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ESPN laying off around 100 people today has been devastating for me to follow as numerous sports journalists announce on Twitter that they are no longer employed. I can't imagine how it must feel for those journalists, their colleagues, their friends and their families. It's an awful day, and many wonderful people lost their jobs because of a situation out of their control. What hits hardest is that the sports journalists who lost their jobs today have been around me on Twitter for almost my whole high school career. Seeing people like Ethan Strauss drop a phenomenal Shoe Wars piece or Ed Werder tweet out dollops of juicy NFL gossip was the lifeblood of what got me through a mundane day in high school. While this carnage is probably a result of ESPN letting politics seep into their coverage and the declining business of cable networks, that just doesn't matter right now. What matters is 100 hard working people who all directly or indirectly contributed to me enjoyin...

Day 1 of the 2017 NBA playoffs kicked off with quite a bang. Every series looks to be competitive. Let's get to what happened. Cleveland Cavaliers vs Indiana Pacers Both teams were sieves on defense. The Pacers shot 49% from the floor while the Cavs shot 53%. If you are a defensive purist who digs watching hours of Andre Roberson ball harassment tape, this was not a game for you Myles Turner is going to be a fantastic center some day; in fact he's already pretty solid. In his first career playoff game, Turner flashed both unicorn-like playmaking and abject cluelessness. He recorded a game high 4 steals and wasn't afraid to tussle with the big Tristan Thompson down low. In the final minutes of the game however, Turner had the 6'1 Kyrie Irving on him. Turner got the ball, then awkwardly squared Irving up and immediately had the ball swiped from him. It was a pitiful sequence that reminded everyone that Turner still has a long way to go before he can realize hi...