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So there was a contest I was invited to join which featured bloggers who wrote four articles with one a week and is heading into it's final week and I'll need a good push. Thought I'd check back in here with you guys It's solely based on reads so spread the word

Below I have linked the four articles and a quick blurb. Feedback always welcomed and it has been fun trying to get at topics.

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Week one of the Sports Interaction blogging contest starts with ...

So this was my second week submission article for the Sports Interaction blog contest.

The link can be found here. The contest runs on most views accumulated over the four week period. Appreciate the reads, feedback and be sure to spread the word

The Los Angeles Lakers played their final game of the season Sunday night in Dallas, Texas, resulting in a 122-86 loss to the Dallas Mavericks, a 4-0 sweep.

While this loss did not come as a surprise given how the Lakers played through-out the series, it did leave with many questions heading into the post-season, most notably of their star player, Kobe Bryant.

Entering the off-season, Bryant is 32 years of age, having spent the last 15 years of it as a Laker player, in ...

Following the Lakers dismal 122-86 loss to the Dallas Mavericks on Sunday night, knocking them out of the playoffs and their opportunity to defend their title a third straight year, the team was left with more questions than answers.

Notably, where was Ron Artest's defense we came to know from last year, what happened to Pau Gasol's game, is this the end for Derek Fisher and Phil Jackson as a Laker and finally, what was Andrew Bynum thinking as he laid his elbow into Jose Barea's ribs ...

With the All-Star weekend all but coming and gone, the 32 teams will now shift their focus on the last stretch of the season. Of those 32 teams, there is of course, one defending champion, the Los Angeles Lakers, who despite a 38-19 record, are sitting in third place in the Western conference, with more questions than answers.

Where's the determination to win? The determination to be the best team? Is Andrew Bynum the answer? Is this really the best the Lakers have to offer after two ...