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The Kevin Durant Marketing Machine Picks Up Steam
In a league designed to promote individuals over teams, Kevin Durant is being positioned to be the next "Star Among Stars" in the NBA. Durant, who is closing in on the scoring title is also closing in on a deal with Panini America, the memorabilia company,which would make him the worldwide...
Sixers Predictably Not Involved in Nene Hustle
For those of you hoping the Sixers would get all up in Nene's business in the abbreviated free agency period, you'll be disappointed. According to Ken Berger via Tom Ziller, there are six teams batting the yarn on The Artist Formerly Known As Hilario and none of which are the Sixers (or the...
Ducks Gameday -- John Maynard Hurricanes
Carolina Hurricanes (4th worst) at Anaheim Ducks (3rd worst), 7 pmCanes Country and Anaheim Calling -- Lottery bloggery. Forget the post title pun -- I'd just better hurry up and post this thing before the network crashes again. Stormy is easier to draw than a personified hurricane. :) Who knows...
What would a 50-game NBA season look like?
If the NBA regular season isn't canceled entirely, there's a decent chance we could see an abridged 50-game schedule, identical to the one caused by the last lockout in 1998. That lockout eliminated the '98 from the '98-99 season, starting the year in February just after the Super Bowl. There are...
Hakim Warrick's Team Philly v. Team Melo: Our First Look at Markieff Morris Post-Draft
The Lockout happened and the traditional Summer League was canceled, but that hasn't stopped new NBA players like Josh Selby or Jimmer Fredette and Kemba Walker from playing in leagues and exhibition games of their own. In fact, even veterans like Carmelo Anthony, LeBron James, Kevin Durant and...
Derek Fisher Equates Jrue Holiday to Dwight Howard; And Some Other Stuff
In the Lockout, when NBA Players Association President Derek Fisher talks, people stop and listen. When he mentions Jrue Holiday, we post it on here. That's how it works. If you've been following along with the proceedings, last go-around with the players and owners didn't work out so well. The...
The NBA Lockout Beyond Basketball
Sinking Deeper Every Day: 70+ Things This Lockout Will Withhold | Hardwood Paroxysm If you haven't read Holly MacKenzie's article about what she misses and what the lockout is preempting her and us from seeing, you need to. It's a great piece of writing that beautifully reminds us of how many...
The Chicago Bears biggest on-field issue is...
Renegotiating Matt Forte's contract. Really? Let me clear the air before some knucklehead tells me what a dope I am in the comment thread... This Forte contract thingy isn't my idea, this is according to the Sporting News. While I clearly realize how important his skills are to the Bears, I...
NFL LOCKOUT OVER! Are you ready for some football!?! (Open Thread)
Is it officially over? It is according to Yahoo. But, Really? SBNation says it is. Football is back!!! Hell yeah says NFL.com! The NFL Players are all over Twitter with their thoughts; Chicago Bears wide receiver Devin Hester: "Man could this be the last day lil Devin be able to tell me bye...
Poll of the Day: How many preseason games?
The Hall Of Fame Game will not be played this year, leaving both the Chicago Bears and the St. Louis Rams with the usual four preseason games. Today's poll has nothing to do with the NFL losing that game because of the &*%# Lockout. Today we want to know; How many preseason games do you...
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