Christian Laettner Elected To Hall of Fame

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Friday Blizzard
Published 5/9/2008 by Pacifist Viking (noreply@blogger.com) at Pacifist Viking
... When I was a little T-Wolves fan, I loved Christian Laettner. I would go to school in a Christian Laettner sweatshirt, and when I got warm, I would take it off to reveal a Christian Laettner t-shirt. I had over 20 different Christian Laettner rookie cards. In art class I drew a big picture of Christian Laettner that's still at my parents' house. Well, Christian Laettner just got elected to the Polish-American Sports Hall of Fame (10,000 Takes). Now that I'm no longer such a little T-Wolves fan, that just seems funny. ...

Reading is Great! Friday’s NBA Links
Published 5/9/2008 by Andrew Thell and Brian Spencer at Empty the Bench
... it back. - The Grand Rapids Press - For better or worse, Detroit is Flip Saunders’ team. - Cleveland.com - The Boston D Party have been dumping LeBron Bricks overboard. - 3 Shades of Blue - They can’t all be zingers, but Spartacus came pretty damn close. - Ball Don’t Lie - Cleveland was outplayed and outcoahced; San Antonio woke up. - 10,000 Takes - Christian Laettner will be inducted into the Hall of Fame this June. ...

The 10-man rotation, starring CP3's touching tribute
Published 5/9/2008 at Ball Don't Lie
... 10th: 10,000 Takes. Christian Laettner is going to be inducted into the Hall of Fame. Seriously. The National Polish-American Sports Hall of Fame.

Did You Hear The One About The Polish-American Sports Hall Of Fame?
Published 5/9/2008 by GC at Can't Stop The Bleeding
... Congrats to Christian Death on his election to The National Polish-American Sports Hall of Fame. If you’re wondering about the Hall’s criteria, just rest assured Jim Rice didn’t get enough votes for this one, either. ...

Christian Laettner Inducted Into Hall Of Ethnic White People [Heard The One About The Polish HOF?]
Published 5/10/2008 by Christmas Ape at Deadspin
... For a Dukie, Christian Laettner had a decent enough NBA career: 13 seasons in the league with six teams, a member of the 1992 Dream Team and an All-Star reserve in 1997. And for that, he's going to the Hall. Oh no, you big silly, not the NBA Hall of Fame. He will enter The National Polish-American Sports Hall of Fame on June 12th in Troy, Michigan. ...

Laettner Elected To HOF (Not THAT Hall Of Fame)
Published 5/10/2008 by PUNTE at SPORTSbyBROOKS
... Wait, so Laettner’s Polish? All this time I thought he was gay. The blog 10000 TAKES jokes about attending the Troy, Michigan event upon learning what they’ll be serving for dinner: We had no intention of attending the event until we reviewed our invitation and noticed that at the HOF dinner they’ll be serving ...

CHRISTIAN LAETTNER IN POLISH HALL OF FAME
Published 5/12/2008 at With Leather
... DNA to qualify as Polish-American.  Oh, and don't worry about my false allegations of gay sex amongst the Duke basketball team -- Laettner never left his apartment without a handful of spicy condoms. In order to make his bust for the museum, Laettner's head and shoulders will be lowered into a vat of molten bronze.  The resulting statue will be placed next to other sporting greats of Polish descent, such as the guy who invented ice hockey cleats. [10,000 Takes] 

Tuesday (Jeopardy!) edition: Wha’ Happened?
Published 5/13/2008 by Michael Rand at Randball
... *Shame on us for forgetting about Christian Laettner’s induction into the Polish-American Hall of Fame. That’s Polish as in Poland. We think. So yeah, ...