blogs.suntimes.com - 7/2/2009
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Or something like that. What a day in Chicago sports, huh? For those of us that like what happens off the field as much as what happens on it (guilty), yesterday was pretty crazy. When the dust settled, Ben Gordon...
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notqualifiedtocomment.com —
So thus ends the tale of Ben Gordon
and the Chicago Bulls. In general he was underappreciated...
by the fans, media and the organization as a whole. He was exactly what he purported to be, which was a pure shooter and an explosive offensive threat. His defensive skillset was not as bad as most ...
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Ben Gordon Leaves Bulls To Attend UConn Reunion
sports.yahoo.com - 7/1/2009
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sports.yahoo.com —
The Detroit Pistons have reached agreement with free-agent
guard Ben Gordon (notes) and forward Charlie Villanueva (notes)...
, a source with knowledge of the talks told Yahoo! Sports Wednesday evening. Gordon will receive a five-year contract worth ...
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Pistons reach deals with Gordon, Villanueva - NBA - ...
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Peace, Ben. It's been real.
Tremendous Upside Potential —
... Find this post and a little more on the 'Hawks at the Sun-Times Full Court Press blog. Also: the White Sox are awesome and Beckham > everyone else in the world combined. ...
Ben Gordon Reaction Roundup
MOUTHPIECE Blog // A Chicago-Addled Sports Blog —
Searching high and low, and then around the back, here’s what some of the Web’s finest basketball writers have to say about Ben Gordon signing with Detroit last evening.
Ricky O’Donnell:
Also worth noting: you can make the argument that both Gordon and the Bulls were losers in the negotiations. The Bulls lose because one of their best players is going to their biggest rival in the prime of his career for zero compensation. In Interweb speak, we like to refer to that as FAIL. Gordon doesn’t ...
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