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Friday September 5 2008 - 10:45am Eastern
I got so busy yesterday with pre-trip errands, laundry, and packing … that I completely forgot to check in with a blog. Sorry about that.
It’s not like there’s a whole lot going on in Raptorland anyway - let alone around the NBA.
The biggest news out there seems to be the naming of the Oklahoma City franchise; the ...
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Wednesday September 3 2008 - 11:50pm Eastern
I was mentioning this the other day - while writing under my alter-ego on Raptors.com - and I figured I would share this story with you on Fan590.com as well.
But I’ve got a different spin on things for you … the loyal FAN readers …
On Friday afternoon I’ll be heading to Europe with my wife for a belated anniversary ...
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Tuesday September 2 2008 - 7:40pm Eastern
I’m sitting down watching “Cabbie Unlimited” on the Score as I’m emailing a buddy of mine (Mark Jenkins) who has a movie with Tom Green debuting later on this month. So my mind in focused on TV and movies right now — on the entertainment industry — and it got me thinking about the greatest BASKETBALL movies of ...
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Sunday August 31 2008 - 11:40pm Eastern It’s
the long weekend, I’m leaving for Europe (for two
weeks) in 4 and a half days, and quite honestly, I’m not feeling motivated to blog or be creative right now. So, I’m taking the ...
Friday August 29 2008 - 5:00pm Eastern
In case you missed it - and in case you don’t have out-of-town plans for this final long weekend of the Summer - the Canadian Interuniversity Sports (CIS) announced earlier this week that they’ll be hosting a number of NCAA teams in Ontario, BC, Alberta, and Quebec over the next few days.
Here’s the official press release and ...
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Thursday August 28 2008 - 10:25am Eastern
These are truly the dog days!
June was all about the NBA Finals and the NBA Draft. July? Trades and free agent signings. And then August gave us a ton of material with the Olympics and the likes of Chris Bosh, Jose Calderon, Roko Ukic, and more.
But as August winds down, is there ANYTHING going on?
So for today’s blog I thought ...
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Wednesday August 27 2008 - 12:45pm Eastern
There’s not a lot going on with the Raptors right now. Chris Bosh is shining his gold medal and Jose Calderon is nursing his groin. Other than that, we’re simply counting down to the start of training camp on September 30. Thus, let’s have a quick look at some other small stories in basketball …
CANADIAN HONOURS
The ...
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Portland Blazers
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Monday August 25 2008 - 11:10pm Eastern
With the U.S. beating Spain for the gold … and Argentina knocking off Lithuania to take home the bronze … 24 current or former NBA players became medalists in Beijing.
That’s a pretty lofty number considering the NBA was represented by 42 players (past or present) on 12 different rosters/countries … the highest total ...
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Utah Jazz
Los Angeles Lakers
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Sunday August 24 2008 - 11:45pm Eastern
10. I’m looking forward to seeing Rudy Fernandez in Portland this season
9. Jose Calderon showed his commitment to his career, health, and the Raptors organization by not playing against Lithuania or the United States
8. Dwight Howard has got to put in A LOT of time at the free throw line. If he can hit free throws on a consistent basis, he ...
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Saturday August 23 2008 - 4:30pm Eastern I
posted some of these comments in my column/blog on
Raptors.com yesterday, but only here, on the FAN website do you get EVERY word from Jay Triano on Chris Bosh. The Raptors’ assistant coach ...
Friday August 22 2008 - 3:05pm Eastern
The Redeem Team is one step closer to bringing Olympic gold back to the U.S. following their 101-81 victory over Argentina earlier today.
But today’s win didn’t come easy as a scrappy Argentina crew pulled to within 6 points late in the 1st half; doing so without their top player, Manu Ginobili. Ginobili went down early in the 1st half ...
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Wednesday August 20 2008 - 6:20pm Eastern
CHRIS BOSH (United States of America)
vs CHN - 13 Min / 9 Pts / 8 Reb
vs ANG - 14 Min / 8 Pts / 2 Reb
vs GRE - 21 Min / 18 Pts / 5 Reb
vs ESP - 17 Min / 2 Pts / 7 Reb
vs GER - 13 Min / 7 Pts / 4 Reb
vs AUS - 17 Min / 10 Pts / 6 Reb
- MISC: Bosh is 20/25 FG in 6 games and he’s arguably been the USA’s best defender
JOSE ...
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Tuesday August 19 2008 - 10:45am Eastern EDMONTON
I’ve had a lot of people emailing me about
the Raptors pre-season game in Edmonton against the Denver Nuggets. Most folks want to know when the tickets are going on sale. Well, I finally ...
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Monday August 18 2008 - 11:30pm Eastern After
this blog, it’ll be back to basketball on a
full-time basis … but as I’ve done for the past few days … I’m talking a little bit about baseball … and my road trip with ...
Saturday August 16 2008 - 11:20am Eastern
Again, I’m talking more about baseball and my road trip … not hoops. But it’s my blog … so I can do what I want, right? Don’t worry, I’ll throw a little bball in at the end.
So we (me, my Dad, my father in law, and my Grandfather-in-law (”Coach”)) lucked out big-time last night. Mother Nature ...
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Friday August 15 2008 - 4:25pm Eastern I’m
at the Samsung store at Columbus Circle in New
York City … blogging. How’s that for dedication? To update my blog from late last night … Mother Nature has yet to screw up my day. ...
Thursday August 14 2008 - 11:59pm Eastern
99% of the time … this blog is about basketball. This time … it’s not. It’s about baseball. And weather. If you don’t like it … deal with it.
Me and Mother Nature are going to have some REAL problems if things don’t go my way on Friday. Heck, I’ll even give her Saturday to make it up to me. ...
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New York Knicks
Tuesday August 12 2008 - 1:00pm Eastern
We’re going to try this again folks …
I mean … it was pretty successful last week - on both Tuesday and Friday - so I figured I’d dust it off again!
I’ll be blogging live during “The Bridge” … from 1:00-4:00pm on the FAN.
Feel free to drop any questions or comments below and I will do my best to ...
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Monday August 11 2008 - 3:45pm Eastern
This may be my shortest blog ever … ’cause the picture tells the story. There’s not much for me to say … other than … WHAT was the Spanish Basketball Federation thinking?
I really don’t know what to make of this … but … it’s hard to say that it’s not racist
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