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Archive for September, 2011
Friday, September 16th, 2011
Forget Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Dirk Nowitzki, Derrick Rose or any of the other stars of the NBA. The most important person right now when it comes to the league is Billy Hunter. Hunter is the Executive Director of the NBA Players Association. That means he is the man responsible ...
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Friday, September 16th, 2011
As training camps in the NBA are supposed to open up in less than three weeks, the league remains in a lockout. While the two sides were hopeful they would get closer to a deal when they met this week, no progress was made between the two sides, frustration became ...
Posted in NBA, San Antonio Spurs | 1 Comment »
Friday, September 16th, 2011
The Steelers were embarrassed in a 35-7 loss to their hated AFC North rival, the Baltimore Ravens, last week. Before Mike Tomlin and the veteran Steelers squad could put the game behind them and start focusing on Week 2, former NFL Pro Bowler and current NFL Network Analyst, Warren Sapp, ...
Posted in NFL, Pittsburgh Steelers | 7 Comments »
Friday, September 16th, 2011
The Tennessee Volunteers have quietly been forcing folks to take notice in the early stages of the new college football season, thanks in large part to the big numbers posted by quarterback Tyler Bray. The sophomore from California is now 6-1 in his seven career starts, and has the Vols ...
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Friday, September 16th, 2011
The last thing a team needs when it is trying to wrap up a playoff spot and a division title is a bunch of distractions. For some reason, a couple of Milwaukee Brewers players decided to go that route this week. First baseman Prince Fielder thought it was the right ...
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Friday, September 16th, 2011
There is no one more explosive on sports talk radio than Charles Barkley. Sir Charles lived up to that reputation in the following interview with ESPN Radio Chicago.
No matter how you may look at the recent rumors about Glen Rice and Sarah Palin that have been a fixture of the ...
Posted in NBA | 10 Comments »
Thursday, September 15th, 2011
Shaquille O’Neal was one of the most dominant centers to ever play the game of basketball, but decided to retire this past season after a brilliant NBA career. It didn’t take him long to find a new job. TNT jumped at the opportunity to bring the Big Aristotle on their ...
Posted in Media, NBA | 6 Comments »
Thursday, September 15th, 2011
Steve Nash is going to be fascinating to keep an eye on once he decides to call it a career in the NBA. The one caveat though is he may not be done playing anytime soon. Well, that's a bit of a stretch, but from the sound of it, Nash ...
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Thursday, September 15th, 2011
Here's a question that I've heard asked numerous times by both sports talk show hosts and the average Joe sports fan and movie goer. And it's one that I, too, have found myself asking: How in the world did someone turn the book Michael Lewis' book Moneyball into a Hollywood ...
Posted in MLB, Media, Sports Business, celebrity | 1 Comment »
Thursday, September 15th, 2011
Sunday and Monday may not have been chock full of exciting action across the National Football League, but the 2011 season sure did start with a bang last Thursday night when the defending champion Green Bay Packers narrowly edged the New Orleans Saints, 42-34, at Lambeau Field. Aaron Rodgers and ...
Posted in NFL, New Orleans Saints | 2 Comments »
