givemetherock.com - 6/29/2008
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Nels recently posted about the US national team and the possible fantasy impact that the Olympics will have on the players during the regular season. In the comments, reader siukong asked our opinion on Yao Ming and (presumably) Ming’s recent comments that he’ll ready to play for China’s national team come July. Now Ming’s injury history has been well, well documented. Most recently, it ...
Horry Wants To Come Back For One More Year
slamdunkcentral.com 6/29/2008 —
Oh, to live on sugar mountain
With the barkers and the colored balloons,
You can’t be twenty on sugar mountain
Though you,re thinking that you’re leaving there too soon,
You’re leaving there too soon.
Sugar Mountain Neil ...
A bit more about Donte Greene
theorangesports.blogspot.com 6/30/2008 — Looking around one of the many sites that I visit when searching for SU tidbits, I found a link to this article about the Detroit Pistons, and just one sentence has anything to do with Syracuse.
Horry Wants to Play Another Year
nba.com 6/30/2008 — San Antonio Spurs forward Robert Horry has decided against retirement and wants to return to the NBA for a 17th season, a Houston television station reported Friday.
NBA Opening Stores in China Next Month. Using Olympics to Boost Interest
bizofbasketball.com 7/2/2008 — The NBA is preparing to open two stores in China this month, with 500 to 1000 planned in the future. The first two stores will be smaller versions of the NBA’s flagship store in New York and will be located in downtown Beijing. According to NBA China Chief Executive Officer Tim Chen, sales of NBA goods at the 50,000 current licensed outlets may rise 40 percent this year, buoyed by the Aug. ...
Yao Ming Says He'll Be Ready for Beijing Olympics —
NBA.com: News 6/26/2008
On BLOOMBERG.COM, Wing-Gar Cheng reports "Yao Ming, voted his country's most popular athlete, said he expects to be ready for the Beijing Olympics even though his recovery from surgery is dragging on.`The Olympics is the biggest opportunity for any ...
The latest rumor —
Wizards Insider 6/26/2008
Today, on www.hoopsworld.com, a rumor was floated out that the Wizards and Houston Rockets have considered or are considering a deal that would send Washington's 18th pick to Houston for the 25th pick and Luther Head. Head, who averaged 7.6 points on ...