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Derek Tang 307 posts 0 comments

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!

Soccer

Copa América Centenario: What to Watch For

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Embed from Getty Images In the shadow of the FIFA corruption scandal(s) of 2015, a cloud was cast over preparations for the Copa América Centenario. Nevertheless, the tournament, announced in 2012 to commemorate CONMEBOL's centenary, is going ahead as scheduled across the United States. Ten cities will be used as venues for the games as…
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Editorial

Tipping the Masters: Fowler’s Time?

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Rickie Fowler, arguably the current holder of golf's dubious title of "Best Player Yet To Win A Major," enters the 2016 edition of The Masters on the heels of a successful start to the year after his win at the Abu Dhabi Golf Championship in February. Embed from Getty Images Wearing his trademark orange, Fowler remained calm in spite of the…
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Editorial

BREAKING: Manning to Officially Announce Retirement

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http://gty.im/508991802 EDITOR'S NOTE: This is a breaking story, and will be updated accordingly. In what should come as no big surprise to most NFL observers, Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning has decided to retire, and will make a formal announcement on Monday. This is according to Denver Post sports columnist and regular ESPN analyst…
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NFL

Was Cam Newton’s Walking Out Justified?

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http://gty.im/508991994 Outside of the city of Denver, which is rightfully celebrating a well-deserved Super Bowl win for their Denver Broncos, it seems that almost everyone is talking about Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton's walking out of his postgame press conference as much or even MORE than the dominant performance that won the…
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