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Jason After Atari Basketball, I remember thinking that Dr. J vs. Bird was a greater technological leap than the VCR.
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goathair_3 My stepbrother's dad designed Arch Rivals. -
Patrick I have fond, fond memories of Double Dribble, which was the first video basketball game I ever played. I loved the four teams, the super high jumping, the slam dunk cut scenes a la Techmo Bowl. Go Boston Frogs!
THE AFTER PARTY
Epic Carnival | Where Sports and Pop Culture Collide —
Stephen A. starts a Blog. Seriously! (SimonOnSports) Top 10 NFL National TV Announcers. (NFL Gridiron Gab) Jon Cryer picks the Giants. Who's Jon Cryer? (TMZ) Dellucci implicates Luis Gonzalez. (Steroid Nation) Plaxico Burress is not normal. (Throwing Into Traffic) Most columnists suck. (Rumors and Rants) The history of basketball video games. (FanIQ) Ana vs. Maria! (PartMule) CBS To Debut "Tommy-Cam". (eTrueSports) Rapping Pats fan, midgets and more. (Eye on Foxborough) Worst NHL All Star jerseys. ...
Around the Blogosphere for 1/23
MVN Outsider —
MVN’s giving away copies of Disney’s “The Game Plan”…just click this link and leave a comment to enter the contest!
From MVN’s sports bloggers:
MVN’s Juana Summers on Tom Brady’s walking cast: “No, it’s not the end of the world, but if you’ve been following this team all through the season and want to see them come out perfect, it’s pretty darn close.” [The NFL Source]
Redskins fans are underwhelmed by reports that Jim Fassel will be named the team’s next head coach. [Hog Heaven]
The Spurs are struggling, and ...
Quick hits for your afternoon enjoyment
Sports Scope —
Want Barry Sanders and Terrell Davis to watch the Super Bowl at your house? Bid on eBay where 100% of the money from the auction goes to The V Foundation for Cancer Research . ... Check out the evolution of basketball video games . Dr. J vs. Larry Bird was sweet. For its day. ... Soccer star David Beckham, apparently, is not green. Look at the size of that dude's carbon footprint . ... Indiana Pacers center David Harrison wants to the NBA to worry about performance-enhancing substances . ... Jim Brown, about two weeks late, weighs in on the Kelly Tilghman-Tiger Woods controversy. ... Minnesota men's basketball coach ...
The 10-man rotation, starring Dr. Rod Strickland
Ball Don't Lie —
A look around the league and the web that covers it.
It's also important to note that the rotation order and starting nods aren't
always listed in order of importance. That's for you, dear reader, to figure
out.
C: WIZZNUTZZ.
With Rod Strickland becoming Director
of Student-Athlete Development at Memphis,
WIZZNUTZZ
is diagramming just how this will effect the student body's sausage
intake. You see, Rod enjoys encased meats. Sometimes during the first quarter of a pro basketball game. PF: AZCentral.com.
Shawn Marion had only three shots in last night's loss to the Timberwolves, ...
Basketball in Video Games
Give Me The Rock —
There are only a few things I really love in this world: basketball, Christmas mornings, burritos, the female form, HDTV, and of course, video games. Each and every one is good enough on its own, but combining two or more turns me borderline orgasmic. Video games in HD. Brilliant. Cheerleaders in the NBA. Brilliant. Eating a burrito while watching porn. Brilliant. And playing video games about basketball. Brilliant.
I bring this up because two recent basketball/video game posts caught my attention. The first, by 100%InjuryRate, runs through the history of basketball video games starting with the classic, Atari Basketball. And I use the word classic in ...
NBA Web Roundup - Video Games, Rudy Gay and Artest is Still Crazy
Str8Hoops NBA Blog —
NBA Web Roundup
Rudy Gay wants you to choose his dunk
Links from around the NBA…
I’m not even going to try to explain this Charles Barkley Video Game
Speaking of video games… here is a history of basketball video games
All ...
