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		<title>Welcome to SportsChump’s Second Ever World Cup Pick ‘Em!!!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 15:50:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[We’re going to make this short and sweet, ladies and gentlemen.&#160; For this World Cup, I am giving away the prize to end all prizes. All you must do to win your own copy of Rick Barba’s and Charlie Davis’ <a class="more-link" href="https://sportschump.net/2026/06/08/welcome-to-sportschumps-second-ever-world-cup-pick-em/26616/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">  Welcome to SportsChump’s Second Ever World Cup Pick ‘Em!!!</span><span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>2026 NBA Finals Betting Preview: Knicks, Spurs, and Key Betting Lines</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2026 08:30:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Picture Credit The NBA Finals have a habit of producing matchups few people see coming months in advance. This year&#8217;s pairing certainly belongs in that category. Back in October a Knicks-Spurs championship series wasn&#8217;t high on many prediction lists. Now <a class="more-link" href="https://sportschump.net/2026/06/07/2026-nba-finals-betting-preview-knicks-spurs-and-key-betting-lines/26613/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">  2026 NBA Finals Betting Preview: Knicks, Spurs, and Key Betting Lines</span><span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Bam Adebayo* and The Asterisk’s Burden</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 16:03:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[What did the poor asterisk do to deserve such scrutiny?&#160; All this poor character ever did was sit peacefully atop our keyboards amongst all the others, minding its own business and pestering no one.&#160; Yet somehow, throughout the course of <a class="more-link" href="https://sportschump.net/2026/06/04/bam-adebayo-and-the-asterisks-burden/26608/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">  Bam Adebayo* and The Asterisk’s Burden</span><span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Book Review: Heartland by Keith O’Brien</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 16:15:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Keith O’Brien has a thing for tragic midwestern figures, which makes perfect sense as the author originally hails from Ohio. O’Brien’s book Charlie Hustle, which I’ve reviewed for this website, will go down as the premier biography of baseball’s all-time <a class="more-link" href="https://sportschump.net/2026/06/01/book-review-heartland-by-keith-obrien/26601/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">  Book Review: Heartland by Keith O’Brien</span><span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Fibbs, Knicks party like it’s 1999</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 13:46:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[“Ooh, yea, and I like it.&#160; And you say New York City!” Grand Puba, I Like It, 1995 The Eastern Conference Finals came and went with a flurry.  We’ve already given the Cleveland Cavaliers fans some harsh love so now <a class="more-link" href="https://sportschump.net/2026/05/28/fibbs-knicks-party-like-its-1999/26587/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">  Fibbs, Knicks party like it’s 1999</span><span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Cleveland, this one’s for you!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 16:17:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Everyone deserves to have a Cleveland sports fan in their life.&#160; I’m blessed to know a few.&#160; The Croshere Brothers, long familiar with this website, have been close friends for nearly thirty years.&#160; I’m honored to say I’m the unofficially <a class="more-link" href="https://sportschump.net/2026/05/21/cleveland-this-ones-for-you/26573/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">  Cleveland, this one’s for you!</span><span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Consistency, collapses and cultural chasms: The unspoken problem with the Orlando Magic</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 13:34:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[“You build habits and create an environment, where losing in the first round is not acceptable, not good enough.&#160; That should be the attitude.” -Magic forward Paolo Banchero after a Game Seven loss to Detroit John Starks&#8217; puffy cheeks are <a class="more-link" href="https://sportschump.net/2026/05/07/consistency-collapses-and-cultural-chasms-the-unspoken-problem-with-the-orlando-magic/26563/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">  Consistency, collapses and cultural chasms: The unspoken problem with the Orlando Magic</span><span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>NBA First Round Playoff Haikus</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Humpherys]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2026 15:48:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[My buddy in the Midwestern quadrant of Blogsville occasionally writes posts in haiku form. I’m not sure where this comes from.&#160; He’s not Asian although, by the looks of it, he may have been born a giant panda bear in <a class="more-link" href="https://sportschump.net/2026/04/26/nba-first-round-playoff-haikus/26559/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">  NBA First Round Playoff Haikus</span><span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>A plea to end mock drafts once and for all</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Humpherys]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 15:44:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[“We mock what we don’t understand.” Dan Aykroyd as Austin Milbarge in Spies Like Us As I get older, my tolerance meter inching closer to zero, I find I have considerably less time for things that are unimportant. That’s my <a class="more-link" href="https://sportschump.net/2026/04/23/a-plea-to-end-mock-drafts-once-and-for-all/26554/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">  A plea to end mock drafts once and for all</span><span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Dad and the Picoroco</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 02:36:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It’s been a while since I’ve talked about my father, so let’s get back to the personal for a moment, for not a day goes by that I don’t miss him tremendously. I’ve been reading a lot of Anthony Bourdain <a class="more-link" href="https://sportschump.net/2026/04/08/dad-and-the-picoroco/26538/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">  Dad and the Picoroco</span><span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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