV back in the Sweet 16. We long for the days of Moses Scurry, Larry Johnson, and Stacey Augmon, but it’s now Lon Kruger and his Kevin as being the ‘feel-good’ team of the tourney. The Rebs make us nostalgic, but Oregon gets the win.
Posted by Patrick on March 20, 2007
Up next is the South Regional being held in San Antonio
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#1 Ohio State vs #5 Tennessee
Ohio State comes in on a roll with several key wins and taking the Big 10 tournament. Led by freshman phenom Greg Oden inside, the Buckeyes guards get plenty of outside looks. Coming off a ‘lucky’ overtime win against Xavier in the 2nd round, OSU looks to keep their win streak going. Tennessee comes in as one of the highest scoring offenses in the NCAA this year. Their scoring potential could make this game interesting. Look for a ton of points in this one, but OSU gets the win.
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#3 Texas A&M Aggies vs #2 Memphis Tigers
The Aggies are looking at a sizeable ‘home court’ advantage playing in their home state. This program has come into its own under coach Billy Gillespie and has been able to score bigtime recruits like Acie Law. Sport The Style has been a big John Calipari fans since his days at UMass. He’s done an awesome job this year considering the injuries the Tigers have faced. We’re inclined to go with the Coach who’s been this far before, but the home crowd pushes the Aggies to the win.
Posted by Patrick on March 19, 2007
65 teams are now down to 16 after the 1st 2 rounds of the 2007 NCAA Basketball Tournament. No double digit seed has made it this far, but there are some feel-good schools worth rooting for. Over the next 4 days, we here at Sport will take a look at each bracket.
Up first: West Regional – San Jose
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#1 Kansas vs #4 Southern Illinois – Kansas is on a 13 game win streak, including an overtime win over Texas in the Big 12 conference tournament. The Jayhawks are shooting over 55% from the field in the first two games of the NCAA tourney, including a 12 pt win over Kentucky (what in the name of Adolph Rupp is going on in Lexington?). The Salukis are the strongest of the mid-major teams and if the defense can slow the KU guards, they have a chance. Take the Jayhawks.
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#3 Pittsburgh vs #2 UCLA – Both teams won their first 2 games of the tourney, but neither are standing out. Pitt has gone 3-3 in their last 6 games before the NCAA’s, including a 23 pt loss to Georgetown in the Big East tourney finals. UCLA dropped its last 2 games, including a first round in the Pac 10 tourney to California. When in doubt, go with the team who’s been there before. Go with the Bruins in this one.
Posted by Patrick on March 18, 2007
This week, Adidas lauched this shoe that honors Red Auerbach and his unprecedented 9 NBA titles. Styled in rich leather, with laser etchings of his famous players, the Celtics logo and his iconic cigar.
Laser-etched pattern all over upper pays tribute to Red’s famous celebratory cigar, his 16 championships, 938 wins, the retired #2 jersey and the Celtics logo
Embroidered design on back of tongue features C50C = Chuck Cooper as the first African-American drafted in the NBA in 1950; B66R = Bill Russell as the first African-American NBA coach; and 63FIVE64 = the first all African-American starting 5 in 63-64
Sockliner features Auerbach’s quote, “I never handle players. You handle animals. You treat players with respect.”
Each pair is numbered 00-938 on the heel; Silhouette of Red Auerbach from Ceremony in Boston on the heel
Clear outsole with parquet floor pattern to emulate the Boston Garden floor
Full grain leather upper for comfort and soft feel
Men’s Red Auerbach Tribute Shoes is available exclusively at Adidas.com
Thanks to Kim from http://www.shoeaholicsanonymous.com/ for this find!
Posted by Patrick on March 15, 2007
Greg Paulus, maybe you should have taken that football scholly to Notre Dame after today. VCU’s Eric Maynor’s 22 points, including this basket with 1.8 seconds left, led the Rams in the upset over Duke 79-77 for the tourney’s first upset. Maynor and Paulus, putting in 25 pts of his own, bumped and shoved each other the entire game, setting up an awesome point guard matchup to watch.
VCU fans, we’ve got your Rams t-shirts ready to go!
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Detroit’s 20-6 since the addition of Chris Webber joined the team. You can debate his past history (great ‘box score’ player, but disappears in the playoffs), but he’s been a great role player on the talented Pistons team.
Of course, let’s not forget about the MVP himself. Chauncey’s new shoe is now out! Get the c-billups on sale at Shopadidas!
Chauncey Billups Shoe Launch available early at Shopadidas. $95 Shipped 
Posted by Patrick on March 6, 2007
Yao Ming threw down 16 points and grabbed 11 rebounds in his first game since December 23rd, but Lebron Jams and the Cavs got the game with a 91-85 win over the Houston Rockets. Yao, who said he felt ‘normal’, missed his first 5 shots and airballing his first shot form 5 feet! Needless to say, he’s been better.
Get Lebron’s jersey here from NBAstore.com. Cavaliers adidas Men’s NBA Swingman Alternate Jersey ( sz. XL, James, LeBron : Cavaliers : Navy )
Posted by Patrick on March 4, 2007
The AFL is back on ESPN! 50 yard indoor football with fast scoring and no defense. Now you can get AFL gear from ESPNshop.com.
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Posted by Patrick on March 3, 2007
Rumor has it Dikembe Mutombo is not only among the living, but still playing in the NBA. Not only that, but against the Denver Nuggets, his old team, he became the oldest player in NBA history to have over 20 rebounds in a game (total of 22 with 8 offensive). Don’t know what’s more amazing….Dikembe’s feat at his age or how bad the Nuggets inside play is lately.
Now’s the time to get your Rockets gear. NBAshop.com has Rockets apparel, including T-Mac jerseys, on sale!
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Posted by Patrick on March 1, 2007
This is THE college basketball rivarly. Duke is down this year compared to recent years and Carolina looks poised to make a run deep in the tournament. Get your gear for Saturday’s showdown!
