sportingnews.com - 6/4/2008
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In an age of the Who's Now? , "gasbags on parade" SportsCenter , it's not often that ESPN actually does something I genuinely enjoy. But ESPN's re-airing of game six of the 1987 NBA Finals between the Lakers and Celtics was some of the best programming I've seen the channel ever air.
I know that sounds far from thrilling, but believe me, it was excellent. Matt Winer and Tim Legler ...
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ESPN's Lakers-Celtics Special Was A Winner
AwfulAnnouncing —
I originally wrote this for posting over at Sporting News, but I wanted to share it in this spot as well. I don't know if you watched the Sports Center Special last night on ESPN, but if you missed it I tried to capture it's greatness as much I could. ESPN Actually Does Something Cool With Its Celtics-Lakers Coverage (The Sporting Blog) When I wrote about the NBA Finals late in the day on Monday the obvious angle to note was the Jimmy Kimmel appearance. Well that was certainly not the case after Tuesday night. ESPN's re-airing of Game Six of the ...
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wcbias.com 6/5/2008 — If you’re tired of all the Lakers-Celtics history lessons, get ready for some more tonight when ABC kicks off its pregame coverage, which is sure to be bogged down with more high-shorts highlights than you can shake a stick at. Instead of rehashing history again, WCBias.com looks to the present and how the '87 Lakers are making an impact on today's game.
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We’re going to be all over Game 1 of Celtics/Lakers tonight. Keep coming back to DimeMag.com for halftime analysis, immediate post-game recaps and Smack, which we’ll get up as soon after the game as possible.
In case you missed it today:
* The Dime crew’s predictions for the ‘08 Finals.
* Magic and [...]
