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Chocolate Lasagna is Not Always The Answer
February 04, 2008 by
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One of the most ridiculous things I've ever heard during an NBA broacast was during a pre-revolution Warriors game a little while back. The Warriors had recently signed enigmatic ex-prospect Nikoloz Tskitishvilli. (I believe that the reason they signed Nikoloz, who went #5 in the 2003 draft...
So We Can All Be Free
February 03, 2008 by
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I'm running around Portland, trying to play real reporter for SLAM. As much as I fancy myself the [insert fancy sports writing dilettante here] of NBA coverage, by the end of today I'll probably be better known as its Fran Drescher.
So in the interest of the pain inside me...
We Dance to All the Wrong Songs
January 31, 2008 by
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As some of our most tried and true idols begin to lose some of their luster, now more than ever we must focus on the construction of the mythology of tomorrow. Even in its darkest hours, this will always be a league of heroes, both big and small, worthy of celebration. In serious...
FD Guest Lecture: The Death of Superman
January 28, 2008 by
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The year begins with a post by a guest. Here's PhDribble, lighting the way:
Superman has fought the Dream, the Hoya Destroya, Mr. Robinson, (Daugherty), Zo, Ostertag!, Chairman Yao, the Big Ticket, and the Big Fundamental. For more than a generation, he has outmuscled and...
Fair Time for Bossing
January 28, 2008 by
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First, this revolution business: With regard to style, politics, and psychology in the NBA, it's an idealistic reach and a cushion against disappointment. The dream that populism could take on florid meaning, and the joke that sports are the best vehicle for these ideas. It...
Nobody But You
January 27, 2008 by
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My resident expert on all things Latin is too busy watching the Cowboys to help me translate this, but assures me that someone gets called a queer at some point. Enjoy!
Still Got It
January 26, 2008 by
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Longform on the way. In the meantime, read this absolutely amazing Artest interview at The Starting Five. One of the better conversations I've ever seen with a player, and did a lot to rekindle my interest in a guy I'd kind of tired of. Yes, I have zero loyalty.
Ron Ron...
My Shameless Moral Inventory
January 26, 2008 by
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Sorry to shell you with videos, the mark of true blogger sloth, but this one's gotta have it. No big secret around these parts that I'm an ardent fan of Southern soul, and fucked-up Southern cities, and thus find Memphis endlessly awesome. I've always wondered, though...
Loud News from Above
January 26, 2008 by
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So after a year and change at FanHouse, I've decided to venture elsewhere. Starting on 2/4, I'll be part of the hand-picked team at The Sporting Blog. Pencil me in the somewhere between Shanoff, the Artist Formerly Known as Orson Swindle, Chris Mottram, and Large from No...
MLK Day All-Stars
January 26, 2008 by
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As fractured as we now find our nation--torn between red and blue states, secular and religious, haves and have-nots--today we remember that we were once even more starkly divided. It is a time to celebrate the life of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and to reflect on his legacy...
THIS IS NOT A LIVE BLOG
January 26, 2008 by
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The people of America will frequently be politically apathetic, and deflect their own guilt by accusing celebrities of the same. As if those wealthy, important, busy people had nothing better to do, or were to blame for the indifference of the masses. This is especially fallacious...
Never Be the Same
January 26, 2008 by
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(Just remember who said it. And thanks for the tip, MC Welk.)
Kitsch or old world horror:
The Greatest:
Every Book I Ever Read:
We live in a political world:
A few more here. First one to make the "he got his extra fuck last night" joke just got it taken from them.
Stamped and Moved
January 26, 2008 by
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I really didn't think this would count as a live-blog of Suns/Lakers, first half. But then Billups was all "just tell 'em we're not trying to be Hollinger or Marc Stein," and that was enough for me to hear.
Billups: you think kobe saw the tom cruise video...
Birth in the Shambles
January 25, 2008 by
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Counterpoint to yesterday's angst, or maybe its underlying assumption. As much as this site fixates on off-beat, incomplete, troubled, or fantastic players, there's a far more basic theme. The reason I'm with the NBAâ€"and why the "I Love This Game"...
The Cheers of the Gratefully Oppressed
January 25, 2008 by
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Virtually every aspect of my personality aligns me with the liberated fandom espoused by the founders of this fair site. To give just a few examples, I have a healthy distrust of all institutions, enjoy many things that don't make perfect sense, am Jewish, and will probably...
If It Splits Like a Fortune Cookie. . .
January 25, 2008 by
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I don't much care for Neal Pollack, but he's responsible for at least one memorable passage of basketball writing. One, in fact, that fairly regularly lingers around me. It's about the Suns and from Slate, back before that troika spelled slobber.
D'Antoni'...
The Past Will Never Forget #2
January 25, 2008 by
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Sportsfans,
In our continued mining of Free Darko's past glory, we bring a few more blasts from the past to take you into the Thanksgiving Holiday.
--One of my favorite short posts of all time. This says it all: Shoals' epic response to when the Spurs signed Michael...
FD Guest Lecture: Better Basketball = Extra Schmedium Shorts
January 25, 2008 by
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Today I would like to present to you the next installment in our FREEDARKO Guest Lecturers series. Today's tome comes from Dr. William Sunday, whose true identity can be speculated upon in the comments section. [Note: This essay comes with a disclaimer that "Dr. William Sunday...
College Is No Place For Heartburn
January 23, 2008 by
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In the last couple of years, the new rules have completely changed the way the game is played on the court and the way teams are built off the court.
The hand-check rules instituted after the 2003-04 season, LeBron and Wade's breakout year, as well as Steve Nash's first year...
FD Guest Lecture: Spit Shine My Mirror
January 16, 2008 by
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Chris Sprow is the man behind Chicago Sports Weekly. Make some room and watch out!
In the fall, while he was doing the pub grind for his new shoes, I spoke with Ben Wallace for a while about the importance, style, meaningâ€"name your clichéd descriptorâ€"of...
Andrei Kirklenko crazy New Year's party pics
January 15, 2008 by
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Man this guy is creepy........You'll get a good laugh...
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Shrink the Hummer
January 13, 2008 by
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The bruiser is a Right Way archetype on the level of the unselfish shooter or the unathletic defender â€" players who, by hard work and borderline illegal activities, just help their teams win basketball games. A physical team enforces its will on the opponent through a...
A Little Reminder
January 13, 2008 by
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Of why we do this. Sheed, THIS MONTH.
Now go read my politics post, if you haven't already.
Run Along
January 13, 2008 by
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I'm spread ultra-thin these days, and I know most of you watch The Wire, so go read my latest Heaven and Here post.
Lobby of the Brain
January 13, 2008 by
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I haven't talked about "style" in quite some time, and I know the reason why. At some point, I got way too invested in making style useful. While I still believe that "style" is related to "a style of play," and see it as rooted in on-court problem...
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