nba.fanhouse.com - 1/7/2009
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by Tom Ziller On Tuesday, Shoals of The Sporting Blog pointed out the lack of imagination used in selecting this year's corps of NBA Dunk Contest competitors. Three of the four contestants have competed before, two of them (Dwight Howard, Nate Robinson) previous winners and the third (Rudy ...
sports.yahoo.com - 1/12/2009
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sports.yahoo.com —
Breaking (fake) news out of New York this
morning: Deloris Jordan, mother of basketball living legend Michael
Jordan, has just been added to the lineup for this year's Sprite Slam Dunk Contest. Deloris, Magic center Dwight Howard , Grizzlies forward ...
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Fifth Sprite Slam Dunk participant announced, Jordan's mom
sports.yahoo.com - 1/15/2009
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sports.yahoo.com —
I don't wish to alarm anyone, but— actually,
no, scratch that, I kind of enjoy alarming people.
It keeps everyone on their toes. So, yeah, this is an alarm. Be alarmed. Anyway, my "sources" tell me that you have just over 12 hours ...
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Vote Joe and a bicycle helmet into the Dunk Contest
sportingnews.com - 1/6/2009
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sportingnews.com —
Not sure why I'm so incensed about All-Star
Weekend already, but about this year's dunk contest: This
will be the worst since the infamous "wheel of fortune" contest of 2002 . First, I hate the field. Dwight Howard's sticker dunk was ...
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Dunk Contest Needs Better Dunkers, Judges
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Cheating on Nick Young With Steve Blake
Mr. Irrelevant —
... Since this year’s Nick Young-less slam quartet is lame, Tom Ziller asks, “Who should be in the dunk contest?” My vertical-challenged answer: ...
Who else should be in the dunk contest?
Bright Side Of The Sun —
Who else should be in the dunk contest?
Tom Ziller from AOL Fan House (among other places) gathers input from around the interwebs on who else might should be in the dunk contest.
Hint: Be sure to read my thoughts on JRich being included.
Who else should be in the dunk contest?
Fanster.com —
Who else should be in the dunk contest?
Tom Ziller from AOL Fan House (among other places) gathers input from around the interwebs on who else might should be in the dunk contest.
Hint: Be sure to read my thoughts on JRich being included. ...
Who Should Be in the Dunk Contest - FanHouse
Bullets Forever —
Who Should Be in the Dunk Contest - FanHouse
Get the opinion of 10 extremely biased bloggers and two extremely unbiased bloggers on who they'd like to see in the Dunk Contest.
While we're talking about the Dunk Contest, I suppose this would be a good time ...
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20secondtimeout.blogspot.com 2/11/2009 — Rudy Gay is a late scratch for the Slam Dunk Contest due to a left hip flexor strain; he will be replaced by J.R. Smith, who finished third in 2005. Here are brief videos by the other three Slam Dunk Contest participants: defending champion Dwight Howard, 2006 champion Nate Robinson and rookie ...
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20secondtimeout.blogspot.com 2/17/2009 — Nate "KryptoNate" Robinson earned his second Slam Dunk Contest title with a narrow victory over the defending champion, Dwight "Superman" Howard. Both contestants brought a lot of fun, energy and athleticism to the event and Howard was a good sport to agree to let Robinson jump over him. Here is ...
Josh Howard for Andrea Bargnani? —
Bleacher Report - NBA 1/7/2009
While going through my morning ritual of reading up on basketball blogs, I came across a trade rumor that stuck out at me.
Hoopsworld.com is reporting that the Dallas Mavericks and the Toronto Raptors are in discussions to swap Josh Howard for ...
Thunder acquire G Atkins from Nuggets (AP) —
Yahoo! Sports - NBA News 1/7/2009
The rebuilding Oklahoma City Thunder have acquired another first-round draft pick along with guard Chucky Atkins in a trade that sent seldom-used center Johan Petro to the Denver Nuggets. With an NBA-worst 5-30 record, the Thunder have an eye on their ...
The Legend Hot Rod Hundley —
Bleacher Report - NBA 1/7/2009
"You gotta love it, baby!"
"Stockton to Malone!"
These are some of the most famous phrases in Jazz history.
Hot Rod Hundley will be announcing his 3,000 game for the Utah Jazz tonight.
Hot Rod has been with the Jazz since the ...
