Iran National B-Ball Team Plays Summer League?

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Published 7/9/2008 at FanIQ Blog
Baron Davis can't be feeling real good today. [Rumors and Rants] The Barry Zito Fathead is pretty cheap these days. I have no idea why. [Home Run Derby] Mike Lowell will steal your cell phone. [Red Sox Monster] Iran's national basketball team wants in on the NBA summer league. Uh, ok. [SPORTSbyBROOKS] Someone is not so pleased that Brett Favre might return. And I have to agree. [MoonDog Sports] Today's horrible athlete tattoo comes courtesy of Wayne Rooney. [The Spoiler] ...

Nadal’s Girlfriend Takes You Into the Night
Published 7/9/2008 by TheBigLead at The Big Lead
... Hanley Ramirez (Florida Marlins), Geovany Soto (Chicago Cubs), Francisco Rodriguez (LA Angels), Aramis Ramirez (Chicago Cubs), Ryan Braun (Milwaukee Brewers) and Kosuke Fukudome (Chicago Cubs). Also: Keith Bulluck (Tennessee Titans) and NHL All-Star Martin Havlat (Chicago Blackhawks). Drop us a note and we’ll provide the location, date, and time. Lastly: F Iran. Let’s hope the FBI and CIA keep close tabs on their basketball team when they’re in Salt Lake City.

Iranian National Team To Play Utah Jazz. I See No Way This Can End Badly [Basketball Diplomacy]
Published 7/10/2008 by Rick Chandler at Deadspin
... As Sports by Brooks points out, Utah's No. 1 draft pick, Kosta Koufos, will likely play against the Iranians. Koufos is of Greek and American descent, and Greece hasn't exactly been pals with Iran lately. ...

Iranian Basketball Star Erecting an NBA Career?
Published 3 days ago by Tuffy at SPORTSbyBROOKS
We couldn’t be more excited here today in the SPORTSbyBROOKS R&D division. We’ve been working in secret on a new diagnostic device that we feel will alter the course of sports coverage online and we’ve been dying to demonstrate it to the general public. However, we wanted to wait for the right story to debut the tool to make it clear just how it will change the world. With the news that NBA teams have been sniffing around 7′2″ Iranian basketball player ...