slamonline.com - 10/26/2009
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by Lang Whitaker
Each fall, I know it’s time for the NBA season to start when I find myself filing into a Time Warner Center conference room for a catered lunch with Charles Barkley, Ernie Johnson and Kenny Smith. TNT gets the guys into New York City for a day, and then they unleash the ...
cavstheblog.com - 10/26/2009
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cavstheblog.com —
Editor’s Note: Here’s my Cavs chapter from the
soon-to-come TrueHoop Network 09-10 Season Preview. In the book,...
everything looks much better and shinier, and I definitely recommend checking it out when you get the chance-any ...
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TrueHoop Network 09-10 Season Preview: Cleveland
waitingfornextyear.com - 10/27/2009
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waitingfornextyear.com —
It seems like an eternity since the last
time the Cavaliers left the court. Much has changed...
since that night. One thing that hasn’t: the Cavaliers are the top sports organization in the city. In case you missed it the season tips off tonight against the Boston Celtics. Rock will be by ...
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Finally, A Cleveland Team To Get Excited About!
nbamate.com - 10/25/2009
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nbamate.com —
ONE : First off the rank is the
Aussie Roundup . Lots of Aussie-related NBA news happening...
in the last week, all of which you would have seen if you’re following the NBAMate Twitter feed (more on this later). You all know by now that Patty signed with the Blazers – a move that ...
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Sunday Six Pack: Lebron-Shaq, the Aussie Contingent and ...
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Late Day Journal- October 26, 2009
Sports Media Journal —
... .. Lang Whitaker of Slam Online has his story on lunch with TNT’s Charles Barkley, Ernie Johnson, and Kenny Smith … John Ourand at Sports Business Journal has the story on ...
The Links: Are the Tigers pursuing Ardolis Chapman and Michigan football is still being investigated
It's Just Sports —
... again : Don't normally link to the same site twice, but this Caron Butler Mountain Dew addiction hits a little too close to home. SLAM : An interesting lunch with Charles Barkley, Kenny Smith and Ernie Johnson. ...
Video: Charles Barkley on Letterman
SLAM Online —
... In preparation for tonight’s start of the NBA season, which also marks the return of the NBA to TNT, Charles Barkley stopped by David Letterman last night fresh off a lunch with Lang. The Late Show host and Chuck chopped it up about the Hall of Famer’s golf abilities (or lack thereof), that no one tops him when it comes to doing nothing, and his campaign to become GM of an NBA team. As he complained about going back to work for the first time since June, he may have forgotten that GM is a year round gig. ...
Fiending for Links - Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Basketball Fiend —
... with a stress fracture to his left kneecap. Griffin won’t need surgery, but will undergo a treatment called platelet rich plasma, according to the Los Angeles Times. 3. Wonder what it’d be like to have lunch with Charles Barkley, Kenny Smith and Ernie Johnson on the eve of the NBA season? Lang Whitaker lived that dream earlier this week. His notes are a must read. 4. Does Mike Dunleavy have a legitimate shot at Coach of the Year this season? Basketbawful ...
Links: Predictions and…Kobe
SLAM Online —
... The other afternoon, after that lunch with the Chuckster and EJ and Kenny, after hustling into a cab back to the office, after spending an hour on an NBA TV production conference call as I wrote the post about lunch, while I was editing about a dozen stories for the new issue of SLAM, I realized that it’s time. My summer is over, and the NBA season is upon us, which leaves me grasping for any semblance of free time like I was Larry David falling off a roof. ...
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