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The year of Ball Don't Lie 2008: Beauty and the Machine
The year of Ball Don't Lie 2008: Beauty and the Machine
Well, there's only a few days left in the year of 2008, and Ball Don't Lie is wrapping up things in high spirits by listening to some Green Day and talking in the third person. Here's a look back at BDL's busy '08, featuring the work of Skeets, Dwyer, Benson, Friedell, Frankel, Britt and ...
Carnival of the NBA #62
Carnival of the NBA #62
hoopsaddict.com — I thought I’d wrap up 2008 with a look at some of the biggest NBA stories of... 2008. This meant I sat down this weekend and I went through hundreds of blogs on BallHype and thousands of posts. The result is Carnival of the NBA #62. Enjoy! (more) Carnival of the NBA #62
BDL NBA Power Rankings: Look who's looking up
BDL NBA Power Rankings: Look who's looking up
sports.yahoo.com — The BDL NBA Power Rankings combine two parts champagne with one part flippant observation to create the... most unbalanced ranking possible, and to offer the least accurate look at the state of the NBA on a weekly basis. If you disagree with your ... (more) BDL NBA Power Rankings: Look who's looking up

NBA charities dropping the ball?
NBA charities dropping the ball?
sports.yahoo.com — Yes, we've gotten to this point. It's time to start criticizing NBA players for the way they... run their charitable organizations. That is not a joke. The Salt Lake Tribune released a report on Sunday that details just how much most NBA players are ... (more) NBA charities dropping the ball?

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Blazersedge — ... meets Sasquatch video. I sense some kinship in that high-five. Bust A Bucket has a humorous photoshop journey around last year's Western Conference playoff teams. "Kirelinko" and "Valtrex" are in the same sentence so you should definitely take a gander.  Hope you saw this long piece from Steve at CelticsBlog with his take on the Blazers. The comments over there are very interesting as well. JE Skeets from Yahoo! has his best posts of 2008.  Really cool. Sean at Oregonlive has  ...

Required Reading for your 2008 Sports Blog wrap up
NESW Sports, Sports Videos — Required Reading for your 2008 Sports Blog wrap up. I do not think it is a very well kept secret that I think the Yahoo blogs are awesome! On the whole, you can not get better. Check out all of their 2008 Blog Wrap Ups. My year end post is coming soon. Ball Don’t Lie< MLB Big League Stew< NBA Overall Year Y Sports Blogs Review Puck Daddy < NHL ...

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