freep.com - 11/28/2008
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Editor's note: This story was updated on Thursday, 9:15 p.m. Pistons coach Michael Curry held practice on Thanksgiving because his newest player, Allen Iverson, wasn't part of the team during training camp and has had less than a month to get familiar with the system and develop chemistry with ...
sftsports.com - 11/28/2008
mlive.com - 11/28/2008
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mlive.com —
AUBURN HILLS -- Allen Iverson, a no-show at
the Detroit Pistons' Thanksgiving day practice, was apologetic upon...
his return on Friday. "I don't have no excuses," Iverson said. "I apologized to my teammates, first and foremost, coaching staff, the ...
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Apologetic Iverson returns to Pistons practice ...
thebiglead.com - 11/28/2008
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thebiglead.com —
Saw this headline on TV last night and
our stomach ache (overeating, of course) turned into a...
headache. Like Iverson. Always have. He’s a Virginia guy, and famously during his high school years, he drilled a pregnant woman with a folding chair, WWE-style, during a high school brawl in a ...
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Iverson + New Team + Missed Practice + Suspended = ...
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Iverson Is Still Talkin Bout Practice, Still Not Going
SPORTSbyBROOKS —
Allen Iverson was none to pleased about having a Thanksgiving practice scheduled. But he calmly and maturely dealt with it the only way he knows how: he didn’t show. ...
Suicide lines: Worldwide Wes, M-V-Bosh, talkin' 'bout turkey ...
Ball Don't Lie —
... Chris Lau, Detroit Free Press: "Pistons coach Michael Curry held practice on Thanksgiving because his newest player, ...
Shootaround: Nov. 28, 2008
RaptorBlog.com —
... If you look in the comments of that NY Post story, most Knicks fans appear to be on Starbury's side. See that, LeBron and Chris? Even their fans are a mess. What a franchise! While we're on the topic of diminutive malcontents, Allen Iverson will be pulled from the starting lineup and fined for missing a practice Thursday morning. Since you're all already making the obvious joke in your heads, I won't bother. I will guess, however, that Joe Dumars doesn't find ...
Happy Birthday Bogut, the return of Ray and some Puerto Rican guy
NBAMate —
... I could not believe my eyes when I read news that Allen Iverson missed practice. As a Detroit fan there couldn’t be a more nightmarish scenario than have AI do something like this so soon in his Detroit career. ...
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Allen Iverson says “Give me a Championship”
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freep.com 12/5/2008 — Allen Iverson made it clear Thursday that he still thinks he's A.I. He still thinks he's the guy who averaged more than 30 points per game four times in 10 seasons with the Philadelphia 76ers, tonight's Pistons opponent. He still thinks he's the guy ...
How Allen Iverson Turned Me Off the NBA —
Bleacher Report - NBA 11/28/2008
Let me paint a picture for you, high school Junior, who for arguments sake we will call Allen.
Small, quick, mediocre at best as far as the boys basketball team goes. Shows up to practice every single day and puts his heart and soul ...
