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A Sweet Ordeal For All of Us to Share
Published 5/27/2008 by Bethlehem Shoals (noreply@blogger.com) at freedarko.com
[image] Since the book is now actually, finally done, I'll come forth and ask myself: Please feel free to pre-order from Amazon . There's some disinformation on that page, and the cover still might change, but the time has sort of come. So let me offer several compelling reasons for you to cop: Because our sources told us who "Kaiser" is ( ...

We Plug Because We Care
Published 5/27/2008 by Hardwood Paroxysm (noreply@blogger.com) at Hardwood Paroxysm
... the draft is over and the dreaded "Baseball Desert" sets on us all for two months. We've learned a lot about our style, what works, what doesn't, and while we still try new things as much as we can and try and test our boundaries, and especially try to maintain a balance between the light, the bizarre, and the analytic, we know what we're not. We're not Free Darko. No one is. We thought we'd pay our respects on the day they announce that the book, finally, thankfully, is available for pre-order. November is an interminable wait for it, and until then ...

FreeDarko's 'The Macrophenomenal Pro Basketball Almanac'
Published 5/27/2008 at Ball Don't Lie
I have nothing to do with this, but as a fellow virtual card-carrying NBA blogosphere member, I'm excited to announce the upcoming release of FreeDarko's debut book, 'The Macrophenomenal Pro Basketball Almanac: Styles, Stats, and Stars in Today's Game.' Shoals lists ...

There Is No Downside To This
Published 5/27/2008 by JakeTheSnake at Gilbertology
... just announced that Gilbert Arenas wrote the forward to their upcoming book, Free Darko presents The Macrophenomenal Pro Basketball Almanac: Styles, Stats, and Stars in Today’s Game, which can be pre-ordered here. ...

FreeDarko Basketball Book Available for Pre-Order
Published 5/27/2008 by Seth (noreply@blogger.com) at Enjoy the Enjoyment
... FreeDarko's The Macrophenomenal Pro Basketball Almanac: Styles, Stats, and Stars in Today's Game, which comes out in November, is now available for pre-order on Amazon. ...

Orlando Magic News for May 27th: Dave Twardzik Talks Draft Strategy
Published 5/27/2008 by Ben Q Rock at Third Quarter Collapse
... that their book, FreeDarko presents The Macrophenomenal Pro Basketball Almanac: Style, Stats, and Stars in Today's Game, is available for pre-order on Amazon.com. If you're a basketball geek (and you'd have to be to read my site, frankly) you owe it to yourself to order this book now. ...

A Less Than Triumphant Return
Published 5/28/2008 by Loren (noreply@blogger.com) at Pure Point
... I've decided to hold off a little bit on my NBA blogging. You'll see tidbits of MLB coverage and maybe a smattering of Roland Garros here and there as I pretend to be a panathletic writer, but the real return of NBA writing won't come until the draft combines and then in full force with my annual liveblogging of the NBA Draft, which is in my opinion, the most exciting day of the year. In the meantime... 1. Read this Ziller piece about combo guards. 2. Pre-order the Free Darko book. 3. Check out everything on The X's and O's of Basketball. ...

Pre-order the FreeDarko book
Published 5/29/2008 by Matt Watson at Detroit Bad Boys
... “The Macrophenomenal Pro Basketball Almanac: Styles, Stats and Stars in Today’s Game,” aka, the FreeDarko book, won’t technically be available until November, but you can get it cheap if you pre-order it now. ...

Ball Don't Lie's NBA Finals chat primer, take two
Published 6/11/2008 at Ball Don't Lie
Grab some coffee cake and pull up a chair, folks. We've got a lot to tak about. Wednesday Thursday, around 1pm EST, published author Bethlehem Shoals from ...

Writing Nerds - A Conversation About Blogs with Bethlehem Shoals
Published 7/25/2008 by Ben. at Blazer's Edge
... Here we come full circle... I find it appropriate that Wolfe and the New Journalists were looking for book deals almost from the beginning. I know you've got a book coming. What's the career goal now? ...

The Macrophenomenal Pro Basketball Almanac
Published 10/16/2008 by Michael Rand at Randball
macro.jpg We just received a copy of the book you see pictured. It is by FreeDarko, which means it will be awesome. The foreword is by Gilbert Arenas, which means it will be extra awesome. It has illustrations on the inside that make it seem awesome beyond comprehension. We received (unsolicited) a free copy, and it is not out until Nov. 11. Between now and then, we plan to read it and give you a review, and we imagine the review will contain this word: awesome. Any questions? This entry was posted on Thursday, October 16th, 2008 at 3:35 pm and is filed under ...

Movie Recommendation: ‘Sex Drive’
Published 10/17/2008 by Jamie Mottram at Mr. Irrelevant
... And if you’d like another semi-blind, sports blog-related recommendation, purchase FreeDarko’s Macrophenomenal Pro Basketball Almanac (foreword by Gil!), which just arrived at my house and looks, well, macrophenomenal. ...

Your Sexy Friday Afternoon Cheers And Jeers
Published 10/17/2008 by Big Daddy Drew at Kissing Suzy Kolber
... CHEERS to the new Freedarko book. I don’t really like the NBA. But that doesn’t matter, because this book has lots of pretty pictures and charts. That’s my kinda book. ...

How We Roll: Preseason Sunday Diversions
Published 30 days ago by noreply@blogger.com (Brendan K.) at 2nd Round Reach
... LeBron is up to speed, narrowly missed a "hambone" in the 5th frame, registers a triple-double anyway. FreeDarko has already started a new expanded appendices for the paperback edition of their book. ...

NBA Essentials: Jeff Bower on a Stick!
Published 28 days ago by Tom Ziller at FanHouse
... that dude isn't sexy. See him here with Julian Wright? BASKETBALL ROCKSTAR. Forget Peja, they need to start giving out Bower-on-a-Stick. 3. Ball Don't Lie. Requiem for Darius Miles. 4. Yahoo! The Bobcats are losing money, but Robert Johnson insists he won't sell. 5. Free Darko. It's February in the Every Game Preview. (Also, I have broken the binding on Free Darko's book. It's amazing.) 6. Straight Bangin'. A Knicks fan ...

Hardwood Paroxysm's 2008-2009 Season Previews: Memphis Grizzlies
Published 27 days ago by Hardwood Paroxysm (noreply@blogger.com) at Hardwood Paroxysm
... Additionally, we're a results-oriented society. The Wizards were better than the Hawks last year. Why? They won more games. Likewise the Rays are currently better than all but one team in baseball. These may be true, but think about the phrasing itself. Better. What makes the NBA unique, and I'm not breaking any ground here, is how much the true junkies are able to appreciate flawed, if not outright bad, basketball. You want proof of how far this paradigm has come? Wait about 21 days. (Review is forthcoming, here's a snippet: It's good.) ...

Men With Balls By Drew Magary: Out Today
Published 22 days ago by DanShanoff.com (noreply@blogger.com) at Dan Shanoff
... ago as the laugh-out-loud funniest sports voice in America, online or off. Senselessly, I have been sitting on my book review for weeks. It's coming later this week, hopefully. Needless to say, Men With Balls is a must-buy and a must-read. Congrats, Drew. -- D.S. PS: It's a glorious moment for leading sports bloggers finally coming out with books: College Basketball Prospectus, by Ken "KenPom" Pomeroy and John (ne "Big Ten Wonk") Gasaway, and Free Darko's NBA uber-book both release imminently.)

Buy the FreeDarko book!
Published 21 days ago by Matt Watson at Detroit Bad Boys
The Macrophenomenal Pro Basketball Almanac (aka, the FreeDarko book) will be released in exactly two weeks, and to stoke your interest they’ve launched a promotional site today that offers a sneak peek of what you can expect, including excerpted chapters and limited edition prints of the incredible artwork. You should check out the site now, and when you’re done, pre-order the book. I was fortunate enough to receive an advanced copy a week and a half ago, and without exaggeration I’m ready to proclaim ...

FreeDarko Will Blow Your Mind With Widgets [Freedarko]
Published 19 days ago by Drew Magary at Deadspin
... Anyway, if you’re the sort of person who loves both the NBA and meticulous writing that you know is good but often sails directly over your head and out into the far reaches of space, Shoals and the gang have just the book for you. It’s such a pretty book, I feel bad that I got so much fudge all over its insides. ...

Stuckey-less Pistons are in Sacramento
Published 6 days ago by Matt Watson at Detroit Bad Boys
... who’s grown exponentially since being routinely abused by the Pistons in the 2005 NBA Finals. Plus, win or lose, we’ll get to read about the game from Sactown Royalty’s Tom Ziller, one of the best basketball writers in the blogosphere existence. The ball tips at 10 PM on FSN — join the rest of your fellow Piston-loving night owls by leaving your thoughts in the comments. P.S. Rasheed Wallace is a toaster. Order the Free Darko book. ...