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Celebrate the New Dark Age
2 days ago by
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The New York Times recently ran an interesting article checking in on Jeremy Tyler, the 6-11 eighteen year old who one upped Brandon Jennings by not only bypassing college, but also his senior year of high school, to play professionally overseas. Tyler landed in Israel, where his experience...
Lettuce Vibrations, 1 and 2
4 days ago by
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Put your special listening glasses on, because we have a very special double episode of FreeDarko Presents the Disciples of Clyde podcast! In the first half, Dan is joined by ThinkProgress blogger and Friend of FD Matthew Yglesias. The fellas talk economics, politics, and basketball...
The Cauldron Spits Back
5 days ago by
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I love my wife. See, here I am checking my mail right before our wedding ceremony (j/k, I was turning the Blackberry off). But on some level, I will never forgive her, or anyone she's related to, for causing me to miss the game above. This was Gil, full-throttle, trying a one-man...
Which Mirror Now?
6 days ago by
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I highly suggest you turn your eyes to this lengthy post by Vince Grzegorek of Cleveland Scene, on the touchy subject of how the **** a beat writer covers Delonte West. Vince and I had talked about this a few times prior; he felt the team was trying to make like this was a non-issue...
Scream All Day
8 days ago by
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This will totally shock all of you: The still-untitled FreeDarko Book 2 will at one point address some "could've been" players. I had called them "what if's," but not only does that encompass much more, it also overlaps with the Simmons tome—one of my...
Cancel Everything
12 days ago by
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WTFWTFWTFWTFWTFWTFI never understood all those metaphors about faces melting and brains collapsing until now. Oh, and CHECK OUT THIS POST FROM EARLIER!
Cool Warriors Post!
12 days ago by
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Over at The Baseline, Bethlehem Shoals has bared his soul on the subject of this year's mangled Warriors, and maybe even found some good in there. If nothing else, as a learning experience for those who must touch shoulders with their carnival of doom:You won't get there but...
Art Slash Science
13 days ago by
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You may have noticed that the NBA season started last night, but you may not have realized the full ramifications of that momentous event, such as the fact that the FreeDarko Presents the Disciples of Clyde podcast is back to being just about weekly. If you don't know, now you...
Sing With The Pollen
14 days ago by
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This post follows directly from Dr. LIC's consideration of myth in the NBA, so read that first if you expect to be on my level. Other suggested reading: Pasha Malla on "Where Amazing Happens" during last year's playoffs.A few weeks ago, I fired off an ill-advised...
IT'S THE ANTHEM
15 days ago by
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Read Dr. LIC on myth across all sports. Check Joey lamenting his age. But if you really want to get ready for tomorrow, watch this music video from outsider dancehall seer—and gung ho NBA fan—SNIPA, and maybe even his statement to the media about track. Not since that "Ron...
You Hear Some, You Listen Some
18 days ago by
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Hark, the season is nearly upon us, so it's time for a podcast where Dan and myself . . . talk about what a letdown it is when the season actual starts? Well, sort of. We do some preview-y stuff, then end up discussing the wish-list-y nature of all previews, as well as the "...
Sit and Think with a Drink about How We've Won
19 days ago by
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In no way does this make me exceptional, but I’ve reached a point in life during which I am consistently reminded about my age. (To be exceptional, I’d have to be able to fondly recall Adrian Dantley with Yasser Arafat while in an Upper West Side synagogue.)I refer to childhood...
The Power of Myth
20 days ago by
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Ever since we used to write for McSweeney's, I haven't been able to break the habit of considering every basketball-related thought I have in the context of other sports. Particularly in 2009, one thought has come up over and over again, which is the degree to which the NBA...
From the Many. . .
29 days ago by
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Big surprise, in college I was drawn to philosophy. I'd been bit by the Continental bug, writing papers about Levinas and improvisation. Meanwhile, some notable percentage of my friends in the business had gotten all Analytic on me. Those relationships were never the same again...
Talking Just For You
October 09, 2009 by
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The season stirs. Roy Hibbert will **** you up. Thus, get ready for more podcast, and more of it. If you catch my drift.This week, Dan and I visit with SLAM don Lang Whitaker to discuss that seminal mag's 15th anniversary, where it fits into journalism, and what a great job it...
Racial Semiotics Pt. 24116
October 08, 2009 by
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Today, the all-seeing eye of Bethlehem Shoals put this gem "on blast" (to use a phrase from the younger generation) over at The Baseline. Because this moment is vintage FD "racial semiotics," it requires a full reprinting here, and a close reading:Wizards swingman...
Shoals Vs. Polvo
October 06, 2009 by
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Not only is Polvo my favorite band ever, they're also arguably the biggest sports fans in indie rock history. They're playing the Crocodile in Seattle tonight, and you should see them if you live in my city. Dave Brylawski has done a ton of press lately, but hopefully there...
Learning Is Everywhere
October 05, 2009 by
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I don't feel good, so here's some advice: I have been writing these gargantuan team previews over at my other spot. They are really weird and make me dizzy just to recall them. You should peruse them: Under the tag that bears their name, The Baseline Sees All you can see the...
Where's the Christian in Christian Eyenga?
October 04, 2009 by
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FreeDarko's European correspondent from 12 Stars checks in with a report about recently drafted Euro Christian Eyenga and a dunk that may very well have upped the ante on Gerald Green's infamous "cupcake dunk."Forget about Spike Lee, forget about Michael Mann and...
DOO RAGS ARE BACK
October 02, 2009 by
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If you hadn't noticed yet, the braids are back. I'll leave it to you, the reader, to speculate about what that means for Iverson's game, career, and relationship with the city of Memphis or the South writ large. While you marinate on that, check out Shoals's wild and...
Paul Revere Was A Rapper
September 29, 2009 by
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Earlier today, I offered what is to date the most comprehensive, and honest, interpretation of DeShawn Stevenson's facial area tattoos. No one is anywhere near on my level. However, one important bit of information didn't make it through the editing process, perhaps because...
Just Another Good Friend
September 29, 2009 by
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How did I miss this? Late, and the emotion's receded, but Russell makes anything matter, and there are some good tid-bits in here. Now, don't forget to read my latest on Oakland's finest.
Where Now, Endorser of Folly?
September 29, 2009 by
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Hey all, neglect not my voluptuous team previews over at you-know-where.All sort of crazy stuff coming down from the foggy hilltop lair of the Golden State Warriors. Down a bit in this Baseline post, you get Monta equivocating on just where he stands with the team, and whether or not...
Friday Didn't Happen
September 25, 2009 by
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You know Twitter has #FF, when no one says anything, or responds to anything, and the whole thing turns into an open-air bazaar for absolutely nothing? In honor of that, I'm doing a quick post here that's similarly pointless.First, up top, an absolutely amazing drawing of Artis...
It's his Pasture
September 24, 2009 by
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Okay, what's getting lost in this whole LeBron James/Russian tycoon/global tycoon synergy is WHERE THE **** JAY FITS IN. For pure spurts and puddles, read Woj's column on Mikhail Prokhorov, which will leave you thinking that Prokhorov is hard (of course), his money questionable...
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