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The Video Based Weekend Pump Up
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Hardwood Paroxysm —
Looking for my new Isiah
Five Tool Tool - The Sports Blog That Loves You Back —
As the recent speculation has shown, I may need a new NBA go-to guy to help fill the bloghole. Here's my top prospects. 1) Pat Riley. From stabbing his coach in the back for a championship run to failing to ignore the de rigue Shaq Smack as he's leaving town, the man with the hairstyle from the mid '50s and '80s is slowly but surely rising in the ranks of Embarrassing Old Men. With his Heat now dogged by the "injury bug" that always envelopes terrible teams and organizations (perfected by the pre-Nellie Warriors, and practiced by half of the Eastern Conference last year in the hopes to get Durant or Oden), and the clock ticking ...
NBA Decade 2000s: Players
The Painted Area —
When David Stern memorably handed over the Larry O’Brien Trophy to "Lakers Alternate Governor" Joey Buss back in June, he effectively closed the book on the decade of the 2000s in the NBA, as the next championship will be won in 2010. With that in mind, we wanted to take a look back at some of the highlights of the NBA decade. In the first installment of this series, we discuss the best players of the decade. [Note: We also encourage you to check Kevin Pelton’s Bill James-style review of the decade as well as Kelly Dwyer’s tour-de-force series on the NBA decade.] MVP: Tim Duncan Tim Duncan is ...
Who Says Big Boys Can’t Cry?
LEEInks —
Big men love the big talk. Numerous athletes love to paint themselves as macho, tough guys who make Robert DeNiro and Joe Pesci appear timorous in comparison.
Yet, if there is one thing Rex Ryan taught us this week (unless you remained stuck on Bill Belichick fourth-and-2 overload), these brawny, intimidating and ferocious professional sports personnel can have a soft spot underneath their body armor.
One day after the Jets‘ 24-22 loss to the Jaguars on Sunday, Ryan let his emotions get the best of him as he cried in front of his players during a team meeting Monday morning. Known for the fierce and resilient defenses he ...
