supersonicsoul.com - 10/19/2009
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There are, perhaps, as many ways to judge a work of art as there are a basketball player. The evaluator of a player, luckily, has cold, hard numbers to help him, while a man standing before a work of art, whether Monet or Miley Cyrus, is forced to look inward and answer the question, “How does ...
fearthebeard.org - 10/16/2009
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Sonicsgate SD Full Version from sonicsgate on Vimeo
. Whenever Warriors Fans feel depressed about our team,...
we need only look north to realize that things could be much, much worse. At least our team hasn’t been pillaged leaving nothing ...
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The Great Basketball Swindle: Sonicsgate Documentary ...
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Monday Bolts – 10.19.09
Daily Thunder.com —
... An interesting review of Sonicsgate: ”Do those moments, though, justify the expense? Will our joy in watching the Sonics compete for the ’19-’20 championship override the guilt in knowing we did to another city what we criticized Oklahoma City for doing to us, in knowing that we, as a people, spent more than a billion dollars on three stadiums – Safeco, Qwest, KeyArena – in the same time as we ran up tremendous deficits, causing all sorts of devastating cutbacks to crucial services? It’s a ...
The Dark Side of the “Franchise”
Futfanatico —
... What if the Red Evils became Wakefield United? Did I just blow your mind?
The EPL relies upon horizontal commitment – a city stays with its club, regardless of the ring of the ladder. However, the US franchise model is a purely vertical commitment – the top flight stays top, but flies the coop when numbers don’t add up. The split is shady, desperate, bitter, and scars a city for generations.
The Brooklyn ...
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Amare Stoudemire displays his defensive skills as Kevin Durant shoots over him in the third quarter of a preseason NBA basketball game in Oklahoma City, Monday, Oct. 12, 2009. ...
