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'Net reaction: Abe Pollin, 1923-2009
4 days ago by
Ball Don't Lie
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Washington Sports & Entertainment Chairman Abe Pollin passed away Tuesday at the age of 85. Pollin, who owned the Wizards, purchased the team in 1964. Here's what they're saying out in the ether about the great Washingtonian.Dan Steinberg, D.C. Sports Bog: "Gilbert...
This Week In Schadenfreude: Nov. 23
6 days ago by
The Sporting Blog
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Les Miles won a national championship two years ago, but in
LSU's loss to Ole Miss, he let 17 seconds run off the
clock before a fourth and forever play, converted that fourth and
forever play with one second left, directed his quarterback to spike the ball, saw the
game end on...
Sacramento outraged after learning ex-King Chris Webber called it "a cowtown" in ESPN interview. Wait, time-out, Chris can explain everythi-- uh oh
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Chris Webber and Kevin McHale Talk Don Nelson and Golden State Warriors on NBA TV
10 days ago by
Golden State of Mind
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This past Tuesday's matchup between the Golden State Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers was selected by hoops fans worldwide to be televised on NBA TV for Fan Night. I never knew so many hoops junkies were so hyped about watching new Warrior Valdimir Radmanovic...
Webber uses the "cowtown" word
Long-time Kings fans remember Phil Jackson's description of Sacramento - an "old cow town."
That word was uttered again this week when former Kings forward Chris Webber was interviewed by Colin Cowherd on his nationally syndicated ESPN Radio morning show.
"If anybody...
The Roundup: Jon Gruden, Bobby Bowden’s Chatty Wife, and Chris Webber’s Restaurant
10 days ago by
The Big Lead
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Cheryl Tweedy, our favorite WAG, in honor of Thierry Honor’s Hand of God goal … sad and disturbing incident outside of Pittsburgh … and here’s an even worse story in Detroit … Arkansas police use taser on 10-year-old at request of her mom … disagree...
Webber's Center Court restaurant closes abruptly
Ex-Sacramento Kings star Chris Webber, right, helps Jason Shinstock mix drinks at the 2006 opening of the Center Court restaurant.
I Injured Myself Just Writing About the NBA
17 days ago by
Motown Sports Revival
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Injuries have always been an issue in the NBA. Athletic freaks like Bernard King, Penny Hardaway, and Chris Webber had prime seasons stolen by catastrophic knee injuries. Nobody can match Bill Walton’s injury woes as virtually his entire career sans two incredible seasons was robbed...
Rating the NBA's No. 1 Overall Picks in the 1990s
25 days ago by
Sportz Assassin
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The NBA Draft in the 1990s was a time of change. In the 80s, we saw people leaving college after their junior years. In the 1990s, players were starting to leave after their sophomore years. Then, in 1995, Kevin Garnett pushed the envelope into the first high school player in two decades...
Paul Bearer
Contrary to what Chris Webber said last night, the Celtics are not going to win the 2010 NBA championship because they picked up Rasheed Wallace. While ‘Sheed will definitely play a role, Boston isn’t winning jack (or Larry) unless Paul Pierce performs up to Paul Pierce...
‘The Glove’ Has Come Off
October 24, 2009 by
SLAM Online
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by Bryan Crawford
When I first got the news that Gary Payton would no longer be appearing on NBA TV’s very popular, regular season show on Tuesday, Fan Night, I was highly upset. Especially considering that earlier in the day I’d just watched and then deleted some saved episodes...
Kevin McHale joins NBA TV; replaces Gary Payton's collar
October 21, 2009 by
Ball Don't Lie
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Big news via Sports Media Watch today: Former Minnesota Timberwolves vice president Kevin McHale has found a new job, joining Ernie Johnson and Chris Webber(notes) on NBA TV's Tuesday "Fan Night" telecasts, replacing my friend, and yours, Gary Payton(notes).I'm not...
1993 NBA Draft Remix
October 09, 2009 by
SLAM Online
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by Jeff Fox
Did the whole 1993 NBA draft class appear on a Sports Illustrated or Madden video game cover? If that isn’t the case, maybe it was a witch doctor, or a black cat or a broken mirror or something, because any way you look at it, the 1993 NBA draft class is cursed....
Q&A: NBA Replacement Referees
October 02, 2009 by
Biz of Basketball
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It’s a classic tale, really. Enemies become friends. Protagonists find the grass isn’t really greener on the other side. In the case of the NBA referee lockout, protagonists who are the stars of the league are about to have some first-hand experience with lessons from Aesop’s...
Waiting For Tyreke Evans's MRI Result, Contemplating Kings Fatalism
September 30, 2009 by
SacTown Royalty
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While we wait to hear the results of Tyreke Evans's MRI -- he strained his knee ligament during yesterday's morning practice, sat out the evening scrimmage and sat out today's morning practice -- it's worth noting how panicky knees get us. You don't need the...
The top 10 power forwards of the last decade
September 30, 2009 by
Ball Don't Lie
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OK, we know the first decade of the 21st century doesn't
really end until 2011. We think. But we also know there have been 10 full NBA
seasons played since the phrase "Y2K" was on all of our lips
(1999-2000), and here at Ball Don't Lie we've decided to use this...
Around the Association: 2009-2010 Washington Wizards-Guess Who's Bizzack?
September 29, 2009 by
Golden State of Mind
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The Washington Wizards aka Washington Bullets aka Washington Warriors are last, but not least!
Hibachi is Bizzack!
via www.bballcity.com
Jump from GSW to the nation's capitol like Chris Webber, Tim Legler, Larry Hughes, Gilbert Arenas, and Antawn Jamison!
AB1&...
NYTimes.com: Beck: Replacement Refs? A Look Back at 1995
Howard Beck remembers the last time the NBA locked out the refs: “They need five of these guys to equal one of the regular refs,” Charles Oakley, the former Knicks bruiser, complained in 1995. He described the replacements in one word: “Terrible.”On the night the regular referees...
The Pac Div of Hip-Hop
September 18, 2009 by
SLAM Online
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by Omar Mazariego
Back in the early 90’s the god Grand Puba had a record called “360 Degrees” that was so off the hook and murda, if you looked in the mirror and said “Candyman” 5 times this record would start playing (I just went over the heads of a bunch of teenagers and...
30Q: Will the Kings Land a Jersey Sponsor?
September 16, 2009 by
SacTown Royalty
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30Q asks the important questions about the Kings all through September.The NBA is now allowing teams to sell ad space on their practice jerseys. The Nets and Suns have found sponsors -- the Suns pulled "mid six figures" for a sponsorship of their practice jerseys and...
On David Robinson
September 10, 2009 by
Ball Don't Lie
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It would seem to smack in the face of someone's well-earned,
championship, Hall of Fame legacy to try and attempt a career-defining column
on the subject that deals almost entirely with how the Hall of Famer in
question was unlucky to miss out on the prevailing sense of martyrdom...
Revisiting the Webber Trade: Wise Move or Colossal Screw-Up?
September 10, 2009 by
SacTown Royalty
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(From the FanPosts, an excellent post mortem on the Chris Webber trade. - TZ)
There has been much discussion lately about the relative merits/demerits of the second Chris Webber trade. I am of course referring to the February 2005 deadline deal where the Kings sent Chris Webber...
raw point and rebound numbers looked good, but anything more than a superficial look at...
September 09, 2009 by
SacTown Royalty
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[Webber's] raw point and rebound numbers looked good, but anything more than a superficial look at his advanced numbers revealed a player who was shooting too much for his team's own good, and those numbers hardly did justice to a player who was by then one of the worst...
The top 10 most significant injuries of the last decade
September 09, 2009 by
Ball Don't Lie
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OK, we know the first decade of the 21st century doesn't
really end until 2011. We think. But we also know there have been 10 full NBA
seasons played since the phrase "Y2K" was on all of our lips
(1999-2000), and here at Ball Don't Lie we've decided to use this...
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