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Put an avid sports fan(atic) together with social networking, and you have someone like me who is prone to live-tweeting pretty much any event he's watching!

Somewhere inside of me is a sports analyst waiting to break out, and TheAOSN.com is the perfect setting for me.

The English Premiership, the NFL, and all things Duke University are my particular areas of sports expertise, but I'm just as willing to have discussions about badminton, extreme sports, the Olympics.......and just about anything else that covers sports culture. Basically, if it's sports talk, I'm in!

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Rio Ferdinand’s wife dies of cancer

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Rio Ferdinand's wife dies of cancer The soccer world was rocked on Friday by the news that former Manchester United and England captain Rio Ferdinand's wife had died from cancer. Rebecca Ellison was only 34, and had been battling breast cancer. Ferdinand released the following statement through the Queens Park Rangers website: My soul mate…
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Mayweather v Pacquiao: TheAOSN Staff Picks

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Mayweather v Pacquiao: TheAOSN Staff Picks http://gty.im/465916256 "Mayweather v Pacquiao!" This is it, boxing fans. The fight that boxing enthusiasts have been waiting to see for the better part of the last decade will finally happen on Saturday, May 2nd, as Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather answer the bell at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.…
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NFL 2015 Schedule Released

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NFL 2015 Schedule The NFL released the 2015 schedule on Tuesday night, confirming the 256 matchups for the upcoming regular season. On Thursday, September 10th, the Pittsburgh Steelers will travel to the defending Super Bowl champion New England Patriots to open week 1 in Foxborough. Both teams have represented the AFC in 9 of the last 14…
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Editorial

What Has Britt McHenry Taught Us?

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What Has Britt McHenry Taught Us? One of the first rules of journalism is that in order for a reporter to be truly effective, they should never become the story. Issues arising from questionable conduct, controversial opinions, and other such matters are difficult for anyone to shake, let along for a person whose job it is to relate to people in…
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