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Welcome to the first ever Bad Beat Breakdown. I will try to make this a weekly blog where I take a look at the worst beats throughout the week. Let's see all the possible ways you could have lost (or won) money in the worst possible way imaginable. 5. Purdue @ Penn State Under 139 End of game free throws are THE WORST. Why foul if you are down 10 points with only 20 seconds to go? Beats me, but the Nittany Lions thought it was a good idea Saturday afternoon. HEY FUCKOS, YOU CAN'T WIN! Because of that critical play, Carsen Edwards makes both of his free throws, making the score 76-64, with a total of 140. Devastating. Then Penn State gives up after they miss a 3 on the other end. Under 139 bettors, I would like to apologize on behalf of all of Happy Valley. 4. Cavaliers +7.5 @ Nets This one sucked if you bet on the Cavs. They went into THREE OVERTIMES. All Cleveland had to do was not tie and easily cover the 7.5 in regulation, the 1st OT, or the 2nd OT. BUT NO! They ...

I thought this argument was over. We were so close to ending this completely moronic discussion, so I'm here to put the nail in the coffin. Kobe Bryant has never been, is not, and never will be better than Lebron. Please stop fooling yourself to believe anything different. To understand this argument, one must understand the men we are talking about. This being said, lets start at childhood. Kobe was born into a wealthy family because his dad was a professional basketball player both in the NBA and overseas. Lebron was born to a single mother in Akron. Who's come-up story is more inspiring to the young NBA fan looking for a role model?  Both Kobe and Lebron were drafted out of high school. Lebron obviously went #1 to the Cavs, a terrible organization with awful ownership, coaching and teammates surrounding him. Kobe was drafted to the Hornets with the 13th pick and immediately traded him to a top 2 NBA franchise.  How did each player play their rookie year?...

Have you been to a big arena recently? Paper tickets have been being phased out for some time now. I’ll admit, logically and “environmentally” it makes sense.   Unfortunately some arenas are completely eliminating paper tickets. This sucks for a number of reasons.   First, what are the scalpers gonna do. If you’ve gone, or have tried to go to a game, you’ve seen them.  In some places it’s legally frowned upon, since sometimes they are trying to get higher than face value. In other cases, a shitty game? Best time to get your ticket is right in front of the stadium for $5 since you know those guys are either gonna eat that ticket or take the $5. Paper tickets gives broke and cheap people the opportunity to enjoy the game too.  Next, if you’ve used mobile tickets, have you ever tried to send them to a friend? Monster headache.  Some sites make you email them and they have to go through the whole process of accepting them. An app I use a lot called Gametime...

For a competitive group of guys, can’t believe it took this long.   By now you all must love our writer Thew.   Well, I’m sure that would be the case if we could get anything written by the guy. Unfortunately we’re inclined to believe that no-one knows who he is.  The last time you could have read something from him would be Christmas Day 2018. Where he posted a much appreciated NBA Christmas Day games blog. He went 2-2 in the picks in the blog which isn’t great but certainly isn’t bad enough to be hiding from our faithful readers for all this time.  Some of you may be surprised to hear that there is a third writer. OG LVLE fans would know we used to have 4 but let’s not get caught up in semantics. To those just joining recently, welcome, and hopefully you’ll get to see some content from Thew.   Hate to have to go at your own people but you gotta do what u can to get things done. Get writing Thew.  -Karch 

Oh how the mighty have fallen. As you all probably heard today, the Ravens have traded Joe Flacco to the Denver Broncos for a middle round draft pick. Ah yes, Denver. The Sunshine State. Gorgeous! This marks the end of an era in Baltimore after 11 seasons with Flacco under center. Actually though, how do you go from Super Bowl MVP and signing a 6-year $120 million dollar contract to being a bum that got benched for Lamar Jackson, a guy that can't throw the ball for the life of him. It is beyond my imagination. It actually is crazy how you can get so hot for a 4 week stretch and make millions of dollars and then return to being shit. Remember when they upset everyone in that 2012 postseason? That was so electric, but it all just a memory now. I will give him props though, it takes a certain level of skill to be able to flip the switch like that. Now this guy is in fucking Denver, where they don't have a coach, and John Elway is a dumbass. Speaking of John Elway, this guy...

The Blue Devils were down 59-36 with only 9:13 Tuesday night against Louisville. That's 23 fucking points. ESPN gave Louisville a 99.9% chance to win this game at one point. But what happened? Duke decided to go OFF and make perhaps one of the greatest comebacks in college basketball history by winning the game 71-69, stunning the Cardinals. At one point during this game, Duke was +1400 on the money line. If you bet that, congrats my friend, it should have made for a nice night. This epic comeback and yet another win by Coach K begs the question though, will anyone be able to beat Duke for the National Championship? Duke has been dominant all season long boasting a 22-2 record, only losing to Gonzaga and Syracuse. Right now, they are 9/5 to win the tournament, making them the heavy favorites, and honestly, I don't see how you could bet against them. These guys destroy the competition, and when they don't they always seem to come away with a win. They are lead by Zion W...

It's that time of year again folks. There is no more football on TV for me to enjoy until Labor Day, unless you plan on watching the AAF, which I might actually do. What will you be watching in place of football this offseason? NBA and NCAA basketball are two fantastic choices, along with some PGA Tour and NASCAR action every weekend. Who knows, you might get into NCAA Lacrosse for the first time in your life in the coming weeks. However you get your fix in, the National Hockey League deserves your full attention this season, and for good reason. Let me do you all a favor and get you up to speed on what has been happening in NHL. Tampa Bay is the Best Team in the NHL The Lightning are murdering the competition right now. They have amassed a total of 82 points with a record of 39-11-4. If that is not domination, I don't know what is. They have a 13 point lead over the Maple Leafs, who just so happen to have the second best record in the Eastern Conference, and an 9 point ...