Posts Tagged ‘nba’

Granger guides Pacers to rare road win against Rockets (USA Today)

Sunday, February 21st, 2010

Danny Granger scored 36 points, T.J. Ford led a second-half surge and the Indiana Pacers snapped a four-game losing streak with a 125-115 victory over the revamped Houston Rockets on Saturday night.

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Granger guides Pacers to rare road win against Rockets (USA Today)

Game’s easiest shot can also be its most vexing (AP via Yahoo! Sports)

Saturday, February 20th, 2010

Clevin Hannah takes a breath and walks up to the line, straddling his feet squarely over the midpoint. The Wichita State senior spins the ball once, dribbles three times, spins it again, then gets a good grip before letting fly. Swish! Nearly every time.

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Game's easiest shot can also be its most vexing (AP via Yahoo! Sports)

FanHouse: Free agency primer on NFL DEs (MSNBC)

Monday, February 15th, 2010

Chris Harry is a Senior NFL Writer and features writer for Fanhouse. With Super Bowl XLIV in the books, we begin our lookahead to 2010 free agency by breaking down the top players available at every position. Coming next: Running Backs.

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Jack McCallum: Rich season for basketball books (Sports Illustrated)

Thursday, November 19th, 2009

During an interview with the New Yorker's Avi Zenilman a few months ago, Bill Simmons, an ESPN columnist/author and a man who doubtless dashed off 3,000 words this morning before I managed to get the brown sugar and banana on my oatmeal, was asked about the paucity of great basketball books. See, when you write about the NBA, as Simmons does and I have done for many years, you are generally ...

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Cram Session: Best time of the season to buy points (Covers.com)

Thursday, November 12th, 2009

Most professional handicappers rarely, if ever, buy points.

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Cram Session: Best time of the season to buy points (Covers.com)

Chris Ballard: Shaq’s larger-than-life presence transcends the game (Sports Illustrated)

Thursday, November 5th, 2009

Excerpted from "The Art of the Beautiful Game: The Thinking Fan's Tour of the NBA", by Chris Ballard.

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Chris Ballard: Shaq's larger-than-life presence transcends the game (Sports Illustrated)

Derrick Caracter is sweaty and fit and more diplomatic than ever (Yahoo! Canada Sports)

Tuesday, July 21st, 2009

Louisville fans and college hoops fail aficionados will remember Derrick Caracter, the former top recruit who derailed his own limitless potential by basically not being very motivated.

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Derrick Caracter is sweaty and fit and more diplomatic than ever (Yahoo! Canada Sports)

Denver Nuggets Team Report (USA Today)

Saturday, July 11th, 2009

The Nuggets didn't waste any time in taking care of their top offseason priority.

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Denver Nuggets Team Report (USA Today)

For Griffin and Clips, history isn’t on their side (Yahoo! Sports)

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009

From Danny Ferry to Michael Olowokandi, the Clippers' draft history has been far more bust than boom.

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For Griffin and Clips, history isn't on their side (Yahoo! Sports)

Torre, Jackson lead L.A. teams to success (USA Today)

Monday, June 8th, 2009

Know what they have plenty of around here? Besides road rage?Living legends calling the shots for their teams.

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