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IPPOLITO: Duncan Highlights Generation

IPPOLITO: Duncan Highlights Generation

By Michael Ippolito December 4, 2015

For nearly two decades, Lakers guard Kobe Bryant has been known as a competitor, an agitator and a winner. But now, with the end of his career looming, fans are seeing something else. Bryant is now decrepit...

IPPOLITO: Committee Confronts Dilemma

IPPOLITO: Committee Confronts Dilemma

By Michael Ippolito November 20, 2015

So much information and so few conclusions — such is the norm in college football. In the second edition of the college football playoff, the competition for one of the four slots is more intense this...

IPPOLITO: Wizards Could Successfully Recruit Durant

IPPOLITO: Wizards Could Successfully Recruit Durant

By Michael Ippolito November 13, 2015

Ah, the folly of courtship. Love makes people do crazy things, but fervor and passion take already crazed sports fans and put them into a new gear. Forgive me for being a tad hyperbolic. After all, no...

IPPOLITO: Television Analysis Falls Short

IPPOLITO: Television Analysis Falls Short

By Michael Ippolito November 6, 2015

Nothing in professional sports is easy. Athletes make difficult feats appear effortless, which is a testament to their unique and otherworldly skills. While not as extraordinary as a one-handed catch over...

IPPOLITO: NFL Makes Baffling Uniform Rulings

IPPOLITO: NFL Makes Baffling Uniform Rulings

By Michael Ippolito October 30, 2015

As October draws to a close, it is worth celebrating all that comes and goes in the year’s 10th month. Summer fully transitions to autumn as the leaves lose their green and begin to fall from the trees,...

IPPOLITO: Broncos Must Trust Manning

IPPOLITO: Broncos Must Trust Manning

By Michael Ippolito October 23, 2015

On the surface, the Denver Broncos have nothing to worry about. They are 6-0 as they head into their bye week, but the echoes vibrating off the sides of the Rocky Mountains could not sound more nervous:...

IPPOLITO: Daily Fantasy Sports Should be Considered Gambling

IPPOLITO: Daily Fantasy Sports Should be Considered Gambling

By Michael Ippolito October 16, 2015

Ducks are easily recognizable. They have definitive physical and behavioral characteristics — like their inability to win a college football national championship — that separate them from other animals...

IPPOLITO: Contracts Create Disputes

IPPOLITO: Contracts Create Disputes

By Michael Ippolito October 9, 2015

Rihanna, Seattle Seahawks safety Kam Chancellor and Cleveland Cavaliers center Tristan Thompson do not appear to have much in common at first glance. Someone, however, owes each of them money. When an...

IPPOLITO: Papelbon Exemplifies Nationals Disappointing Season

IPPOLITO: Papelbon Exemplifies Nationals’ Disappointing Season

By Michael Ippolito October 2, 2015

Most people, if not everyone, appreciate a good joke. In sports, humor is often abundant and much of it is in good nature without a true victim. Then, there is the ironic humor that unfolded Sunday at...

IPPOLITO: New Rule Changes Strategy

IPPOLITO: New Rule Changes Strategy

By Michael Ippolito September 25, 2015

The life of an NFL kicker seems pretty enviable. Raking in a little over $1 million a year for swinging your leg a few times each Sunday is undoubtedly better than the vast majority of other jobs people...

IPPOLITO: Malone Leaves Legacy of Consistency

IPPOLITO: Malone Leaves Legacy of Consistency

By Michael Ippolito September 18, 2015

For many fans and followers of the NBA, the oft-heard mantra “trust the process” is more of a joke than anything else. For the Philadelphia 76ers and their fans, it is a sales pitch offered by the...

IPPOLITO: NFL Must Improve Benefits for Players

IPPOLITO: NFL Must Improve Benefits for Players

By Michael Ippolito September 11, 2015

As another Labor Day passes, another football season begins and another MLB playoff race takes shape, the stark labor disparities in sports should be worth noting. All four of the major sports can see...

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