Published: August 31, 2007
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You know how print journalism is often compared to a dinosaur taking it’s last gasp? Don’t believe the hype.
I subscribe to Sports Illustrated partially out of habit and because every couple of weeks they drop an article that leaves me speechless. Tonight I was kicking around my place killing time before Canada battles Puerto Rico [...]
Published: August 27, 2007
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Friday afternoon I had the chance to chat with Jason from BallHype.com about his site. We chatted about how Lowpost morphed into Ballhype, why he quit his job to make Ballhype his full-time job, he gives the scoop on some of the promos and contests Ballhype will be running in the upcoming months, he talked [...]
Published: August 24, 2007
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Obviously, a lot of actors and singers happen to have the same names as some NBA players. But did you know these celebrities share more than that? Join me on this Moulin Rouge-esque journey…
Sammy Davis, Jr. & Ricky Davis
Versatile and entertaining. Sammy starred in “Mr. Wonderful“; Ricky apparently thinks he is Mr. Wonderful.
George Jefferson & [...]
Published: August 23, 2007
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It’s that time again folks, the one time of year I like to call the “twilight zone”, that late-summer/early-fall part when you have nearly every sport imaginable on TV. You have your baseball (way to go Orioles!), NFL Preseason and finally, some basketball…with an international flair.
Finally, things have come around full circle for the Dream [...]
Published: August 23, 2007
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Exactly 20 years ago in Indianapolis the Brazilian National team beat the USA squad by the score of 120 to 115 in the finals of the Pan American Games. As normal as this might sound today, the fact that an American squad was beaten by a foreign team in 1987 was by no means an [...]
Published: August 23, 2007
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Today I’m continuing my “Sketchy Recruiting Techniques” by including a snippet from the speech that Rick Barnes gave while trying to recruit Tchaka Shipp to play for Providence.
Frey documented Barnes’ “sales pitch” as being the following:
Rick Barnes does not have a monogrammed briefcase like the other college coaches. He does, however, have a deck of [...]
Published: August 22, 2007
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I have been going to the supermarket three times a week these past two months. By going to the supermarket more often you tend not to spend as much money and time in a place that can get pretty sickening after 20 minutes. You get sick of the promoters dressed up in weird color combinations [...]
Published: August 15, 2007
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Have you ever seen a Chevy Trailblazer or Cavalier go by and wonder, “Are there more of those cars registered to Portland and Cleveland residents than elsewhere?” I do. (OT – It would be great to see statistics on this.) Then I realize there are other cars that remind me of basketball.
How do some of [...]
Published: August 13, 2007
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When I received a copy of “Open Your Heart With Basketball” in the mail to review I shuddered when I saw a basketball with a heart around it on the cover. Who wants to read a book about basketball with a huge heart on the cover? Not this kid. My immediate reaction was dismay that [...]
Published: August 3, 2007
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Paul Pierce. Ray Allen. Kevin Garnett. That’s a pretty fearsome threesome … back in 2003-04. Ray-Ray and KG’s Player Efficiency Ratings were at their highest at around that time, while PP’s second highest PER was in 2003. No doubt their stellar performances led to their appearance in Atari’s Backyard Basketball 2004 (I got my copy [...]