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Bad Boys

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                  Detroit Pistons: Bad Boys The Detroit Pistons are a storied franchise in the NBA dating all the way back to the beginning of the league. In the late 70's and early 80's the Pistons were a bottom dweller of the league, when players got there they immediately wanted to get out. In the 1981 NBA draft the Pistons help the number two overall pick and with it selected Isiah Thomas sophomore point guard who led Indiana to a national championship. Having Isiah at the helm turn the franchise in the right direction. In the next year the pistons would  trade to get Bill Laimbeer a notoriously tough defensive center and a key part of the future to come. In the years to come the Pistons would draft Joe Dumars, Dennis Rodman, and Jon Salley along with Trading and signing players like Rick Mahorn, Adrian Dantely, and James Edwards the pistons set themselves up to become a potential championship contender.   ...

Cleveland's turnaround

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                   Cleveland's Turnaround   The city of Cleveland has endured a lot of pains when it comes to sports. From not winning a sports championship since the 1964 to the played that kept them from going to a super bowl to beloved native Ohio product Lebron James left the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2010 to join the Miami Heat.  Baker mayfield (above) As of recently the city has done very well in sports (for the most part). Lebron James came back to the city with help from star Kevin love from Minnesota and kyrie Irving who has been on the team since they drafted  him in 2012 to lead the Cavaliers to multiple NBA finals and even completing one of the greatest comebacks in history coming back from a 3 game to 1 deficit and winning the franchises first ever championship.  that same year the Indians who are Cleveland's MLB team went all the way to world series coming up short in the end to...

The Kids Have Done it!

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               2002 national Championship In the 2002 NCAA tournament the University Maryland Terrapins Entered the mens basketball tourney looking to make a run and win the national championship after being beat by Hated rival duke in the final four last year.  Juan Dixon(left) and Steve Blake(right) were the leaders of the team.  Before we talk about the championship and the road to it we must take a step back into the past and look how Maryland was looked at before they won it all. When Maryland had H.O.F coach Lefty Drisel they were a perennial top team but never as good as the uber elite programs like Kansas, North Carolina, Ucla, etc. Things took a downward turn when Legend Len Bias died after an unexpected overdose on cocaine ( most people would have never thought Lenny would've down drugs but back then coke wasn't perceived as bad as it is today) and as a result Lefty was fired and replaced with Bob wade who nearly gave...