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Grand Theft Hoops: The Stealing of the Sonics
Grand Theft Hoops: The Stealing of the Sonics
Dave Zirin brings the force on TSF with this one.... Kevin Durant, we hardly knew ya. Goodbye Slick Watts. Farewell Gary Payton. And Tom Chambers’ mullet can find somewhere else to call home. Two contemptible men named Clay Bennett and Aubrey McClendon....
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