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Blazers Decide to Skip Exhibition Game in Seattle

July 30, 2009

You can go back to sucking your thumb in the fetal position, Sonics fans. It was all just a bad dream.
The Blazers announced that the October 14th exhibition game against the Suns at Key Arena – the NBA’s first scheduled return to Seattle – has been scrapped and moved to Portland.
The game, which Vulcan/Blazers CEO [...]

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The Ultimate Sports Moment: Buzzer-Beating Jumper or Stanley Cup OT Goal?

June 12, 2009

The Pittsburgh Penguins and Detroit Red Wings square off tonight in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals.  Why should sports fans outside of the blossoming metropoli of Pittsburgh and Detroit care?  Because the matchup sets up the pro sports landscape for the potential of one of the rarest of sports moments… a sudden-death championship win.
Are [...]

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Sticky Sticky Dozier

June 5, 2009

Memphis hoopster and heralded recruit Robert Dozier notched a 670 on the math portion of his SAT in 2003, which put him in the nation’s 89th percentile.  Nothing to see here, right?  Not so fast.  Ironically, subtraction — in this case, the difference between his first SAT score and second SAT score — may actually [...]

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Best Postseason Ever? How Amazing Happens in 6 Steps: The NBA Business Perspective

May 24, 2009

You’ve heard plenty about it… the debate rages on whether this NBA postseason is the best ever. Well, there’s no cut-and-dried set of criteria to determine this. So, when it comes to figuring how successful a season is, I am inclined to fall back to the factors that best facilitate the growth of the [...]

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Thursday’s At-Work Guide: Conference Tourney Games to Care About

March 11, 2009

If you feel overwhelmed by all of the “live box score” links on your respective sports webpage, you’re not alone.
Fear not the flashy gifs.  Basketball.org is here for you… kinda like Mom when you sucked at soccer.
Here are four games on Thursday that have instant Field of 64 implications.

Virginia Tech vs. Miami – ACC [...]

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Systems Check: Checking in on “the System” at Grinnell

February 21, 2009

Remember Grinnell College?  In 2004-2005, through SI and ESPN the Magazine, we learned of the small Division III school with the men’s basketball team that makes Mike D’Antoni’s offense look like a glacier and stirs fond LMU-in-1990-the-scoreboard-is-on-fire memories.
The rules of sports (Dee Brown corrolary) require us to check in on Grinnell before they potentially fade [...]

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Vanderbuilt a Goofy Arena

February 17, 2009

Vandy knocks off Jodie Meeks and the Kentucky Wildcats in a interstate SEC showdown.  How do you know the toothbrush was invented in Kentucky?  If it was invented anywhere else it’d be called a teethbrush.
Is there a bigger eye-gouge than watching a Vanderbilt home basketball game at Memorial Gymnasium on TV?
Jonathan Xavier couldn’t walk onto [...]

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Pookie Goes to Hollywood

October 31, 2008

Eric Snow enjoyed a good run as a starting/backup PG-hybrid for Seattle, Philly and Cleveland over 13 seasons.
Snow, affectionately known as “Pookie,” is signed on to be an analyst for NBA TV this season.  This is on top of being retired/injured/on the Cavs roster toting a salary that may or may not be paid by [...]

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NBA JAM: An Ode to the Game that Coined “Altitude with an Attitude”

October 29, 2008

ESPN The Magazine has a great throwback Q&A with Mark Turmell.  Who?  Oh, he’s just the guy that created the most groundbreaking arcade game in history… NBA JAM.
Yes, I use the word “throwback” because it makes me think back to the 300-plus lunch periods I spent at the 7-11 across the street from my middle [...]

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Two-Zero? Two-Ply!

October 28, 2008

Midnight Madness? Krzyzewskiville? The Palestra?
Arkansas’ John Brown University wipes its tailpipe with your concept of hoops history and folklore.  That’s because the small, Christian school in Siloam Springs, Arkansas has one of the most awesomest traditions in college basketball.
After the first made bucket in Golden Eagles first home game of the season, the fans all [...]

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