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Rapper vs. Baller: Eric B. & Rakim and Allen Iverson
Even without any historical context, Eric B. and Rakim will blow you away. The hard flow of Rakim's rhymes weaving in and out of sample after sample interlaced together by Eric B. is sheer beauty. If "Paid in Full" or "Follow the Leader" were released in the last five years, they'd be among ...
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November 10, 2008
Discuss
Soccer players more prone to Motor Neuron Disease
Dozens of former "football" players have died from the paralyzing ailment, one form of which is commonly known as Lou Gehrig's Disease, to the extent that in Italy, professional soccer players, especially midfielders, are seven times more likely to develop the disease than the general ...
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November 10, 2008
Ca-Caw!
Photo by Flickr user Vicki's NatureThe baby Hawks have grown up, and seem to be building on last year's playoff appearance towards becoming one of the "dangerous" squads that everyone talks about (see: Blazers). Tonight they are in the process of dismantling the Raptors, who I picked early on ...
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November 07, 2008
Basketborgasm
After watching the last 1.9 seconds of the Rockets-Blazers game, I can now die happy.
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November 07, 2008
We're Baaaaaack (Theoretically)
Sorry for the Olympic hangover, but now that baseball is gone and basketball is back, so are we (back, not gone... for now).Not that any of you care, but here is what I have been occupied with:Moving back into school.Getting addicted to gambling on sports.Losing my bankroll by gambling on sports.... ...
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October 30, 2008
Belated 2008-2009 Prediction Post
Photo by Flickr user gandhiji40 used under a Creative Commons license.Now that the season is underway and I'm back to blogging, I thoguht it would be apt to throw one of these bad boys up. Let's see how wrong I am. (Note: I did not check that the league as a whole finishes at .500. Please do ...
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October 30, 2008
U mad cuz Djokovic styled on Roddick?
If you are following the US Open at all, chances are you caught the Novak Djokovic on-court interview post his 4-set takedown of American fan-favorite, Andy Roddick.While I agree that his words may have been in poor taste, I can't see where people like a<a href="http://www.sportingnews.com/blog/the_sporting_blog/entry/view/11746/what_did_he_say_about_roddick?
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September 05, 2008
Olympians love sex
Maybe I'm the only the one who missed out on this rumor, but apparently it seems to be common knowledge that all the Olympians have crazy, hot sex all the time in the Olympic Village.
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August 22, 2008
I'm pretty confused by this gymnastics article
Tough math leaves Liukin silverIt isn't the "tough math" that phases me, but rather the use of vernacular in the beginning of the article.It seemed she wuz [sic]
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August 18, 2008
Olympic Headlines
Phelps is a beast: 6 events, 6 golds, 6 world records. Pure domination. But can he swim faster than Chad Ocho Cinco?<br
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August 15, 2008
Why Kobe isn't going to Italy
Kobe said that he would take 50 million dollars a year to play for a team like Milan. Earl Boykins just became the highest paid Italian League player ever at 3.5 million dollars per year. Do the math.a<a href="http://myespn.go.com/blogs/truehoop/0-33-150/An-Insider-s-View-of-Kobe-Bryant-...
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August 10, 2008
What's on TV again?
The 2008-2009 schedule was announced just now and here is how the teams rank in terms of national exposure. The teams will be listed in order of how many times they appear on ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, and TNT. I'm not counting NBATV because it isn't universally available.
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August 06, 2008
Yao Ming talks about Olympics, new Hexride shoe
Paul Dalessio of Reebok via Fleischman-Hillard sends over this pretty exclusive (71 views at the time of this posting) interview of Yao Ming talking about what it means for him to play in Beijing this summer, and also touching on his new Reebok Omni Hexride shoe.
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August 01, 2008
Thoughts from the Diamond Ball
The Diamond Ball tourney wrapped up today, and my predictions were spot on 1-6, granted I made them when we were already halfway through the tournament. So here are just some exiting thoughts I have after the tournament.
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August 01, 2008
Richard Justice hates dogs
By now, you've surely heard about Ron-Ron being traded to the Rockets, but I saw this piece last night up on Richard Justice of the Houston Chronicle's blog that I knew I had to go at FJM-style.
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July 30, 2008
Hamm-ing up the Bhav-star
With the new injury to Hamm's rotator cuff forcing him out of the competition, we get to see Raj Bhavsar, all-around good guy (no pun intended) will make his Olympic debut. Let one feel-good story die, and another arise from its ashes.
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July 29, 2008
Big News for Big Sexy
<img style="float:middle; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px;" src="http://wwwimage.cbsnews.com/images/2008/05/09/image4085202.jpg" b...
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July 25, 2008
Let the gates open
With Josh Childress' newly minted 3 year, 32 million contract, expect more players to follow suit.
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July 24, 2008
No Spin Zone
The Lowell Spinners will be running promotions on back-to-back nights: Political Correct Night and Politically Incorrect Night. Nothing bad could come of this.
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July 23, 2008
Croquet: More than just a game
What started out as a friendly game of croquet between Hartland, ME 31-year-old Andrew Fox and his 16-year-old stepson quickly turned ugly when a disagreement about the rules led to Andrew's "losing" (i.e. being cheated out of) the game.
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July 10, 2008
Rasho's call to arms
The Slovenian national basketball team could probably be pretty good. Certainly not on the level of the US, or even Argentina and Spain, but they certainly could be pretty good in the sense that Germany, France, Lithuania, Greece and China are pretty good.
Their only problem? It seems to be apathy, as many of their best players have declined to play in this month's Olympic qualifier.
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July 01, 2008
Scratching the Anc-Itch
After dropping the first two sets to 22nd seeded Fernando Verdasco of Spain, our favorite hard-hitting Croat, Mario Ancic, came back to win his fourth round match-up 4-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3, 13-11.
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June 30, 2008
Another side of Jerryd Bayless
Paul Dalessio from Reebok via Fleischman-Hillard sends over this video of Jerryd Bayless talking about the upcoming draft and his close relationship with his brother, Justin, who is working as an investment banker at Morgan Stanley.
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June 25, 2008
Summing up the prospects in six words
The NBA Draft is fast approaching, and despite my pledge to continue my tradition of live-blogging the night's festivities, I have yet to make anything resembling a preview post. So here we go, six words for each prospect ranked in the ESPN Top 30.
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June 24, 2008
Wimbledon Primer
Wimbledon has been underway for a couple hours now, but did you really need to be primed to know that Roger Federer was going to beat Dominic Hrbaty? Inconsequential.
So here are the biggest stories of Wimbledon 2008:
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June 23, 2008
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