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Last October, Jeff Clark from CelticsBlog coordinated yet
another team-by-team season preview, featuring 63 NBA bloggers this
time. As in 2006-07 and 2007-08 , overoptimism was a general trend. As a result, this season brought plenty of disappointment: bloggers predicted a total of 236 more ...
Reviewing the NBA Blog Previews, 08-09
Reviewing the NBA Blog Previews, 08-09
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posted 4/16/2009
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The big news in Oakland tonight: the impending
departure of Baron Davis. Because Baron's opting out of
his contract and signing with the Clippers, the Warriors will soon have nothing to show for their top star but memories of last year's playoff run . Unfortunately, losing talent for pennies on the dollar is nothing new for Warriors fans—it happens on a regular basis. Don't believe ...
Nothing in Return
Nothing in Return
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The Hornets fell just short of advancing to
the Western Conference Finals, but Chris Paul's play was
surely one of the highlights of the first two rounds. There's been a lot of talk about Paul's ascension to the NBA elite, and John Hollinger named him as his early playoffs MVP . In only his third season in the league, and at 22 years old (an age at which many of the all-time greats hadn't ...
BREAKING: Chris Paul is Really Good
BREAKING: Chris Paul is Really Good
ballhype.com —
Last October, Jeff Clark from CelticsBlog coordinated yet
another team-by-team look at the 2007-08 season, featuring dozens
of NBA bloggers. And once again, there was more than enough optimism to go around in the preseason ... with disappointment for many fans once the real games begun.
Reviewing the NBA Blog Previews, 07-08
Reviewing the NBA Blog Previews, 07-08
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For some time now, Deadspin has been running
their Media Approval Ratings series --daily polls which ask
readers their opinion of various members of the sports media. Some of the results have been predictable , others somewhat surprising , and on the whole, they've been very interesting. Several times, I've found myself wanting to compare the results, so I decided to put something ...
Deadspin's Media Approval Leaderboard
Deadspin's Media Approval Leaderboard
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The Suns roster gets slower, older, and more
expensive. That Gasol trade is looking a lot more
reasonable now.
Shaq for Marion: Done Deal (pending physical)
Shaq for Marion: Done Deal (pending physical)
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This is where Howie normally highlights some of
the best comments from the past week. He's been
busy setting up our big ShowHype Oscar Quiz , though, so I've been called in off the bench. First off, TheHype Himself goes Rachael Ray on this blogging manifesto : But Lunch of Shame is so good when you put the Sauce of Despairity on it! Next, Rod Benson's blogging sidekick gives a great ...
Commenter's Corner
Commenter's Corner
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Player Production by State, or Where to Raise
an Athlete
Player Production by State, or Where to Raise an Athlete
Player Production by State, or Where to Raise an Athlete
ballhype.com —
2007 was a big year for sports blogs:
fans turned to them in growing numbers, mainstream media
took notice, and (some) bloggers got paid . To commemorate, we dug through the archives for the top 10 stories about the sports blog revolution. 1. Deadspin: This Hurts Us More Than It Hurts You, Colin Posted April 5, 2007 Related: Do it Again and the Kitten Dies , Schreiber: Radio host's ...
BallHype's Top 10 Sports Blog Stories of the Year About ...
BallHype's Top 10 Sports Blog Stories of the Year About ...
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The first annual BallHype Person of the Year
award goes to ... You[tube]. If pictures are worth
a thousand words, then a hilarious sports video is worth a million. With videos like these, who needs writing? 1. Giving Him The Business! Found by Mr. Irrelevant 2. Trinity (TX) Laterals Their Way to Division III Win Found by East Coast Bias 3. Miss Gossip Interviews Greg Oden ...
BallHype's Top 10 Sports Videos of 2007
BallHype's Top 10 Sports Videos of 2007
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On Wednesday, Rob Iracane unveiled his picks for
Deadspin commenters of the year , and Camp Tiger
Claw came out on top. Regular comments section readers are well aware that CTC brings the funny, but was he really the #1 commenter for 2007? To find out, I printed out each post from 2007, divided them up among 5 monkeys, and had them count up all of the +1's, +2's, +10's, and other variations ...
More Sports Blog Geekery: Top Deadspin Commenters, 2007
More Sports Blog Geekery: Top Deadspin Commenters, 2007
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Find out how well you know your Wages
of Wins by taking the following quiz, which matches
up 12 pairs of NBA players and compares their WP48 scores for the 2006-07 season.
The Foibles of Formulas: A Quiz
The Foibles of Formulas: A Quiz
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Fun things to do with Google Maps #3:
plot the birthplace and high school location of every
NBA player from the 1946-47, 1956-57, 1966-67, 1976-77, 1986-87, 1996-97, and 2006-07 seasons. As with the last version , use the controls on the left to zoom, and drag 'n drop to pan. This time, multiple players from the same city are grouped into a single marker, with the number indicating how many ...
Where Birth Happened: Six Decades of NBA Origins
Where Birth Happened: Six Decades of NBA Origins
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Fun things to do with Google Maps #2:
plot the birthplace of every current NBA player.
Where Birth Happens
Where Birth Happens
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1,500+ U.S. and Canadian sports blogs loaded into
Google Maps for slicing, dicing, zooming, and panning.
The Sports Blog Mapping Project
The Sports Blog Mapping Project
