May 2013
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NBA Board of Governors vote to reject Kings... →
The NBA’s Board of Governors voted at a meeting in Dallas on Wednesday to reject an investment group’s effort to relocate the Sacramento Kings to Seattle for the 2013-14 season. NBA &
Will be interesting to see what Ballmer and Hansen do next? This story isn’t over yet, folks.
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Washington Post story on Bryce Harper's swing is... →
Interactive feature: Twenty years old, Bryce Harper has a technique for the ages.
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““Jokingly he said, `No, but if you turn pro we have a spot for...”
– How Fred Couples went pro.
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WatchWigan!
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Sports and Music Fanatic: 3 things to take away... →
sportsjunkie21:
While most us predicted for this series to be quick and easy (I see you, Brandon Jennings!), 3 things stood out in this match up between Milwaukee & Miami besides the fact you should never claim that you will beat the defending champs, let alone call how many games it will take.
Miami Is Still The Team To Beat - Ok, so this shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone and a match up...
April 2013
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“But the NBA is a liar’s game, full of hypocrites, improper alliances, a...”
– NBA changes the rules, breaks heart of Seattle again.
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NFL Draft recap
Pleased with your teams picks?
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“While I think I can explain why the Jets did what they did, and I can understand...”
– Darrelle Revis and His Leverage finally leave New York (via Grantland)
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Watchofficialwarriors:
BUCKETS
Steph is not playing with you fools.
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Rockets' Jeremy Lin Has Focused on Improving His... →
He was the equivalent of an unknown singer who had written a megahit or a nameless writer who had penned a great novel. After a flash of the extraordinary, could Lin sustain a career of the routine? Or would he fade as a one-hit wonder?
“Linsanity was an unbelievable three-week period in his life,” McHale said. “He’ll look back when he’s 80 and go, ‘Man that was magical.’ But magic don’t last...
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Why We Watch: Stephen Curry, No Nonsense | The... →
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A Fan's Rocky Relationship With the Nets →
The author fell in love with the team, and the player Wendell Ladner in particular, when they were in the old A.B.A. The pain that would bring was not confined to basketball.
Worth your time this afternoon.
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Allen Iverson, NBA icon, Struggles with Life after... →
longform:
“He has hit rock bottom, and he just hasn’t accepted it yet.” Basketball’s iconoclast is a broke recluse at 37.
Kent Babb | Washington Post | Apr 2013
AI is one of the best to ever do it, so to see The Answer like this is heartbreaking.
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Fun While It Lasted →
Lively Tales About Dead Teams
Ran across this site Fun While It Lasted, a site about defunct teams in sports. Really cool blog worth your time.
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The Mag: Will Werner mark the end of a pipeline? →
For ESPN The Magazine, Mark Winegardner writes that Bjoern Werner might be NFL Europe’s greatest success story — and possibly its last.
This is the story of Bjoern Werner, a kid who grew up in Germany loving American football and now, seems likely to get the chance to play it at the highest level. It’s seriously an awesome story. Trust me, go read it.
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Bull City Summer →
http://bullcitysummer.org/
2013 is the twenty-fifth anniversary of the hit movie, Bull Durham. Bull City Summer will cover all seventy-two home games during the 2013 season at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park and the results - in literary writing and art photography - will update the brand created by that movie for this historic minor league baseball franchise.
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“To see what so many major leaguers experience each spring, The Wall Street...”
– What Happens When A Player Gets Released (via WSJ)
Very interesting read.
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The Marathon →
The race and the aftermath and a dark day in Boston.
Charles Pierce wrote an important piece worth your time about the tragic events yesterday in Boston in Grantland.
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Want to write For Us?
heywatchthismovie:
So in case you hadn’t noticed, we’re growing in these parts. Thanks to thousands of you stopped in and checked us out. It’s lit a fire under us to write more.
Still, we’d like to bolster our other blogs more and that’s where we need your help. This is an open call for a contributor to our book, music or sports blogs. Our premise is really making recommendations as you would...
“When we started running in road races and stuff, I used to get a lot of phone...”
– Why the Boston Marathon is so important. (via motherjones)
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Watchbluejayhunter:
R.A. Dickey’s interview on 60 Minutes … really powerful stuff.
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So who do you have winning today's Masters?
So many possibilities at the top of the leaderboard. I’m going with Jason Day, though I can only imagine the storylines if Adam Scott (and Tiger’s former caddy Steve Williams) manage to pull out the victory.
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““It wasn’t a battle,” Alvin Williams says. “I was...”
– The Secret History of Kobe Bryant’s Rap Career (via Grantland)
This is a fascinating read. Seriously, go read it now if you like rap or basketball or both.
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“Other major sports do not have a system in place that would allow viewers at...”
– By Phone or Text: Golf Entertains Second Guessers (via NYTimes)
I find the whole thing troubling, because it’s unevenly applied. Only the players under the microscope have these armchairs rules officials watching them. It’s a joke. If the PGA Tour or USGA or tournaments want to have... 