reclinergm.com - 8/22/2008
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Pete and I, along with a select group of bloggers/sports writers had the opportunity to talk with Sixers President and GM Ed Stefanski on a conference call. Stefanski came on with some quick remarks about the teams off-season and for the next 20 minutes was an open Q & A session. I have a recording of the call check it out.
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Can't Stop The Bleeding —
... with a number of Philly and/or hoops blogs yesterday (audio available at Recliner GM). Rather a mere goodwill/PR gesture, this was an all-too rare example of the independent media being taken seriously. I’m not holding my breath waiting for Omar Minaya (or Rod Thorn) to attempt something similar, but when the day arrives… I’ll certainly be one of the first to complain about not being invited. ...
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Sixers 4 guidos —
... was officialy signed to a 6 year-80 million extention
2) Sixers brought back Theo Ratliff, signed to a 1 year contract for the veteran minimum
3) Sixers’ GM Ed Stefanski made a conference call with a panel of selected bloggers: Brian/Depressed fan has the links to all posts of other sites, Sixers.com has the transcript of the conference, Recliner GM has the podcast.
I had the privilege to get the invitation to the conference from Micheal ...
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