mavsmoneyball.com - 1/14/2009
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In an effort to better understand the 'leg extension' rule that came into play last night, I sent an email to the Officiating office looking for clarification. I wasn't looking for their opinion on the play last night but just more information on the rule istelf. Is it an immediate ...
new.columbiatribune.com - 1/13/2009
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new.columbiatribune.com —
By Dave Matter On Monday morning the Associated
Press put a story on the wire regarding Chase...
Daniel’s thumb injury, crediting Sunday’s Tribune story, which you can read here if you haven’t yet. However, the lead sentence of the AP version does ...
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Behind the Stripes: Point of clarification on Daniel story
mlb.mlb.com - 1/13/2009
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mlb.mlb.com —
Two significant rule changes affecting the postseason and
one-game tiebreakers are on the docket for the first...
quarterly meetings of the 30 Major League Baseball owners or their representatives on Wednesday and Thursday.
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Owners to decide on two rule changes
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Hornets-At-Mavs: The Six O'Clock News
DallasBasketball.com —
... .) *Just to confirm, MavsMoneyball dug up the rules that prevent Billups from kicking his leg out while shooting – an old trick perfected by Reggie Miller and Karl Malone – and winning the game because of it. It doesn’t change the 99-97 loss, but yeah, that is the rule and the call against Dallas was wrong. *A weak-voiced Carlisle just completed his pregame presser with the media (I mean JUST, at 6:21) and was asked about a possible hangover from Denver. "I don’t think so,'' he said. "New Orleans is the kind of team. ... they’re good. There is familiarity from last year. … ...
Tonight's Game: Orlando Magic at Denver Nuggets
Third Quarter Collapse —
... that matchup again tonight. Meanwhile, Nenê is having a monstrous year in the pivot with per-game averages of 14.9 points and 7.9 boards on 61.6% shooting. Dwight Howard will really have his hands full defensively. In fact, all the Magic players will. Denver turns the ball over on 16.3% of its possessions and only rebounds 25.9% of its own misses, but gets to the foul line at a better rate than any other team in the league. Billups is especially adept at drawing fouls, and even benefitted from a controversial foul call in a win over Dallas earlier this week when he ...
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Nuggets 99, Mavericks 97 —
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