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Richard Hamilton Wedding - Celebrity Bride Guide
July 16, 2009 by
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Congratulations to Rip Hamilton... though I'm sort of disappointed he didn't wear his trademark mask for the ceremony.
Detroit Pistons guard Richard Hamilton married TJ Lottie on Saturday night in Boca Raton, Florida.
via Richard Hamilton Wedding - Celebrity Bride Guide.
The About.com College Basketball Top 25
July 16, 2009 by
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Midnight Madness is still months away... but here's an early look at how the top teams of 2009-10 stack up in the eyes of your intrepid guide to basketball.
via The About.com College Basketball Top 25.
The About.com College Basketball Top 25
July 16, 2009 by
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Midnight Madness is still months away... but here's an early look at how the top teams of 2009-10 stack up in the eyes of your intrepid guide to basketball.
via The About.com College Basketball Top 25.
NBA Draft Recap and Fantasy Outlook
June 26, 2009 by
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Weird, weird draft. It was billed as one of the weakest in recent memory, but teams were still getting value well into the second round. The Timberwolves took to point guards the way Matt Millen took to wide receivers, Brandon Jennings had to hop in a cab to get back ...
NBA Draft 4.0 - Projecting the top 30 picks in the 2009 NBA Draft
June 24, 2009 by
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The Minnesota/Washington trade shakes things up at the top of the draft, and our mock draft has been updated accordingly. The new top five:
Clippers: Blake Griffin - Same as it ever was.
Grizzlies: Hasheem Thabeet - Going on the assumption that this week's cancelled workout...
NBA Draft 3.0
June 22, 2009 by
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With less than a week to go before the main event, we tender to you our latest set of wild guesses.
We're still comfortably certain that Blake Griffin will go first overall. After that, things get dicey, as neither of the projected number two picks sound all that excited about the ...
Ricky Rubio Scouting Report
June 11, 2009 by
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American basketball fans treat European ballplayers with a healthy amount of skepticism... and rightly so. From Frederic Weis to Darko Milicic to Danilo Gallinari, the list of overseas ballers who basked in pre-draft hype only to disappoint is long.
Spain's Ricky Rubio could...
NBA Draft 2.0 - Projecting the top 30 picks in the 2009 NBA Draft
June 11, 2009 by
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The NBA Draft rumor mill is churning out new stories every hour on the hour -- and some of those rumors are reflected in this update of our mock draft.
via NBA Draft 2.0 - Projecting the top 30 picks in the 2009 NBA Draft.
Hasheem Thabeet Scouting Report
June 11, 2009 by
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Thabeet was an absolute game-changer for Connecticut, dominating the paint for Jim Calhoun's Huskies for three seasons. If he had stayed in school for one more year, he would likely have shattered the all-time Division I record for blocked shots.
Thabeet is no lumbering paint...
The Coaches of Team USA, the United States’ Olympic Men’s Basketball Team
June 05, 2009 by
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After winning gold with his "Redeem Team" at the Beijing Games in 2008, Duke's Mike Krzyzewski was expected to hand the reins of Team USA to one of his assistants -- possibly Mike D'Antoni of the New York Knicks. But Coach K hasn't completely ruled out a return to the ...
More SAT Issues for Memphis
June 05, 2009 by
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Derrick Rose might not be the only member of the Memphis Tigers with an... unconventional approach to the SAT. ESPN.com is reporting that Robert Dozier's SAT scores raised more than a few eyebrows.
via About College Basketball - More SAT Issues for Memphis.
Memphis “Unable to Find” Proof of SAT Allegation
June 02, 2009 by
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What does that mean? Not much. As my wife can attest... I'm regularly unable to find my car keys, my glasses and the remote. That doesn't mean they don't exist.
via About College Basketball - Memphis "Unable to Find" Proof of SAT Allegation.
Where ‘Best Laid Plans…’ Happens
June 02, 2009 by
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The NBA's "Where Amazing Happens" campaign is the greatest gift to Internet wise-assery since the MasterCard "Priceless" campaign. But this video may set a new high-water mark for "Where... happens" parodies:
(hat tip: Jimmy Traina, Hot Clicks)
Blake Griffin Scouting Report and Photo Gallery
June 01, 2009 by
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Blake Griffin could have been a millionaire by now. Despite being projected as a mortal lock for the top ten in the 2008 NBA Draft, he opted to return to school and play one more year in Oklahoma's frontcourt alongside older brother Taylor.
Sooner fans couldn't have been...
The Onion - Every Story In Local Police Blotter Concerns Jayson Williams
May 30, 2009 by
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I hate to kick one of the Johnnies while he's down... but this is pretty funny.
RALEIGH, NC—The police blotter in Monday's issue of The News & Observer contained instances of vandalism, shoplifting, public intoxication, disorderly conduct, aggravated assault, and loitering...
Step One: Deny Everything
May 29, 2009 by
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The University of Memphis has released its initial response to the allegations of academic fraud and improper financial benefits that surfaced yesterday. Unsurprisingly, they're denying everything.
via About College Basketball - Step One: Deny Everything.
Gillispie vs. Kentucky Escalates
May 29, 2009 by
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The increasingly-bitter divorce between coach Billy Gillispie and the University of Kentucky basketball program seems headed for a climax right out of The War of the Roses.
via About College Basketball - Gillispie vs. Kentucky Escalates.
About College Basketball
May 28, 2009 by
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The Memphis basketball program stands accused of major violations, the Memphis Commercial Appeal reports.
According to the report, one of the 2007-08 Tigers received some sort of special assistance in achieving a qualifying SAT score. The student's name is redacted from the...
Boston Celtics’ Kendrick Perkins to Marry July 25 - Celebrity Bride Guide
May 27, 2009 by
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Congrats to Kendrick Perkins...
Can't help but notice, though... "Vanity Alpough" has to be one of the ten most unfortunate names I've ever heard.
Boston Celtics’ Kendrick Perkins to Marry July 25 - Celebrity Bride Guide.
I’m pulling for Denver and Orlando…
May 27, 2009 by
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Only because a Nuggets/Magic Finals would likely spell the end of Nike's "Most Valuable Puppets" campaign.
(Is it just me, or does the Kobe puppet look and sound a lot more like Stephen A. Smith than "The Black Mamba?")
NBA Draft - Projecting the top 30 picks in the 2009 NBA Draft
May 26, 2009 by
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Now that the NBA's annual pilgrimage to Secaucus, New Jersey has been completed and the last of the oversized novelty envelopes opened, we can get down to the business of matching up teams and players.
This is our first mock. It is based partly on overall player value, partly on team ...
Top NBA Rookie in 2009
May 26, 2009 by
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The 2009 NBA Draft class doesn't feature as many "can't miss" prospects as in year's past... and several of the consensus top picks are very young (Ricky Rubio), raw (Hasheem Thabeet) or headed for less-than-ideal situations (Blake Griffin to the Clippers). Which...
One-Handed Center to Play for Manhattan College
May 26, 2009 by
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Developing one's "off" hand -- the left, right righties -- is one of the toughest skills for a basketball player to master. Even at the NBA level, certain players have the reputation of favoring one hand or the other -- a tendency that scouts are quick to point out.
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Isiah Thomas to Florida International
April 15, 2009 by
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You probably wouldn't hire the head of AIG to run your bank.
And you probably wouldn't hire ex-FEMA chief Mike Brown to run, well, anything.
So you have to wonder... what the administration of Florida International University is thinking, hiring Isiah Thomas as their...
NBA.com: Waiver Wire: The All-Stars
April 10, 2009 by
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With just a week left in the regular season, most leagues are long-decided. Instead of scraping the bottom of the barrel for some 10-day-contract specials and trying to find some possible reason to make a waiver claim on Eddy Curry, we'll take a look back at some of this season's ...
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