More wins this season: Dolphins or Hurricanes?

James Harden is not the real MVP

James Harden, I'ma let you finish but LeBron James is the real Most Valuable Player for the 2017-18 season. I didn't channel Kanye to diminish Harden's season or say he's unworthy of MVP, it's just that LeBron was more deserving of the award this time around. I googled the definition of "value" and this is what came up: the regard that something is held to deserve; the importance, worth, or usefulness of something. Based on that definition alone, LeBron should have won MVP in a landslide. If you were to remove him from Cleveland's roster the Cavs would have likely been a lottery team with the core of players they had. Whereas in Houston, if you took Harden off that roster, the Rockets would still have likely been in the playoff hunt with Chris Paul as the featured star. NBA MVP James Harden poses with his mom Monja Willis during the 2018 NBA Awards in California. (Allen Berezovsky/Getty Images) I came to this realization ...

How Pittsburgh Broke Code with Le'Veon Bell

If you've watched enough pro football over the years the Le'Veon Bell saga in Pittsburgh is a familiar story line. The team's star player is trying to get a new contract and has refused to show up to training camp and practice until he receives what he and his agent believes is a fair offer from the team. Bell, 26, is arguably the best and one of the most utilized running backs in the league. Even on a team with weapons like Ben Roethlisberger, Antonio Brown and Juju Smith-Schuster, Bell still seems like the engine that makes Pittsburgh's offense go. Pittsburgh Steelers running back Le'Veon Bell. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images) Usually in holdout situations like this one, the holdout player's teammates will come out in public support of their colleague that's trying to get the new money. You'll often see a quote that goes something like "We wish that he was out here with us but we understand the business side of the game....

Dwyane Wade is back like he never left

The phrases seem to come right on queue. Dwyane Wade shoots a floater against the Philadelphia Sixers. Every time Dwyane Wade has had a big game lately the narrative is always the same from sportswriters and fans. "We're seeing vintage D-Wade tonight." "Wade turned back the clock with this performance." "He's playing like the D-Wade from 2006." Let's be clear, Wade, 36, is far past his prime, but let's not act surprised anymore each time he has a big game. On Monday, he single-handedly won game 2 of this playoff series for the Miami Heat. His 28 points in just 26 minutes off the bench helped Miami snap Philadelphia's 17-game winning streak and silence Kevin Hart and the raucous Philly crowd in the process. Look what you did, @KevinHart4real . pic.twitter.com/cIPwIruXyG — ESPN (@espn) April 17, 2018 Bad stints in Chicago and Cleveland caused fans to forget just what Wade is capable of: playing clutch in big games. ...

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