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Following The Leader: Awards To Honor MJ
The Sports Union —
... slight chance he is drugged and finds himself tied to a chair listening to Moustache D’Antonio singing to him “..I’m asking you to change your ways. And no message could be any clearer: if you win a championship take a look at your self and change teams.” LBJ also needs to check himself out in the mirror: Gets shut out of dream NBA Finals against Kobe, can’t convince neither Ariza nor Artest to play with him–both who signed for reasonable contracts–and then gets Nike associates to confiscate video evidence of him getting posterized by Xavier’s Jordan Crawford. Ouch. Any ...
The Morning After: July 9, 2009
Sparty and Friends —
... Jose Canseco needs a date (scroll down to third story). All you have to do, Jen, is attend the fight at the Ice Works Skating Complex in Aston.
Social Security Numbers are easy to guess! Watch this…I’ll guess patphish’s SSN…000-00-0001.
Larry Bird: “White guys can run hoops too!” (paraphrased)
Death by chocolate…for serious.
What dunk? Seriously, I have no idea what you’re talking ...
LeBron 'Dunk-Gate' being blown out of proportion
Fear The Sword —
... Being the fan of an ultra-mega-super-star athlete on your favorite team can be hard at times. Every little thing, every comment, every action, gets scrutinized. Need proof? How about 'Dunk-Gate'. ...
Oops Nike, Check Your Media Policy
Troy Nunes Is An Absolute Magician —
... After nearly an entire day of silence in which the dunk grew into mythical proportions, Mike finally released a statement on the matter. Of course, the statement didn't address the one thing we wanted it to, it instead did what great PR spin does...pushed all of the blame onto someone else. ...
LBJ Goes KGB At Nike Camp
The Sports Union —
... For LeBron James and Nike appearing to be the best player in the world is more important than actually being the best player in the world. Monday, when Xavier’s Jordan Crawford dunked on Prince James at his skills camp, James ordered his Nike goons to confiscate the video evidence from a photographer that had filmed LeBron being poseterized. This fits with James’ MO as advertising himself as something he is not. Maybe if he starts wearing Kobe’s #24 instead of Michael’s #23, he could pretend to be a champion too.
NBA: I Wanna See the Dunk!
J Schil's Blog —
... Some of you may have been following this story which came out yesterday:
What happens at LeBron’s camp stays at LeBron’s camp.
A minor controversy erupted at the LeBron James Skills Academy on Monday night when two videographers recorded a pickup game in which Xavier’s Jordan Crawford dunked on James…
“There’s nothing I can think of besides LeBron just not wanting it online,” Miller told CBSSports.com. “It’s a good story to tell people, I guess. But then again, I’m kind of pissed. ...
DunkGate Scandal Continues With Jordan Crawford Interviews
Basketball Fiend —
... (which you can see above), Crawford also sat down with ESPN’s First Take . In his interviews, Crawford has played the humble card well. (Sample quote: “I was geeked about it more than anything. Just because it’s LeBron.”) But we all know he’s stoked about this. Last year Crawford was an unknown player struggling to stay on the roster at Xavier. Now he’s an up-and-comer with a mythical dunk in his repertoire. DunkGate has been fame-in-a-bottle for Crawford, doing for him what no performance on the college hardwood short of a game-winning shot in the NCAA Finals could have ...
Camp Report: LeBron James Skills Academy/King City Classic
SLAM Online —
... I know that the amount of misinformation already printed on the topic — the Nike rep is named “Lenny,” “Lynn,” or “Larry,” depending on who you read; LeBron was dunked on by a high school kid, as opposed to a kid who played his senior year of high school ball in 2006; or the fact that they were in the midst of a “two-hour game”, as opposed to a first-to-seven run that finished in about 15 minutes — might make sensible observers doubt the veracity of the charges. ...
Nike to Confiscate Tapes of Tiger's British Open
Waggle Room —
... An representative from Nike said, "It's not as bad as getting dunked on by someone attending you own basketball camp, but we can't be too careful with our top athletes nowadays." ...
SHAQ + BIG BEN + PITTSBURGH COLTS = AWESOME
Mondesi's House —
... Donations taken at the gate will benefit the Ambridge Quarterback Club and a campaign to buy rings for the state champion Ambridge Area High School boys volleyball team, which makes this event an even better cause to get behind. And if Big Ben loses, I doubt that any shoe company will be able to confiscate this video tape. ...
NBA Great Recognizes Tim Duncan. It's Time You Do As Well.
Project Spurs - A San Antonio Spurs Blog and Podcast —
... when losing in the NBA playoffs or confiscates video of him getting dunked on like LeBron James. Perhaps it must be because he doesn't complain about ...
