indycornrows.com - 8/22/2008
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Larry Bird spoke with JMV this afternoon on WNDE . They talked about the Olympics, Slick smoking cigarettes during the upcoming preseason game at Pepsi Coliseum and George Jones lighting up the new casino in French Lick. Larry copped to 'stirring up a lot of stuff' with teammates as part of the Dream Team. He also thought Ricky Rubio was a ballboy crashing the layup line the first ...
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The Fundamentals
BallerBlogger.com —
... Timeout: Kobe Bryant, Chauncey Billups and Tony Parker talk about what it takes to make it to the NBA Finals
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The Hoop Doctors: Top 40 Dunks of the 2008 Season
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Dream A Little Redeem With Me [Beijing Olympics 2008]
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... . And while two or maybe three of the Redeem Teamers have earned the right to stand among that pantheon — Kobe Bryant, Jason Kidd and perhaps LeBron James — the rest have not, or have not yet. Moreover, and I swear I'm not trying to sound like Chuck Klosterman here, the Dream Team was a cultural phenomenon that transcended the framework of its own sport. Some people, and Larry Bird is among them, even believe that the Dream Team was partially responsible for the rapid ascension of the overseas game. Which would be particularly ironic, that Team USA's utter ...
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For the first time in 10 years, the Indiana Pacers will play a preseason game in Fort Wayne, an early NBA home and now the host city of the D-League's Mad Ants. On Oct. 10, Indiana plays Chicago, its first game at Allen County War Memorial Coliseum ...
Ricky Rubio Is The Next Great European —
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He’s been a YouTube legend for years, but after the Beijing Olympics, Americans are now familiar with what Spain’s 17-year-old phenom guard Ricky Rubio brings to the table. He was by no means dominant against NBA All-Stars Chris Paul and ...
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