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Today's warnings : 08:08:08
Published 8/8/2008 by mookie (noreply@blogger.com) at A Stern Warning
Today's warnings are quite brief as there are Olympic Opening Ceremonies to be watched! I just saw AK47 carry the Russian Flag through the stadium -- he wasn't sulking or anything. Australian sharpshooter, blogger and all-round nice guy, John Rillie is challenging Steve Nash's 21 free throws in 60 seconds. Steve, if you're out there, the gauntlet has been thrown down! Mark Cuban's thoughts on the NBA players heading for the hills (hat tip to World Hoops Blog). Nathan Jawai is getting a helping hand in his start with the ...

NAsh Challenge Building Momentum & Beijing Hoops
Published 8/9/2008 by jronfire31@yahoo.com (John Rillie) at JR, On Fire
... US hoop mag, Dime, has jumped on board as well. World Hoops Blog is all over the contest as well. Cheers knackers. Unbelievable what knocking down free throws can do! Lets move on, ...

Olympic News and Scores
Published 8/14/2008 by jronfire31@yahoo.com (John Rillie) at JR, On Fire
... Hat tip to fellow blogger World Hoops Blog. (I do your enjoy your blog.) I offended him early in the week by thinking he was an Aussie. We all make mistakes, so I hope this American that gets a lot of traffic from the South Pacific area can forgive me? ...

It's A Buffet - A Little Of Everything
Published 8/25/2008 by jronfire31@yahoo.com (John Rillie) at JR, On Fire
... Knight might be looking to start a new fan club in Perth? Word on Perth's Hay St is that Singapore Slinger Ben Knight is in town. Very interesting. Does this mean former league MVP Paul Rogers' knee injury is worse than first reported? Philadelphia 76ers GM Ed Stefanski and PR staff held a conference call for bloggers. When will this happen in the NBL or another Aussie sport? I could fill a table already. Adelaide Advertiser's Boti Nagy reports new ...

Back In Business
Published 9/1/2008 by jronfire31@yahoo.com (John Rillie) at JR, On Fire
... potential. This is a list of male and female athletes that have a chance to win a scholarship to the Australian Institute of Sport. Recent success stories from here are; Andrew Bogut, Pat Mills and Brad Newley to name a few. Bendigo Olympians go home. Patrick Ewing Jr lands with the Knicks. Deng will play for Great Britain. Check out my Irish/American friend at World Hoops Blog. He has found a look-a-like for Gold Coast Blaze youngster Tyson Demos, ...

Sole Redemption Loves Pumas, Too
Published 9/2/2008 by Carolyn at And One - cleveland.com
... Announcing Jones On The NBA Sports Page Network The Sport Column Blog Sport News Reader Court Rivals Sport Fiends Sport For People Hugging Harold Reynolds Sports Hernia, The Loudvillain Deceptively Quick Talk Basket Sportz Undercover In Game Now Sport Spyder Pure Point All Day Sport Naismith Lives NBA Hoops Online The Frustrated Sports Analyst World Hoops Archived Posts Sole Redemption Loves Pumas, Too Posted by Carolyn ...

A Chinese Sun in Japan
Published 9/8/2008 by Carolyn at And One - cleveland.com
Paulie Danger, my buddy over at World Hoops , lists The Japan Times on his blogroll. I'm game. Let's see what's going on in Japanese basketball. Headline : Chinese Giant Sun Set to Rise in Japan Stop it. By Ed Odeven, Staff writer Ed Odd Even? Stop it. Sun Ming Ming is the bj-league 's new center of attention -- literally. According to published reports in China and the United States, the 236-cm, 167-kg center has signed a contract to play for the Hamamatsu Higashimikawa Phoenix next season. He participated in the league's summer camp in early ...

5 Questions With And One - Part Two
Published 9/9/2008 by Apryl DeLancey (sportswriterchick@gmail.com) at Women Like Sports
... Google is my best friend. Googling combinations of “LeBron,” “basketball,” “unique,” “Cleveland,” “Vintage” and random nouns often leads to interesting stories. Favorite Blogs There are so many great ones out there. No matter how many I list, someone will inevitably be left out. Since I’ve already talked about several, I’ll list a few I read that I haven’t mentioned yet: The Starting Five, Black Fives, Slam Dunk Central, World Hoops (a promising new blog), Kelly Dwyer’s Ball Don’t Lie column, Ball in ...

Manute Bol/Charles Barkley funny video
Published 9/15/2008 by Ricky - Sixers4guidos at Sixers 4 guidos
... Israel, Japan, and even a little NBA), and I live in the Philadelphia suburbs. Knowing how Italian-American Philly is, I just assumed you guys were from South Philly.  Consider my shock when I saw you’re both Genovese. I’m adding you guys to my blog roll.  And if you guys can get over the fact that I’m a Celtic fan (Irish by heritage), and support Lazio in Serie A, I’d love to be added to your blog roll. My site is worldhoopsblog.com. Keep up the good work. And Go Sixers. ...

When You Don't Deliver
Published 9/20/2008 by jronfire31@yahoo.com (John Rillie) at JR, On Fire
... - If you are like me and need to catch up on all things basketball in the USA, check out WorldHoopsBlog. This guy sleeps less than me. ...

Shawn Kemp's Round Trip Ticket
Published 9/26/2008 by Carolyn at And One - cleveland.com
Paulie Danger, on his beautifully re-worked site, World Hoops Blog , teases us with this headline: Shawn Kemp Hates Italy "Kemp has been earning mad frequent flyer miles according to sources closer to the Italian side Montegranaro. The team is unhappy with Reignman's fitness, and Kemp is...I don't know. Unhappy with Italian women? But he's been returning to the states often under the guise of maintaining his home, which was in the path of Hurricane Ike." I had high hopes for Shawn's European career. Maybe this is all evil rumors and we'll soon hear glowing reports of ...

Paulie Danger's World Hoops
Published 10/2/2008 by Carolyn at And One - cleveland.com
Paulie Danger, aka Paul Miles, burst onto the sports blogging scene with a winner; World Hoops Blog hit the ground running and is growing fast. Paulie D's sense of humor and interest in basketball around the globe means this blog has something of interest for everyone. Let's check in with PD: Q. Since you live in Philly, can you tell us the origin of your interest in global hoops? Answer . It's really a combination of my love of basketball and interest in European sports. The problem is that I haven't really been compelled to follow the Sixers since ...

The Love Doctor Edition
Published 10/2/2008 by jronfire31@yahoo.com (John Rillie) at JR, On Fire
... feel they are worthy of a franchise in the new league. - Boti Nagy has some words for NBL CEO Chuck Harmison. - South Dragons (3-2) get the franchise's first win over the Gold Coast Blaze (0-4), 107-90. - Adelaide girl "Ashley" hits the "BIGTIME", NBA cheerleading in Minnesota for the Timberwolves. - Adam Caporn to coach in the WA state league. - My Philly blogger friend Paulie Danger gets a Q & A with one of the best in ...

Blogscar Nominations Ballot
Published 10/5/2008 by mookie (noreply@blogger.com) at A Stern Warning
... Best New Sports Video Blogger - World Hoops Blog: Paulie Danger has his fair share of video content incorporated into his hoops blog, which has been growing consistently since it's start not long ago. ...

Raptor Supastars (video ft Nathan Jawai)
Published 10/5/2008 by jronfire31@yahoo.com (John Rillie) at JR, On Fire
Thanks to Paulie Danger at WorldHoopsBlog, I present you with the Raptors Supastars video. Do not blink or you will miss Aussie Nathan Jawai. ...

Google Analytics
Published 10/12/2008 by jronfire31@yahoo.com (John Rillie) at JR, On Fire
... and Paulie Danger I'm making inroads in the US marketplace. They are the second largest audience on a global scale after my home country. ...