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Funny how the media-assimilated Jeff Van Gundy now has a drastically different opinion about NBA officiating in light of the League's biggest scandal.
David Stern's continued denial of any fixing or manipulation is insulting to fans, players and this now-'tainted' game. Sure, Donaghy was wrong, but the NBA doesn't want to be right.
Time for fans to take off the blindfold and demand the ...
Kobe Bryant: Winning, still can't win
sports.yahoo.com 6/4/2008 — I don't often -- if ever -- do this for my own stuff, but I am throwing this out there in case anyone who has Jeff Van Gundy or Mark Jackson's ear might be able to slip them a copy of this.
Uncut video: Paul Pierce sprains knee, Part 02
odenized.com 6/6/2008 —
Odenized video clip on YouTube | Download Paul Pierce returns only minutes after spraining his right knee. While off-air, color commentators Mark Jackson and Jeff Van Gundy extol Lakers ' Coach Phil Jackson 's wherewithal to call a ...
Leon Powe dunks like Doc? What?
odenized.com 6/9/2008 —
Odenized video clip on YouTube | Download Jeff Van Gundy kills Mark Jackson after Jackson makes a regrettable faux pas.
Jeff Van Gundy Gets No Love?
stetsports.com 6/9/2008 — Its unfortunate that he's not looking for a coaching gig in the NBA, because they're just handing them out to the most unlikely candidates these days.
Reason For Breen’s Band-Aided Standup Revealed
sportsbybrooks.com 6/10/2008 — I, like you, have had a field day mocking the mismatched NBA Finals broadcast team of Mike Breen, Jeff Van Gundy and Mark Jackson . When Breen isn’t facilitating forced humor attempts between the three, he’s giving us band-aided ...
Jeff Van Gundy Doesn’t Know His Celebrities
thebiglead.com 6/11/2008 —
In the third quarter last night, ABC’s sleep-deprived announcer Jeff Van Gundy made a pretty glaring error when he mixed up two celebrities who share a similar last name, but look nothing alike: Alyssa Milano (whom he mentioned) and ...
Video of the Day: Jeff Van Gundy's fourth-quarter 'comedy set' —
Ball Don't Lie
Jeff Van Gundy is on color commentary fire! Last night, in the span of just one quarter, Van Gundy slaughtered Nick Lachey's name, confused and crushed on Vanessa Minnilo, er, Alyssa Milano , and cracked a few barbershop-bald guy jokes. Awful Announcing — which JVG is so not right now — has the edited Daily Motion: Jeff Van Gundy, Bill Walton, Scot Pollard , Ron Artest , ...
An Update On Van Gundy's Celebrity Crush —
AwfulAnnouncing
So a funny thing happened on the way to get Van Gundy to announce his celebrity crush on-air last last night ....he got her name completely wrong. I wonder last night as to why he even brought up Nick "Latchey" when talking about Alyssa Milano, and now we have the answer. He was trying to mention ex-MTV VJ Vanessa Minnillo who is currently dating the ex-Boy Bander. Hot Clicks' Jimmy T ...
NBA on ESPN on ABC announcers keep it interesting —
Sports stories from Newsday
I keep reading on other blogs about bandages on Mike Breen's face and weird utterances by Jeff Van Gundy, including him possibly mixing up his attractive Hollywood females who have dated athletes and whose last names start with "M."
All of which has gotten me to thinking . . . Maybe I should start watching the NBA Finals, now that the league has conspired to avoid a sweep and make extra ...
Van Gundy Has Lost His Mind, Talks Alyssa Milano And Haircuts During Game Three —
AwfulAnnouncing
The guy never ceases to amaze me with his rants. Game One it was making friends with the ABC camermen, in Game Two it was adding a seventh foul to a player's total, and Game Three it was Alyssa Milano and how it costs him full price for a haircut. Enjoy this spliced together clip from Game Three! Mike Breen's chuckling at the beginning of the setup says it all. This guy's ...
Hmmm…Games Fixed? What? In the NBA???!!!?!??! —
Hornets Hype
Great article on ESPN today about allegations that the league fixed Playoff series. Conspiracy theorists globally are feeling vindicated. Personally, I remember Jeff Van Gundy making allegations three years ago that he was told about league plans to fuck the Rockets and Yao Ming. He was fined $100,000 and then mysteriously retracted his allegations. The story disappeared. Until Tim Donaghy ...
Donaghy —
Blazersedge
As Damir has pointed out in the sidebar, the news is breaking all over that recently-unsealed court documents quote disgraced referee Tim Donaghy alleging playoff games were purposely influenced by NBA refs. The two series at issue appear to be the 2005 Houston-Dallas series where Jeff Van Gundy pitched a fit on behalf of Yao Ming and the infamous 2002 L*kers-Kings Western ...
NBA Finals Live-Blog: Game Three —
AwfulAnnouncing
Who: Boston Celtics at L.A. Lakers What: Game Three the NBA Finals Where: Staples Center- Los Angeles, California When: 9pm (ABC) Why: So Jeff Van Gundy has a forum for his set of rule changes/or for the NBA Championship Spread: Lakers -9, O/U 196 The fun gets underway around eight something, but feel free to leave your free throw over/unders in the comments beforehand. ...
Dear Jeff Van Gundy —
NBA Basketball and Other Unrelatedness
Oh the number of ways you mean to me.
You break out and get INHISFACE to Mark Jackson everytime you get.
You make fun of ABC promos like they’re the shitiest thing you’ve heard (they are)
You break down what works and what doesn’t on the court.
You are freaking funny.
And you sir, if merged with Hubie Brown, would take over the world and Obama will fear you ...
YouTube of the Day: Jeff Van Gundy 'Leon Pwns' Mark Jackson —
Ball Don't Lie
Please excuse that horrific title. I watched a Jays' loss from an all-you-can-drink executive suite and attended an open-bar wedding over the weekend. My brain is barely functioning. In fact, I feel as stupid as Mark Jackson sounds this morning. "Dr. J, wherever you are listening, I apologize for my partner Mark Jackson making the statement that Leon Powe reminds him of you, in a ...
Mike Breen Closes Out A Crazy Game Two In Style —
AwfulAnnouncing
I've become a huge Mike Breen fan over the past year or so and I thought the lead had yet another great game yesterday. His line about Cassell passing twice "already!" cracked me up and the guy does a great job babysitting for his wacky analysts. With all that said, he still forgot where he was at the end of the game last night and I had to post the video.... Mistakes happen but it ...
The Finals Suck. Except for JVG. —
Straight Bangin'
Brilliant. Honestly, what's there to say about this Finals? The Lakers' offense blows right now, their defense is even worse, Tom Thibadeau is pwning head cheerleader Doc Rivers, and every Celtic role player is having the kind of series that Jeff Foster used to have against the Pistons. OK, fine, a few other things: - Paul Pierce is a baby. You know how last night the announcers alluded ...
Jeff Van Gundy Correctly Calls Mark Jackson's Leon Powe: Dr. J Comparison 'Embarrasing' —
FanHouse
There are lots of things said while announcing that are in the heat of the moment and thus become, after the fact, probably pretty stupid sounding. But, hey, when you get paid an outrageous amount of money to hang out at center court and commentate on games, you better get used to getting hawked. But usually, it's the snarky blogs (he said sarcastically) that pay attention, not the other ...
NBA Finals Live-Blog: Game Two —
AwfulAnnouncing
Who: L.A. Lakers at Boston Celtics What: Game Two the NBA Finals Where: TD Banknorth Garden- Boston, Massachusetts When: 9pm (ABC) Why: So ABC can play songs from every band from Boston ever and/or for the NBA Championship Spread: Celtics -2, O/U 192 (Series Price: Lakers -175, Celtics +155) _______________________ So Bill Russell was just on and ABC showed a piece on Kobe walking around ...
Michael Kay : Slightly Vain Or Completely Out Of His Mind —
Can't Stop The Bleeding
There were yucks aplenty on Michael Kay’s ESPN1050 show yesterday afternoon, during which ABC’s Jeff Van Gundy claimed colleague Mike Breen (above) had “walked into a door” prior to Game One of the NBA Finals (pic swiped from Awful Announcing ).
“I would never….” intoned Kay, “be seen wearing a band-aid on my face in public. Never.” ...
What Your Television Is Doing This Weekend —
The Sporting Blog
NBA:
Only one game this weekend and it comes late Sunday night at 9pm on ABC. Game Two of the Finals will feature Mike Breen, Mark Jackson, and Jeff Van Gundy on the call, as they'll be in the booth all Finals long. The trio did a good job during Game One, but it was a band-aid on the forehead of Breen that everyone seemed to notice. According to Tom Hoffarth of the L.A. Daily News, ...
NBA Finals Live-Blog: Game One —
AwfulAnnouncing
Who: L.A. Lakers at Boston Celtics What: Game One of the NBA Finals Where: TD Banknorth Garden- Boston, Massachusetts When: 9pm (ABC) Why: To repair Kobe's image so people forget he's such an asshat and/or to win the Larry O'Brien Trophy Spread: Celtics -3, O/U 192 (Series Price: Lakers -175, Celtics +155) The fun gets underway around 8 something with videos and pregame goings on (i.e.- ...
The Worst of Celtics-Lakers: Part 6 —
Basketbawful
This is Part 6 of our The Worst of Celtics-Lakers series. And I hate to break this to you, but it turns out that, sometimes, '69 isn't gratifying for both parties involved. 1969 NBA Finals Deck stacking: Some NBA conspiracy theorists -- Jeff Van Gundy prime among them -- have half-seriously suggested that there should be an investigation into the Lakers' acquisition of Pau Gasol this ...
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