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Category: No Class Friday

Throwback Thursday: When Lionel Messi And Cristiano Ronaldo Lit Up The Champions League in 2013

The Sportsfan Journal Staff October 16, 2019 No Comments

In a low scoring game like soccer, you'll often hear a commentator provide context for a striker's goalscoring record by saying, “A goal every two games is a respectable ratio.”…

Throwback Thursday: When Lionel Messi And Cristiano Ronaldo Lit Up The Champions League in 2013

Remembering When Tiger Woods Shocked The World At Stanford vs. Arizona, 15 Years Ago

The Sportsfan Journal Staff June 26, 2019 No Comments

2004 was 15 years ago. Let that sink in. The Detroit Pistons beat the Los Angeles Lakers in the NBA Finals in the swan song of the Kobe-Shaq era. Karl…

Remembering When Tiger Woods Shocked The World At Stanford vs. Arizona, 15 Years Ago

Calgary and Columbus Are Teams of Intrigue During The Stanley Cup Playoffs

The Sportsfan Journal Staff April 10, 2019 No Comments

It's been a while since TSFJ made it to the land of stick saves and dekes. With the arguably best postseason in sports - the Stanley Cup Playoffs - getting…

Calgary and Columbus Are Teams of Intrigue During The Stanley Cup Playoffs

The Mighty Ducks: Gordon Bombay Is Overrated

The Sportsfan Journal Staff April 5, 2019 No Comments

Before I start, I want to offer a disclaimer. Such a salacious headline deserves an explanation even if the mere creation of it has already compromised my integrity as a…

The Mighty Ducks: Gordon Bombay Is Overrated

TSFJ Presents Dirk Week: Dirk Is Bad At Soccer, Good At Life

The Sportsfan Journal Staff February 24, 2017 No Comments

It's Dirk Week here at The Sports Fan Journal. For no reason in particular, we thought we should take some time to show our appreciation for one of the NBA's…

TSFJ Presents Dirk Week: Dirk Is Bad At Soccer, Good At Life

Appreciating Ron Hextall On The 29th Anniversary Of The First Goalie To Score In NHL History

The Sportsfan Journal Staff December 8, 2016 No Comments

From his NHL debut in October of 1986 to December 1987, Ron Hextall enjoyed a stretch of hockey that will never be duplicated. You may know him as the Philadelphia…

Appreciating Ron Hextall On The 29th Anniversary Of The First Goalie To Score In NHL History

The NHL In 3 Players: Carey Price Is The Most Valuable Player In Sports

The Sportsfan Journal Staff October 28, 2016 No Comments

For all its randomness and streaks in play, the NHL is so often defined by a few players at a time. Throughout the 2016-17 season, The Sports Fan Journal will…

The NHL In 3 Players: Carey Price Is The Most Valuable Player In Sports

Our Cup Runneth Over: Eight Things To Watch In The World Cup Of Hockey

The Sportsfan Journal Staff September 16, 2016 No Comments

No one quite knows what to expect when the 2016 World Cup of Hockey drops the puck. For one, the NHL-run tournament will be broadcasted on ESPN, a network that…

Our Cup Runneth Over: Eight Things To Watch In The World Cup Of Hockey

The True Loss Of The P.K. Subban Trade

The Sportsfan Journal Staff June 30, 2016 No Comments

What are we going to tell the children? The thousands that flock to the Bell Centre in 76 Subban sweaters? The millions who cheer from afar, glued to their couches,…

The True Loss Of The P.K. Subban Trade

2016 MLB Preseason Primaries: Yu Darvish

The Sportsfan Journal Staff April 1, 2016 No Comments

For some, 2016 Spring Training marks the start of a brand new Major League Baseball season. For others, this time of year marks the height of the presidential primary elections.…

2016 MLB Preseason Primaries: Yu Darvish

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Larry Johnson Reflects on Becoming 'Grandmama', Converse Kicks And Winning Titles In Las Vegas

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Growing up as a kid, Larry Johnson was one of the coolest people on the planet. In my pee-brain mind, there was nothing like Larry Johnson. NCAA champion on the…

The Day Michael Jordan Got Put On A Poster

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If you play the game of basketball long enough, you'll inevitably be put into a conundrum while playing defense under the rim. You could get dunked on at any moment.…

Thierry Henry Made Me Fall In Love With Soccer

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It's the dirty little secret that really isn't a secret at all. I love soccer. While some of you are sitting there saying, "Tell us something we don't know, Ed.…

15 Takeaways From The Oral History Of 'Love & Basketball'

Eddie Maisonet, III February 17, 2020 No Comments

In my opinion, Love & Basketball is one of the few films in the world that both men and women will have no issue sitting down and watching. Although the…

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Remembering The Peter Warrick Experience, 20 Years Later

Eddie Maisonet, III July 29, 2019 No Comments

When Notre Dame and Florida State, two of college football's blue bloods, did battle back in 1993, I wasn't old enough (or aware enough) to appreciate it. See, I didn't…

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Speaking Up About Our Pain - Again

The Sportsfan Journal Staff June 3, 2020 No Comments

A few years ago in this very space here at TSFJ, we mourned about a country reminding us of its preferred citizen hierarchy in violent ways. Professional and amateur athletes…

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