Geography Is Fun! With David Stern

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My favorite part? The AP Reporter actually replies, "Thank you for the geography lesson, David." Like Stern's his older brother. Also, the "Why do you have to be so American?" is awesome. It's like Stern turns into a hipster for once. David Stern searched the world over, for his angel in black. Yeah, he's searched the world over for a Eurotrash game. The lesson as always, kids. Don't ... [link]

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David Stern: Geography Professor
Published 3/28/2008 by Brett Edwards at FanHouse
... The annoyance level of Stern here is fantastic, along with the snide comment from the reporter thanking him for the lesson. Stern definitely wins (does he ever lose?) by concluding that "the water doesn't make it into a longer trip," but he's probably right that he'll have to make this point many more times to the media before European expansion will become a reality. [via Hardwood Paroxysm] Permalink | Email this | Comments

David Stern's Bad Geography
Published 3/28/2008 at ESPN.com - True Hoop - Blog
... The commissioner recently got snooty with a reporter for the 2,198th time in his tenure. The conversation was, in essence, the reporter wondering if the league might allow some time off to players like Dwyane Wade this pre-season. Wade, the reporter pointed out, will have just traveled a long way to and from the Olympics, and then would be asked to travel a long way to a pre-season game overseas. ...

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