commercialappeal.com - 6/23/2008
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Mascots don't get cancer. Think of all the mascots you've ever seen around the ballpark. They jump on trampolines. They swap high fives with kids. They mock officials and they scoot around on motorbikes and they might even trip and fall on purpose if it'll draw a laugh. But they don't get cancer. It's not in the job description. "Mascots are all about joy," said Eric McMahon. McMahon is a ...
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Great Exercises in Internet NBA-Related Postings 6.23.08
Hardwood Paroxysm —
... I don't know whether this is just another sign that the Grizzlies are perpetually doomed, or if this is a sign of hope. Either way, it's awesome that he recovered, and we're pulling for him. ...
Links: Marc Gasol News, Draft Scuttlebutt
3 Shades of Blue —
... Geoff Calkins had a great column about Eric McMahon in Sunday's Commercial Appeal. It's great to see that Eric is recovering and is looking forward to returning to the role of Grizz next season. ...
Grizzlies Rally Behind Mascot’s Fight Vs. Cancer
SPORTSbyBROOKS —
The Memphis Grizzlies have been a sad sack of a NBA franchise - years of lousy play, trading away good players for pretty much nothing (see Gasol, Pau ). But when their mascot is stricken with cancer , that’s just unfair. ...
Late Tuesday Mini-Bullets
ESPN.com - TrueHoop —
... Tough Grizz. One of the best columns I have read in a while, about the man in the Grizzlies' mascot suit, who stared cancer in the eye and won. ...
Grizz Slams Cancer
Grizzed by Vanjulio —
Ya gotta check out Grizz's story from his trip to Asia in June 2009: A Night to Remember Background story: Grizzlies root for mascot Indonesia Madness 2009 Madness link ...
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