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Pondering The Next Place Byron Scott Will Wear Out His Welcome
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A full season and change removed from a 56 win campaign, the New Orleans Hornets had “begun to moonwalk” under recently deposed head coach Byron Scott, argues the Times-Picayune’s John DeShazier. The New...
Berger : Nelson’s A Goner
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“If (Knicks PG) Chris Duhon continues to play the way he did and has been playing,” grumbles Knicks Blog’s Chris Alvino after last night’s 121-107 loss to Golden State, “this might be a 20 win team this year.” 20 seems optimistic , as the...
Marchman Gets (Amusingly) Huffy Over HuffPo Sports Section
14 days ago by
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I should mention, up front, that I don’t get The Huffington Post. That is, I don’t see its appeal as a reading experience and I’m baffled by its apparent popularity and profitability. It’s not that I don’t think there should be a place on the internet...
Finally, I’ve Found Suitable Companions For My Brian Bannister Bobblehead
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I’m in Las Vegas on one my annual (ahem) fact-finding missions this week, and though I’ve yet to secure a ticket for tomorrow night’s welterweight title bout between Manny Pacquiao and Miguel Cotto, I can happily report bobbleheads of the two combatants are available...
The New York Yankees: Hated, But Still More Popular Than Health Care
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Missed this until now: last week New York Congressman Jose Serrano led the way with one of those time-wasting boilerplate Congratulations! resolutions for the Yankees.
H.RES 893 passed, but not everybody played along. From the Cincinnati Enquirer:
As a life-long Cincinnati Reds fan...
Baseball’s Most Famous Acid Trip, Masterfully Retold
15 days ago by
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“Of the 263 no-hitters ever thrown in the Big Leagues,” mused the folks at No Mas in an e-mail messages earlier today, “we can only guess how many were aided by steroids, but we can say without question that only one was ever thrown on acid.” And while the...
David Howard’s New Math
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Earlier today, the New York Post’s Bart Hubbach called out Mets executive V.P. of lying David Howard (above, third from left) after the club reneged on an earlier pledge to lower season ticket prices. Lower them, they have, just not nearly as much as previously touted.
After...
Tennessean Scribe Unfamiliar With The Notion Of “Innocent Until Proven Guilty”
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3 University of Tennessee recruits of Lane Kiffin — WR Nu’Keese Richardson (above, left), safety Janzen Jackson and DB Mike Edwards — were charged with attempted robbery of a Knoxville convenience store earlier today. Calling the alleged incident, “one of...
Adidas’ Hacienda Kicks : Why No Vini Riley Signature High-Tops?
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In the spirit (?) of Nike’s limited edition Dinosaur Jr. and Melvins shoes, Adidas’ Y-3 imprint shall issue 250 pairs of the above sneakers bearing the Factory Records catalog number FAC51-Y3. It’s the result of a collaboration between Joy Divison sleeve designer...
A Remix Of “Empire State Of Mind” That’s (Horribly) Mike’d Up
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Congrats to whoever created the above clip ; truly something Mike Francesa and Phil Mushnick will find equally distasteful, albeit for different reasons (video link courtesy Hot Foot)
The Fourth Estate’s Early Xmas Present : McGwire Talking About The Past
16 days ago by
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Mindful that newly hired hitting coach Mark McGwire can’t possible say he doesn’t want to talk about the past every day between Spring Training and the end of the 2010 season, Cardinals GM John Mozeliak sounds genuinely uptight when discussing the subject with the St...
United Arab Emirates: Home to Over-the-Top Real Estate Development and Really Excellent Long-Form Sportswriting
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I’ve been meaning for some time to link to this dazzling David Samuels essay here at CSTB, but there was one thing I wanted to do first, and I’m only now (and only barely) doing it. Which is try to figure out how a sprawling, multi-thousand word essay — on being a...
It’s No Joakim : Rick Morrisey Devours Distasteful Noah Critique
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“On Draft Day 2007. I couldn’t have been more certain if the late Wilt Chamberlain had called from his water bed in the sky to tell me Joakim Noah was a 6-foot-11 fraud.” So writes the Chicago Tribune’s Rick Morrissey, recalling a June 29, 2007 column in which...
Where Does ASU’s Pat Murphy Go To Get His Reputation Back?
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If you’re a regular Deadspin reader (and in this instance, I’ve not seen the story they’ve removed), you might’ve read an anonymous source’s account of ASU baseball coach Pat Murphy’s uncouth behavior at a Muhammed Ali autographing signing organized...
Another Country: Mushnick, Jimmy the Greek, Jay-Z, The New York Post
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GC periodically sends these emails around to the CSTB contributors — ‘going to be doing important music business stuff all day and all night, please chip in if you wish’ — and I have not done anything to chip in. I have read some really great stories for my...
It Takes Him A While To Get Around To It, But OKC’s Thomas Is No Fan Of The Wizards’ Training Staff
17 days ago by
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“Etan Thomas should keep his mind on basketball,” argues one not on whether he agrees with what other players or owners are doing with their lives.” So opined Oklahoman reader “Benny Smith” upon learning the Thunder center has taken his political activism...
Memphis’ Smith : Take Football Seriously Or Forget About It
17 days ago by
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“The Memphis football program is an utterly indistinguished, barely mediocre program that lives off SEC rejects and has no hope of improving unless the university makes radical changes,” writes the Commercial-Appeal’s Geoff Calkins, quoting himself after head coach...
The Rocket’s Tweets : Of Skunks, Ditches & Wallet Chasers
17 days ago by
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Taking an entirely different approach than Mike Silva, Maury Brown has been monitoring Roger Clemens’ folksy words of wisdom via Twitter, and unlike the gentleman from NY Baseball Digest, actually engaged the Rocket (above, right) in something approaching a philosophical debate...
Sherman : Bargain-Hunting, Basement-Dwelling Mets Unlikely To Land Bay, Holliday
17 days ago by
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Though Omar Minaya attends this week’s GM meetings at O’Hare Airport claiming the authority and bankroll to make deals, the New York Post’s Joel Sherman adds, “the industry is dubious about both issues.” More promisingly, however, Sherman can forsee a...
Rosenthal : Mets/Cubs/Jays Discuss Swap Of Onerous Contracts
17 days ago by
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While the Cubs’ hopes of sending Milton Bradley to Toronto have been noted previously, Fox Sports’ Ken Rosenthal today claims such a move, however unlikely, would involve Luis Castillo going to Wrigley and underachieving OF Lyle Overbay becoming a member of the New York...
S-Jax’s Agent Accomplishes The Impossible, Generates Sympathy For Don Nelson
18 days ago by
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“I’m disgusted with the quality of Don Nelson’s coaching and with the lack of trust his players have in him,” howled Mark Stevens, agent for deposed Warriors captain Steven Jackson in what sounds like a doozy of a phone call to ESPN.com’s Chris Broussard...
Hahn : Make Iverson A Knick
18 days ago by
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If Alan Iverson can’t start ahead of Mike Conley, would he get more minutes than Chris Duhon in New York? Newsday’s Alan Hahn calls a mooted (by him, anyway) Knicks approach towards the iconic, yet embattled point guard “the equivalent of the franchise selling its...
London Coke Dealer Pleads, “Don’t Tell Anyone I’m John Terry’s Dad”
18 days ago by
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Suffice to say the following item from Sunday’s News Of The World takes just a bit of the shine off Chelsea’s 1-0 defeat of Manchester United. Is it fair to say Chelsea centre back / England international John Terry (above) might be the only prominent athlete who looks...
DeAngelo Hall To ATL’s Smith : Enough With The Flexing
18 days ago by
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While I’ll presume John Riggins’ next Billy Jack-meets-The Unabomber You Tube video is still in production, Washington’s 31-17 loss to Atlanta was especially notable for the healing hands of Falcons coach Mike Smith coming somewhere need the pretty features of his...
The World Series Champion New York Yankees : Accessories To Identity Theft
19 days ago by
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Ever wonder where the city of New York obtains mountains of confetti for what used to be called ticker tape parades to honor sporting champions, astronauts or Chain Gang’s election to the Rock’n'Roll Hall Of Fame? Me neither, but the New York Post’s Chuck Bennett...
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