Top 10 Reasons Why the Miami Heat Won’t Win the 2013 NBA Championship [1]

The Miami Heat won last season and are the favorites this year, but there are no guarantees.

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Athlon's Essential Eleven Links of the Day [15]

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Rounding up the web's best sports links so you don't have to.

This is your daily link roundup of our favorite sports posts on the web for October 26.

• Randy Rosetta has the LSU reaction to four former players — including Tyrann Mathieu — being arrested on marijuana possession charges [21].

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50 Funny Fantasy Basketball Team Names [22]

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The NBA is fantastic, and your fantasy team should be as well.

The NBA season is upon us (yes, a full one this year), and it’s time to name your 2012-13 fantasy basketball team. It’s difficult to win a championship in your league each season, but you can have the best team name every year. Our goal was to stay above board for the most part, so we’ll leave the Chris Kaman-inspired names to you. Here’s our list, in no particular order of swag.

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Athlon's Essential Eleven Links of the Day [26]

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Rounding up the web's best sports links so you don't have to.

This is your daily link roundup of our favorite sports posts on the web for October 19.

• John Harper of the New York Daily News looks at the Yankees meltdown in the ALCS [27]. Did getting booed really affect the team?

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Athlon's Essential Eleven Links of the Day [28]

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NFL [18]
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Rounding up the web's best sports links so you don't have to.

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25 Ridiculous Old-School Print Ads Featuring Athletes [29]

Submitted by Patrick Snow on Fri, 2012-10-12 09:00

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Smoke'm if you Got'em

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The secret to athletic greatness 60-plus years ago? Smoking. Lots and lots of smoking.
Dan Marino

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We can't even imagine how much Phil Collins' music [33] was blasting on the set of this shoot.
Chris Evert

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Check out the shades, the colorful jacket, the giant red tennis racket and moon-sized tennis ball around the 18-time Grand Slam singles champion. Apparently cocaine was rampant among ad execs in the '80s.
New York Yankees

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We're pretty sure Mickey's YooHoo bottle wasn't filled with YooHoo.
Joe Montana

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Hmmm... not so sure that tagline would work today.
Jim Palmer

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We apologize; really should have had a warning before this one. But yes, the Orioles Hall of Fame pitcher did help popularize the banana hammock.
Gary Fencik

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Nothing says bad-ass football player like shoulder pads, eye black and perfectly coiffed hair thickened by elegant mousse.
Mean Joe Greene

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Note how much the tailor is sweating. Apparently he got a good peek at Mean Joe's package.
Brian Bosworth

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The Boz was a favorite target for fans’ animosity, but we all appreciated him in the cinematic achievement that was Stone Cold. He was better-equipped to fight in that movie than against Bo Jackson.
Bo Jackson

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Speaking of Bo, these Nike campaigns were huge. No jokes here; the guy was just an amazing athlete until the injuries started. He won a Heisman and played in the all-star game of both MLB and the NFL. And he did it all shirtless.
Rickey Henderson

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The all-time steals leader is a tough act to follow on the diamond and with money quotes off the field. Former teammate Steve Finley to Rickey on a team flight: “You have tenure, sit wherever you want.” Henderson to Finley: “Ten years? Rickey’s been playing at least 16, 17 years.”
Jack Nicklaus

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Behold, the Golden Bear is rocking some white short-shorts. Can’t criticize the 18-time Major winner though; just going to blame the '70s.
Danny White

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Speaking of old-school shorts that make you feel uncomfortable, everybody remembers a former football coach sporting these bad boys. At least the former Cowboys quarterback doesn’t have a mesh hat and gut like your high school coach.
Ted Turner

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The former Braves owner and CNN founder is dubbed “Captain Outrageous” in this ad. Of course, he did once name himself manager for a day (a loss) before it was deemed to be in violation of MLB rules. Can you imagine Turner in a baseball uniform?
John Madden

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Boom! Gotta love the former coach and broadcaster helping you out with car care. No doubt Brett Favre would have sponsored this as well if he had not been at Southern Miss at the time.
Dave Winfield

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Is anything more '80s than those Maverick-from-Top Gun pair of Ray-Bans? You know it’s been a few years when a player (called "Mr. May" by New York owner George Steinbrenner) had to leave the Yankees to win a World Series.
Walt Garrison

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Talk about an old-school ad. The former Oklahoma State and Dallas Cowboys running back was truly a cowboy, moonlighting in the offseason on the professional rodeo circuit.
Bird/Magic

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These old-school Converse shoes were classic in the 1980s, and Larry Bird and Magic Johnson were perfect pitchmen. Note just how ripped they both look.
Bruce Jenner

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Yes kids, that old dude on the Kardashians was a big deal. Ironically, he's hocking cameras.
Smoking, Part Deux

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Camels were apparently it for the top players back in the day. So rich, so mild!
Walt Frazier

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Nothing says great dental hygiene like a pickup game in the park.
John McEnroe

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You can almost hear the tennis great yelling at the photographer.
Reggie Jackson

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Mr. October definitely stirred the drink in New York. How about the old-school electronics?
John Newcombe

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The seven-time Grand Slam singles champion should be selling mustaches, not cameras.
Bob Feller

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Sweet bike, Bob. Do they make those for men?
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• Bob Condotta of The Seattle Times has the story on Washington’s upset of No. 8 Stanford last night [45] at CenturyLink Field.

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30 All-Time Greatest Athletes in Movies [46]

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These are 30 athletes who also starred in movies, including Jim Brown (with Raquel Welch).

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Smoke'm if you Got'em

Dan Marino

Chris Evert

New York Yankees

Joe Montana

Jim Palmer

Gary Fencik

Mean Joe Greene

Brian Bosworth

Bo Jackson

Rickey Henderson

Jack Nicklaus

Danny White

Ted Turner

John Madden

Dave Winfield

Walt Garrison

Bird/Magic

Bruce Jenner

Smoking, Part Deux

Walt Frazier

John McEnroe

Reggie Jackson

John Newcombe

Bob Feller

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Boise State Cheerleaders [39]

LSU Tigers Cheerleaders [40]

Florida Gators Cheerleaders [41]

Michigan Wolverines Cheerleaders [42]

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