tscblogs.com - 10/13/2009
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Kyle Slavin and TSCblogs.com discusses the current referee lockout, and what it means for the upcoming season. (And not one word about Ron Artest! Except that one.)
NBA to Replacement Refs: Real refs will take it from here
replacementrefs.com 30 days ago — It's officially official with the official officials -- they will be back by Tuesday when the regular season begins. As per ESPN : It's a done deal: The regular NBA refs will be back for the start of the regular season.A nearly monthlong lockout of the league's 57 referees effectively ended ...
A Ref's Life: A Ref's Life: Making the show
thehockeynews.com 10/1/2009 — If you don t have butterflies and you re not nervous for your first game then, I m not sure you re in the proper business. David Banfield, NHL referee They say you have to be a different kind of person to want to be a goaltender. After all, who in ...
Haters: Coaches Show No Love For Refs
binarybasketball.com 10/18/2009 —
In the past couple of days, three coaches have already gotten into trouble and have been fined for bad-mouthing refs; refs that are of course replacement refs, as the union has yet to reach an agreement with the NBA.
The trouble first started on Wednesday with Larry Brown, ...
Never Let Go Ron, Never Let Go
slanchreport.com 10/13/2009 — NBA pain-in-the-ass Ron Artest is a man of diverse talents and interests; for instance, here he is at a random Filipno families home singing My Heart Will Go On by Celine Dion. While I have ZERO idea how this came about, I do enjoy it. My only complaint is that the girl who can actually really ...
Ready for the real refs ...
sacbee.com 10/8/2009 — Being an NBA referee is a tough job. We get that. We also have been known to point out their blown calls, and on more than one occasion, some of us have referred to the lousy officiating in Game...
The real refs are back? Thank you
sports.yahoo.com 10/21/2009 — No less an authority than the
New York Times reporting that our long, national nightmare is over; I think
it's safe to let out a collective and much-needed "whew," considering the news. Oh, you didn't hear?
The NBA and its referees are ...
NBA & Refs Ready to Make Things Work?
bustabucket.com 10/20/2009 — As many of you know, the officiating by the replacement refs in the preseason has been attrocious. Three hour games and a record number of foul calls are ruining the flow of NBA games.
Apparently there is good news on the horizon, it appears the always arrogant David Stern met with the ...
Another Open Letter to Ron Artest
sportingnews.com 10/8/2009 — Hey Ron Ron,
Hope things are good with you. Same old with me. Take the Mazda to get some cereal, then I'm back on my grind.
I'm writing because I'm worried about you, my man. Well, also worried about what you might do to me. I don't want to ...
Ron Artest: Good Basketball Player, Mediocre Man of Letters
myespn.go.com 10/8/2009 — On Friday I linked to an open letter to Ron Artest at the Second Coming blog. Blogger Kyle Slavin had written about his own devotion to the Lakers, and expressed both excitement and a little worry at the presence of Artest. Included was a kind of ...
Change is coming for Cohan, Warriors —
SFGate: Top Sports Stories 10/13/2009
The Stephen Jackson supernova is merely the latest example of what is now the only Warriors story in the world, namely: Something Goes Wrong - Is This the Final Straw That Convinces Chris Cohan to Sell the Team? And again, we say, "It ain't got ...