sports.yahoo.com - 8/4/2008
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Team USA improved their record to 4-0 in pre-Olympic exhibition games with an 89-68 win over Russia early Sunday morning. Here's what they're saying out in the ether about the Americans ... Dime : "Whereas the opening minutes of the USA/Lithuania game were characterized by Dwight Howard looking like Young Shaq, this time the opening minutes consisted of the U.S. bricking a bunch of ...
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Orlando Magic News for August 4th: Vote for Jameer
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... Hoops Addict is conducting its first annual Floor Burn Tournament, which seeks to credit the players who do the so-called "dirty work" for their teams without getting much acclaim. Round One is up now. I nominated Jameer Nelson, who must defeat Knicks forward David Lee to advance. Show your support for Jameer, who does not get enough credit for the little things he does.
Dwight Howard did not fare well for Team USA in a tune-up game against Team Russia. Dime (via BDL) gives us the awful truth: On Dwight's first touch he ...
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China Madly in Love with Basketball
denverpost.com 8/4/2008 — Anthony Cotton writes "It didn't take a Superman cape for Dwight Howard to soar in the eyes of Asian basketball fans. While posing as the Man of Steel while winning last winter's slam dunk contest at the NBA All-Star Game may have provided the Orlando Magic star his first real taste of national exposure, Howard was already something of a household name in cities such as Manila and Hong Kong."
BRYANT WOULD PLAY IN RUSSIA
english.sport-express.ru 8/4/2008 — BRYANT WOULD PLAY IN RUSSIA The longer you spend in China, the more it appears there is no Mandarin character for the phrase 'full house'. Fans lined the streets of Shanghai to greet the US and Russian basketball teams prior to their warm-up match ...
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