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Russia Wins Olympic Bid
Russia Wins Olympic Bid
Filed under: Jazz , FIBA If Spain has been the most impressive team at Eurobasket 2007, Lithuania has been 1a in the power rankings. The Lithuanians were undefeated and heavily favored going into their semifinal match with Russia, where an Olympic bid sat as the prize. In a game ESPN's Chris Sheridan calls the biggest upset of the tourney (I'd go with Israel over Serbia myself), the Russians ...
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The Re-Education of Andrei Kirilenko
the Blowtorch — ... By all accounts, Andrei Kirilenko has been ridiculous this summer. I've been a huge AK supporter ever since I saw him throw one of my favorite passes ever in a summer league game. Driving from the right wing, Kirilenko reached the block and threw some kind of two hand, over the head pass to a guy driving the lane behind him. That's a terrible description, but seeing it was awesome. Anyways, AK47 lit up Lithuania in the Eurobasket finals and now I'm pumped for him to do something on the Jazz. ...

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Larry Brown Sports — ... Site contributor and saddened Dodger fan, Chris, emails in with the tip that Andrei Kirilenko, fresh off a Eurobasket 2007 win, would like to be traded from the Jazz. Here’s the deal: ...

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