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mookie
I'm originally from Australia, but live in the UK and love the NBA... but not just the NBA, all basketball. It's from this unique perspective that I try to follow everything from the Australian NBL, to Euro leagues to NBA. I used to run a blog called RGB : Rose Garden Blog, but have moved onto A Stern Warning to have a more well-rounded view on basketball, without showing so much of my Blazers bias! Web Site: ...a stern warning BallHype Member since March 28, 2007 |
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Bloguin NBA-a-thon #1
Video: USA v COSTA RICA --- (2010 World Cup Qualifier) --- (full highlights)
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mookie USA had a ridiculous number of shots on goal by the looks of it!
"Super" Trail Blazers Player Preview, Part 1
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mookie Hilarious! A must read.
Video: GALAXY v TORONTO FC --- (Beckham's game-winning goal)
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mookie Good to see Becks in form.
50/50: Fifty Hawaiian-born athletes (current and former) on U.S. state's 50th birthday
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mookie Really well done Ric. A lot of work must have gone into this.
I believe that Jack Johnson's father, Jeff, was a famous Hawai'ian surfer too (now deceased).
Happy 50th!
Basketball Abroad: The Best Of The 2009 International Draft Prospects
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mookie Sleep on Patty Mills and Joe Ingles at your peril!
Video: MLS Sierra Mist GOAL OF THE WEEK (round 12) --- (all 6 finalists)
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mookie Some classic goals there!
Nasty Boys
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mookie Of course! As well as your other ones :)
BallHype Profile on "Hugging Harold Reynolds"
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mookie HHR is always considered by me to be one of the top blogs on the net - full stop.
Hey Mike Brown…Why Is Zydrunas Ilgauskas Shooting Threes?
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mookie It just looks wrong...
JVG - get a goddamn clue!
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mookie Hahaha! Nice one Don.
NFL Debate: Should the Super Bowl be held in London?
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mookie I see what you mean. I think it would be a real dis-service to the game for them to take the game to London more than once every five years (or even more than that) -- in other words, it should only be put in the rotation like any other city to host the SuperBowl.
On the topic of taking it to other places, I don't know that there are that many places that it would work in... I remember going to a game in Sydney, Australia many years back and it wasn't a rousing success. There are plenty of NFL fans in Oz, and the stadium sold out, but the majority of fans there were turning up for the novelty value and were not pure fans of gridiron. So finding other cities/countries that have enough fan base would be hard (other places that I know are hotbeds of NFL fans are Scotland and Germany).
Hahaha well, I had no idea that you were a UNC fan, AEM *wink* -- I don't think you've made that clear enough ;)
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Suspend Derek Fisher!
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mookie Let's see if the NBA draws the line on this one where they haven't previously...
NFL Debate: Should the Super Bowl be held in London?
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mookie I see your point AEM, but remember two things:
1. There are many very loyal fans on the other side of the world who have put in the very hard yards to follow their team remotely all season long (for many years) and they are rewarded with an eventual opportunity to get a taste of their team live in their own backyard.
2. Fans have to travel to get to wherever the Superbowl is anyway, so why not make the trip to London... incidentally it's not that big a trip from say New York (about 6 hours and about $500-600) -- it gives them an opportunity to make a European holiday they might not have otherwise done...
NFL Debate: Should the Super Bowl be held in London?
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mookie The NFL is hugely popular in the United Kingdom. Whenever games come to London (once a year), they sell out immediately. Not only that, but there is a ballot for tickets which was six times oversubscribed last year (if I recall correctly).
The SuperBowl in London would be HUGE! And a great marketing device for the NFL.
The Best of Madden
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mookie Nice, exhaustive review!! There's nothing more disappointing than a new series release that fails to improve on the previous year... as a formerly very loyal NBA Live fan that was cheated on like an unsuspecting husband too many times, I know what that is like.
What It Is Like Writing For Someone Else’s Blog
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mookie Ditto what Zach said...
Portland Trail Blazer Summer Vacation
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mookie That photo is CLEARLY fake! I mean, Bayless is smiling!
Sweet Dishes: Hip Hop Hooray (NBA Remix) (Video)
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mookie Tom Gugliotta was so gangsta it hurts.
Bloguin NBA: Conference semis picks
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mookie A lot of consistency in the predictions. More than I thought there'd be!!
