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the old lie

July 9, 2008 – 5:15 am

Last week, Baron Davis threw the Golden State Warriors for a big time loop. Despite being owed over seventeen million dollars for the final year of his contract by the Bay, he decided to opt out in favor of a new, long term contract from the Los Angeles Clippers. The Clippers, despite the fact that [...]

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mavericks are law, you are crime

April 1, 2008 – 9:44 am

Some interesting things have been going on in Dallas recently. Things that speak not only to the possible psychological decay of Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, but to a growing culture of journalistic resentment towards the blogging community.
The fracas seems to have begun following a blog entry written following a Mavericks loss. Tim McMahon of the [...]

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super monta bros.

March 25, 2008 – 11:17 pm

Last night, the Golden State Warriors fell to the Los Angeles Lakers as at least the partial result of a blown call with four seconds left in the game. Monta Ellis was hooked on the shoulder by Lakers guard Derek Fisher and pulled to the ground. Referee Bob Delaney whistled Ellis [...]

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he plays a lot like detlef schrempf…

March 18, 2008 – 5:59 am

The world of professional sports lends itself easily to cliché. The idea of an athlete telling a reporter he wants to “take it one game at a time” was laughed at as a blandly silly cliché in Bull Durham almost twenty years ago, but it continues to be a mainstay of [...]

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