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Monday Mish Mash
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... where a white, 50-something ex-skater like Mr. Peralta might not be exactly welcomed with open arms, especially when bearing a camera. Also . . . his name is Stacy. I checked and, at least in America: Stacy is a very popular female first name. Le Basketbawl links us to the 50 Most Influential European Basketball Contributors. Thank you, Kellex, for not listing all 50. Happy to see our new best friend Wally on Le Basketbawl's summary. Thanks to TSD Magazine for this Boobie moment . Kudos and a headache to The Arbitrarian for NBA ...
7 Seconds of Defense
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Stuck in traffic two blocks from the Q , an elegant four dial street clock caught my eye. Four faces (dials, I have since learned), each a square, it looked oddly at home between the giant non-rubber rubber stamp / Rock and Roll Hame of Fame and the Q / Jake . The clock looked something like this, only squarer: Two side (faces, dials) were visible; one read 5:10 and one read noon. Split the difference? Only if you live in the Rockies. Add them up? 12 plus 5 is too many. And, I have no idea what the other two sides were recording. The four faces of time? No time to ponder, there's the giant LeBron , it's $15 to park; we pull into ...
Cavs v. Wizard at Columbus: Value City
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... to the rescue, calls a foul on Varejao, Etan misses both, Ball Don't Lie. Mo to LeBron who "overwhelms Jamison", Jamison throws the ball out of bounds for no apparent reason; Boobie for 2 (hey, I didn't know Boobie was on the floor); 21 - 25 Cavs with 53 seconds left in Q1. Sasha is "stripped and fouled" (that sounds so wrong), misses both; Lorenzen Wright fouls Blatche, who makes both; Boobie misses; Dixon for 2 at the buzzer. 23 - 25 Cavs. End of Quarter #1. 2nd Quarter As the 2nd quarter ramps up, a giant black box repeatedly pops up on my TV. If I press the pause button, ...
