The NBA playoffs are officially in swing and North by Northwestern is here with predictions. Our writers are facing off in a playoff blog series.
FIRST ROUND
EAST
1 – Cleveland
8 – Detroit
Josh Sim: As if State getting whupped only a few weeks ago wasn’t bad enough, expect a bloodbath to the same degree in [...]

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Jason Plautz
“11 innings, no problem”

So how good was Saturday for sports? First, Northwestern takes Minnesota into double-overtime (and wins), then the Indians take the Red Sox into overtime (and win). Tacking on Friday’s extra-inning affair in Arizona, it’s been a long weekend in my sports world. The weekend’s two extra-inning games ended in very different [...]

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Jason Plautz
“Cleveland Rocks”

Jason’s picks
After a baseball season so good, the Padres and Rockies felt they had to extend it another game and then some, we’re looking at what’s shaping up to be one of the best postseasons in recent memory. This year saw the sport’s greatest record broken, an unthinkable number of teams in contention [...]