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Funeral for Wizards owner Pollin to be held Friday
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Basketball ] MiamiHerald.com
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The funeral for Washington Wizards owner Abe Pollin will be held Friday.
Funeral for Washington Wizards owner Abe Pollin scheduled for Friday; memorial service Dec. 8
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StarTribune.com
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Funeral for Wiz owner set for Friday
The funeral for Washington Wizards owner Abe Pollin will be held Friday.
The night Caron won one for Mr. Pollin
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D.C. Sports Bog
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(By Preston Keres - TWP) I didn't start paying attention early enough to have too many memories of the Abe Pollin everyone's been writing about this week. In fact, the first thing I thought of when I heard the Wizards' owner had died was the Pollin from the spring of 2008...
Is Gilbert Arenas Right?
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Bleacher Report
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Gilbert Arenas recently broke his self-imposed moratorium on speaking to reporters after a 22 point loss to San Antonio on Saturday. The loss followed another embarrassing 20 point loss to Oklahoma City the night before...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...
Gilbert Arenas Breaks His Silence, but Is He Right?
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Bleacher Report
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Gilbert Arenas recently broke his self-imposed moratorium on speaking to reporters after a 22-point loss to San Antonio on Saturday. The loss followed another embarrassing 20-point loss to Oklahoma City the night before...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...
Abe Pollin reminded us that sports fandom is about more than winning
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Bullets Forever
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There have been so many incredible things written about Abe Pollin by people that know of him far better than I for me to have too much to add. (In fact, here...
Twitter Updates for 2009-11-25
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Fantasy Basketball Box Score Breakouts – 11/24/09
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Bleacher Report
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Here’s a look at some fantasy basketball players that blew up the box score last night: Nick Young, Washington Wizards 32 MIN, 20 PTS, 8-16 FG, 2-2 FG, 2 3PM, 4 REB, 2 AST, 1 TO Young finally got some run, and he took full advantage of it...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...
Fantasy Basketball Box Score Breakouts – 11/24/09
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Sports Blog Net
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Here’s a look at some fantasy basketball players that blew up the box score last night.
Nick Young, Washington Wizards
32 MIN, 20 PTS, 8-16 FG, 2-2 FG, 2 3PM, 4 REB, 2 AST, 1 TO
Young finally got some run, and he took full advantage of it. He could see more action over the next few weeks [...]
Should Wizards Change Back to Bullets?
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Mr. Irrelevant
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I’m glad Ted Leonsis will likely be the new owner of the Washington Wizards. Not because he’ll be better than Abe Pollin was, or whatever, but because someone has to take over, and I’m glad it’s Ted.
He’s local, he’s rich, he’s smart, he’...
Game Notes: 76ers at Wizards
10 hours ago by
SLAM Online
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by Aaron Kaplowitz
Hours after learning that beloved owner Abe Pollin had died, the Washington Wizards held off a late push by the visiting 76ers to pick up their fourth win of the season, 108-107. Antawn Jamison scored a game-high 32 points and collected 14 rebounds and Nick Young...
Gilbert discusses his beefs
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D.C. Sports Bog
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(By Ned Dishman - NBAE/Getty) When Brendan Haywood was asked Tuesday night about whether the Wizards' had improved their teamwork in the win over the Sixers, he agreed that they had. "Everybody really moved the ball and was really trying to sacrifice for their teammates tonight...
Ted Leonsis has rigth of first refusal to buy Wizards, Verizon Center
11 hours ago by
William F Yurasko's Blog
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Leonsis has the option to purchase franchise - The PostLeonsis in line to buy Wizards, Verizon Center - The Wash. TimesAs part of the agreement that Ted Leonsis made to buy the Capitals and 44% of Washington Sports and Entertainment (Wizards and Verizon Center) from Abe Pollin, Leonsis...
Thank You, Abe Pollin
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Bullets Forever
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by Charles Tasnadi - AP
about 18 hours ago:
FILE - In this June 8, 1978 file photo, Washington Bullets owner Abe Pollin, holds up the NBA Championship trophy as the Bullets returned to Washington's Dulles...
Behind the Box Score, where Washington is turning it ... around?
11 hours ago by
Ball Don't Lie
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Washington
108, Philadelphia 107
Washington's
ball movement was good enough in this close win. The team didn't exactly break
through any self-inflicted barriers on either side of the ball in its 13th
game, but it did pull a win. Good enough.
Philadelphia
was pretty miserable...
So Close, And Yet So Ridiculous: Sixers Lose By One to Wizards in Weird-Ass Game
No matter what the outcome of tonight's game would turn out to be, I don't think too many of us expected a Sixers crunch time lineup of Lou Williams, Jrue Holiday, Thaddeus Young, Jason Smith and Samuel Dalembert. Oddly, though, those were probably the Sixers' five best...
Briefing: Wizards Hold on to Beat the Sixers
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Bullets Forever
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by Nick Wass - AP
about 13 hours ago:
Washington Wizards guard Nick Young (1) goes to the basket against Philadelphia 76ers' Andre Iguodala (9) and Louis Williams (23) during the second half of an NBA...
Ted Leonsis Set to Become Majority Owner of Washington Wizards
12 hours ago by
Bleacher Report
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What Abe Pollin started and grew within the District as a respectable sports entertainment option, Ted Leonsis will likely flourish into a championship contender...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...
'Net reaction: Abe Pollin, 1923-2009
12 hours ago by
Ball Don't Lie
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Washington Sports & Entertainment Chairman Abe Pollin passed away Tuesday at the age of 85. Pollin, who owned the Wizards, purchased the team in 1964. Here's what they're saying out in the ether about the great Washingtonian.Dan Steinberg, D.C. Sports Bog: "Gilbert...
Gilbert Arenas Rembers Slap-Happy Pollin
13 hours ago by
SLAM Online
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Gil remembers Abe as only he can: “This is, apparently, how the Wizards mourn. For example, a reporter asked Gilbert for his favorite Abe Pollin memory. ‘You know, after every win he would slap the [bleep] out of you in the face,’ Gilbert said, cracking up the room...
The Wizards Remember Abe Pollin I had so much footage of people talking about the passing of Mr....
13 hours ago by
Bullets Forever
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The Wizards Remember Abe Pollin
I had so much footage of people talking about the passing of Mr. Pollin that I ended up with two videos. This is part two, featuring comments from Randy Foye, Nick Young, Gilbert Arenas, Antawn Jamison and Wes Unseld. Part one is posted at Truth...
Agent Zero Trade Proposal
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David's Memphis Grizzlies Fan...
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Before you say #1 "David, the Grizzlies have won 4 or their last 5. We should be celebrating instead of proposing trades." or #2 "Your Arenas trade proposal is idiotic fantasy and doesn't make sense for either team." -- Hear me out.#1 Talk to me about how good...
RIP Abe Pollin
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William F Yurasko's Blog
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Wizards owner helped transform D.C. - The PostD.C. sports icon, Wizards owner Pollin dead at 85 - The Wash. TimesAbe Pollin, a juggernaut of Washington D.C. sports, died yesterday at age 85. Pollin was the owner of the Washington Wizards (nee Bullets) of the NBA and Verizon Center...
D.C. sports icon, Wizards owner Pollin dead at 85
17 hours ago by
Washington Times
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Abe Pollin, longtime owner of the Washington Wizards basketball team and one of the area's leading philanthropists, died on Tuesday. He was 85. Mr. Pollin's company, Washington Sports & Entertainment, announced his death but provided no details. Mr. Pollin, the company...
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