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USA vs. Greece Live Blog

August 14, 2008

The toughest challenge of the Olympic tournament thus far for the United States is this morning against Greece. It is a little disappointing to see how flat the team has come out in what should be an emotional game against the team that beat us in the world championship in 2006.Not a lot of fire [...]

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USA defeats Angola

August 12, 2008

The U.S. Men’s Olympic team defeated the mighty Angolans today 97-76. Though the game was a blow-out, it doesn’t compare to the thrashing the “real” Dream Team put on Angola back in 1992 when they won 116-48. Either way, the game was a yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawn! Here is the boxscore for you stat fanatics. In more fun fact news, [...]

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Allen the “Kobe-Stopper”

June 9, 2008

So far in the first two games of the Finals, Kobe Bryant has played sub-par.  He has shot a dismal 40.8% from the field, has made 1 out of 6 three-pointers, and he has an assist to turnover ratio of 1.75.  The MVP has been less than stellar and headlines the reasons why the Lakers are in [...]

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Smart plays, dumb plays

June 2, 2008

Waiting for the non-existent NBA playoff games to come on this weekend, got me thinking about game five of the Lakers and Spurs series.  Specifically, I was remembering the poor plays, by both teams, in the  final minute of play.  First of all, Kobe Bryant took a contested quick shot when the Lakers should have [...]

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