olympics

U.S. sticks to gameplan crushes Germany

August 18, 2008

The United States continued its destruction of the Olympic games by destroying Zie Germans 106-57. Oddly enough, the game might not have been as close as the score indictates. The US man-handled Nowitizki and company from the start and they didn’t have a shot. I must say that I have been very pleased in how [...]

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NBA vs. FIBA Rules

August 7, 2008

The Olympic basketball competition kicks off this Saturday. Here is a rundown of some of the major rule differences between U.S. Basketball (NBA) and international competition (FIBA). The Key: In the US, the key is 16′ wide and a rectangle while at the Olympics you will see a trapezoid, which is 12′ wide at the free [...]

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When Check Your Local Listings Doesn’t Cut It

August 7, 2008

If you have DirecTV or Comcast Digital Cable, you’ve undoubtedly thought “why the hell do I have 900 channels?” The answer. College football. Wait, I mean the Olympics. Finally, an event that can utilize the litany of other channels we receive when all we want to watch is Entourage. As I was flipping to the [...]

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Bones Interviews Lebron James

July 31, 2008

Through the Princeton Hoops grapevine (Eben Harrel of Time -> Jon Berger -> Me) I came across a Time article on former Princeton Basketball player, Sean Gregory, aka “Bones”, and his Time.com video interview of Lebron James. The interview highlights Lebron’s approach to the Beijing Olympics and his maturity this time around.  The mentality definitely [...]

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To Wear The Flag? That is Z Question…

July 8, 2008

The key to any piece of writing is to find the oddest combination of letters you could possibly type, and then write about that. That way, if you’re trying to make a point about Zydrunas Ilgauskas, it takes about nineteen times as long, even if it’s worth 105 points on a triple word score. The [...]

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USA Olympians Green Room

June 29, 2008

With the USA Olympics team announced this week and the NBA Draft complete, I figured it was time to combine the two and have a look at the day some of these Olympians were drafted.  What better way is there than to have a look at how they looked?  They will be representing the USA in [...]

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