blazersedge.com - 6/29/2008
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As with any basketball movie review, it is important to note that " Gunnin' For That #1 Spot " is not " Hoop Dreams ." It doesn't try to be. But the temptation to compare any movie focused on the lives and times of high school basketball prospects to that seminal work is overwhelming. Such is the Jordanesque shadow that "Hoop Dreams" casts. Do "Gunnin'" justice and ...
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The Roundup: Is Anyone Around This Week?
The Big Lead —
... owners in the house? … boy takes shortcut at 6 Flags, ends up getting decapitated by the Batman ride … Reggie Bush in some strange gear in Vegas with his girl and her crew …
Seems like every athlete you could think of descended upon Vegas this past weekend, including Wayne Rooney for his “honeymoon.” (Journal-Review)
The documentary “Gunnin’ for that No. 1 Spot” is apparently very, very good. (Blazers Edge)
FOX seems intent on making the MLB All-Star game an ...
Monday Bullets
ESPN.com - TrueHoop —
... He writes: "My favorite part of the movie, however, was listening to the youth basketball power brokers criticize the youth basketball system. Chris Rivers, Darren Matsubara, Clark Francis and Ron Matena criticized the development system. ... They were accurate in their comments about the youth system becoming big business and the problems which this causes in the development system. However, they are the system." A longer review from BlazersEdge. ...
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Day After Draft, Michael Beasley Meets the Heat —
NBA.com: News 6/28/2008
Michael Beasley arrived in Miami on Friday, one night after the Heat used the No. 2 pick in the NBA draft on the scoring machine from Kansas State. He got the ultra-red-carpet treatment Miami gives to the likes of Shaquille O'Neal.
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NBA.com: News 6/29/2008
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