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The History of the Finger Wag
Published 3/4/2008 by Blake Murphy at The On Deck Circle
Throughout the annals of sports history, many a gesture have become entrenched in the memories of sports fans. From Babe Ruth allegedly calling his left field home run shot to Terrell Owens spiking a football at the Dallas Cowboy 50-yard line to Vince Carter signalling ‘it’s over’ after his winning dunk in the 2000 dunk contest to Teemu Selanne shooting his airborne glove with his stick, there are certain images that will live on forever. With the invention of YouTube, this has never been more true. But there is one such gesture that has become bigger than sports itself, one single movement that strikes fear into opponents, joy into the hearts of fans, and ...

Behind the boxscore, where Dikembe's 'black ass' happens
Published 3/13/2008 at Ball Don't Lie
Houston 83, Atlanta 75 This was pretty ugly, no alibis to be found, but it was nice to see the Hawks (once a pretty sound defensive team, earlier in the year) pull out their best defensive performance in months. It was also nice to see the Houston Rockets, a team that had every right to pack it in after losing Yao Ming, pull off its eighth-straight win without Yao, and 20th overall. Atlanta's defensive resurgence helped little in the fourth quarter, when Tracy McGrady was taking, and making, bad shots. A pair of crushers: one a fadeaway 17-footer that caught every part of the rim, ...