The genius of the full court press
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Malcolm Gladwell has a great piece in the latest edition of the New Yorker called “How David Beats Goliath.” Gladwell details why underdogs, under the right conditions, often have a great chance of winning even when faced with seemingly impossible odds.
In the Biblical story of David and Goliath, David initially put on a coat of [...]
Shaq on fire, on the court and off
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Last Friday, a week shy of his 37th birthday, Shaquille O’Neal abused All-Star big man Chris Bosh and the Toronto Raptors, scoring 45 points on 20 of 25 shooting. Afterward, O’Neal insisted he could do that every night if only he got more touches.
“I think I’m the only player who looks at each and every [...]
The End of the NBA?
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David Falk dropped some absolute bombs in the New York Times Sports Section on Sunday, but unless you read the paper, you would not have heard about it. It is a subject no one wants to talk about because it is the NBA’s worst nightmare.
Falk, the original Super Agent, representative of Michael Jordan and Patrick [...]
Barkley gets jail
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(Newser) – Charles Barkley will be doing time for his DUI bust, the Arizona Republic reports. The former NBA star has been sentenced [...]
Lebron Upes the Ante
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Awesome, ballsy–not to mention extremely interesting–statement from Lebron James: that he would consider playing in Europe for $50 million a year or more. With Josh Childress and Carlos Arroyo jumping across the Atlantic for more money, this statement by James could blow open the NBA, European, and World market. At the very least, he has [...]
Worlds Collide at PSA
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Obama dominating 3-on-3 basketball:
If this isn’t a reason to vote for him, I don’t know what is.
Watch Corrupt NBA Ref Absolutely SCREW The Suns
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NBA referee Tim Donaghy resigned Tuesday following allegations by the FBI that he was involved in a mafia-run gambling ring, bet on NBA games, and affected the point spreads in contests that he personally officiated.
Phoenix Suns fans, still smoldering over the Spurs Playoff Series because the fallacious and lopsided suspensions of Boris Diaw and Amare Stoudamire [...]
Fire Flip Saunders
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When the Spurs sweep the Cavaliers tonight, the biggest loser of the series might not be the Cleveland Cavaliers, or even anyone who had to sit through all four games. It is Flip Saunders. It has become glaringly obvious that the Pistons absolutely blew the Eastern Conference Finals and the blame HAS to fall [...]



