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“Heart Transplant”

May 11, 2009

Saturday, I was hurrying home to watch Game Three of the Atlanta- Cleveland series. I was listening to the pre-game on ESPN, when Jim Durham asked Dr. Jack Ramsey what he thought Atlanta needed to do. Dr. Jack said, “first of all, they need a heart transplant“. He went on to say that they had [...]

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Google vs. NBA Fan Voting

January 28, 2009

Last week, the NBA All-Star voting concluded with the fans picking their favorites to start in the annual classic, which is being held on February 15th in Phoenix. As common practice by the fans, the voting is much more about a popularity contest versus which player actually deserves to start in the game. In past [...]

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Yao Wants T-Mac Out?

January 14, 2009

According to David Aldridge at NBA.com, the Rockets may be getting tired of McGrady and want to ship him out of town. Apparently, their other star, Yao Ming, feels the same way. “They don’t speak,” an extremely plugged-in person tells me. “And Yao wants him out.” Unfortunately for the Rockets and Yao, moving McGrady is [...]

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NBA Season Starts Tonight: Here is a Rundown of the Offseason Transactions

October 28, 2008

With the regular season ready to start I thought it might be helpful to do a quick recap of things you may have forgotten happened during the long summer break. Free Agency: Baron Davis, seeking to be teamed with close friend Elton Brand left the Warriors and moved south to join the LA Clippers. Close [...]

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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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NBA dominates search in China

May 22, 2008

I have spent countless hours working with online tools to help identify and value the top keywords in other languages including Chinese. Everytime I am going through the Chinese search and translator tools for my other job, I notice the immense popularity of Basketball in China. Below are some screenshots of how popular the search term “NBA” is. [Click on [...]