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March Madness doesn’t officially start for another 10 days, but make no mistake, the push for the NCAA tournament is just as maddening.

The NBA Season is more than two months old. Instead of its normal 82 games, the NBA is playing a lockout-shortened 66 game schedule. Thus, I bring you 16.8 reasons to enjoy the 2012 NBA season. (Part 2.)

The NBA Season is more than two months old. Instead of its normal 82 games, the NBA is playing a lockout-shortened 66 game schedule. Thus, I bring you 16.8 reasons to enjoy the 2012 NBA season.

This will be brief. I have only two thoughts to share. One pertains to the widespread panic surrounding the Miami Heat. The other; Kobe Bryant’s dominance.

We interrupt the NFL’s playoff push to bring you some extremely important and urgent information. The Philadelphia 76ers want your help in choosing their new team mascot. Will you answer the call? … Because you shouldn’t. The options are underwhelming.

I can’t comment on the Eagles’ collapse to the Bears just yet. It’s too soon. Instead, I offer you an email exchange between my cousin and I from last week pertaining to the NBA Lockout.

Big stories this week. LSU vs. Alabama. The NBA lockout. Philip Rivers’ struggles. And Baseball news. Obviously, I weigh in.

We’ve already lost two weeks of regular season games and it appears, at the very least, we’ll lose two more. The NBA lockout is headed nowhere fast. My brother is here to help.

After a miserable performance in Game 4, and the most insignificant triple double you’ll ever see in Game 5, LeBron James is absorbing the wrath of the sports world. Although it may feel like the right thing to do, don’t pity “King James.”

I am not a LeBron James fan. In fact, since The Decision last summer, I can’t remember writing a single positive thing about him. Regardless, I feel compelled to stand up for LeBron. Here’s why.