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Archive for June, 2009
Thursday, June 18th, 2009
It's the end of an era in Minnesota. Kevin McHale had been the head of the organization for 15 years and saw it rise to its highest point of a Western Conference Finals in 20044, but since, it's been pretty ugly. It just felt the right time for a new ...
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Thursday, June 18th, 2009
Raheem Morris has a long road to hoe with the Tampa Bay Bucs -- the team stripped down their personnel for a seeming rebuilding effort, long removed from the days of Super Bowl championships and Jon Gruden's sneer actually being impressive (although I might argue that one T. Dungy has ...
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Thursday, June 18th, 2009
You can hang Christopher Lyons picture next to Johnny Cochran's in the lawyer's Hall of Fame. Lyons is representing Donte Stallworth in his DUI manslaughter case and somehow got the judge to sign off on a sentence of one month in jail, followed by two years of house arrest.
If you're ...
Posted in Cleveland Browns, NFL | No Comments »
Thursday, June 18th, 2009
The Lakers' championship run was intelligent to me because management didn't do anything drastic to change the team this season. After last year's drubbing by the Celtics in the Finals, it wouldn't have been frowned upon if they made a significant move, but they sat back and said, 'These guys ...
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Wednesday, June 17th, 2009
Any casual basketball fan realizes the Phoenix Suns have dropped off since there glory days of a couple years back, and it's refreshing to hear that their GM thinks the same. Steve Kerr could have easily used the excuse that Amar'e Stoudemire was injured this season, and so, no changes ...
Posted in NBA, Phoenix Suns | 3 Comments »
Wednesday, June 17th, 2009
One of the finer speaking players in the NBA, Ray Allen is easy on the ears. A lot of players spit the cliches and quite frankly, a lot of their interviews are a waste of time. Allen bucks this trend as he's able to speak about issues outside of jump ...
Posted in Boston Celtics, NBA | No Comments »
Wednesday, June 17th, 2009
After two injury plagued seasons where he only played 51 games in each, the whispers started to become louder that Dwyane Wade's style of play wasn't conducive to a long and prosperous NBA career. After arguably being the MVP of the Redeem Team last summer, Wade put together his best ...
Posted in Chicago Bulls, Miami Heat, NBA | 24 Comments »
Wednesday, June 17th, 2009
Put a notch in Ty Lawson's belt. Scouts look at players from year-to-year to determine whether or not a player has improved. Below, Lawson details why scouts should be smiling while analyzing his game. He's a kid who likes to work and prove people wrong. Since going through this whole ...
Posted in College Basketball, NBA | No Comments »
Wednesday, June 17th, 2009
Bill Laimbeer has had tremendous success at the WNBA level, leading the Detroit Shock to three titles in his time as head coach. However, he abruptly announced his retirement from the sport (or at least the women's side of it) recently.
And he talked about his retirement on WDFN, discussing whether or ...
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Wednesday, June 17th, 2009
Plaxico Burress is easily the best free agent still available. Problem for him is most teams feel that NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell is going to hand Plaxico a lengthy suspension for carrying an unregistered hand gun which accidentally went off, wounding Plaxico in the leg, last November.
Recently a judge has suspended ...
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