Archive for the ‘New Orleans Hornets’ Category
Wednesday, December 5th, 2012
On Tuesday, Yahoo! Sports reported that the New Orleans Hornets will change their name to the Pelicans for the 2013-14 NBA season. The team has not confirmed the report, meaning that this is likely a trial balloon to see how well the name catches on in the public.
Based on early ...
Posted in NBA, New Orleans Hornets | 2 Comments »
Thursday, February 9th, 2012
Just three days after his Super Bowl coup of brilliance, Will Ferrell was mixing sports and comedic irreverence in a way that... well, the movie Semi-Pro was supposed to.
Ferrell introduced the visiting Chicago Bulls before their game at New Orleans on Wednesday night, throwing in an insult for each Bull ...
Posted in Chicago Bulls, NBA, New Orleans Hornets | 1 Comment »
Thursday, August 12th, 2010
While a ton of attention has been paid to Isiah Thomas and his Will-He-Or-Won’t-He “Assist” the New York Knicks saga, one of Zeke’s ‘80s glory day rivals and fellow futile front office man, Larry Bird actually made a shrewd business move Tuesday.
In a four-team deal, the Pacers landed Darren Collison ...
Posted in Indiana Pacers, Isiah Thomas, Larry Bird, NBA, New Orleans Hornets | 2 Comments »
Monday, April 20th, 2009
Sunday night, while watching the Denver Nuggets destroy the New Orleans Hornets in their playoff opener, I had to explain to someone who in God's name that tall white guy with all the tattoos was playing for Denver.
I said some thing along these lines: "That's the Birdman." Or maybe it's ...
Posted in Denver Nuggets, NBA, New Orleans Hornets, The Birdman | 1 Comment »
Friday, February 20th, 2009
Get excited guys (and, to be fair, gals) the NBA trade deadline passed and it was a doozy. It was so great that John Hollinger, Chad Ford and Rick Bucher reportedly started making out in the back office at ESPN because they were so turned on.
It was just an incredible ...
Posted in Amare Stoudemire, Ben Gordon, Boston Celtics, Chicago Bulls, Cleveland Cavaliers, Houston Rockets, Milwaukee Bucks, NBA, NBA Rumors, New Orleans Hornets, New York Knicks, Oklahoma City Thunder, Phoenix Suns, Portland Trailblazers, Rumors, San Antonio Spurs, Shaquille O'Neal, Toronto Raptors, Tracy McGrady, Utah Jazz | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, October 8th, 2008
On Wednesday, the New Orleans Hornets were in Indianapolis for a preseason game against the Indiana Pacers.
The game is at the Pepsi Coliseum inside the Indiana State Fairgrounds (i.e. a piece of shit old arena where the Indiana Ice, a minor league hockey team play). Inside the Fairgrounds is a ...
Posted in Athletes and Politics, Barack Obama, David West, New Orleans Hornets | 15 Comments »
Tuesday, May 20th, 2008
San Antonio 91, New Orleans 82: Here we've been bitching this whole time about how vanilla all these playoff series are because nobody wins on the road and the Spurs go and do something like this, winning Game 7 in New Orleans to reach the Western Conference Finals for the ...
Posted in NBA, NBA Playoffs, New Orleans Hornets, San Antonio Spurs | 1 Comment »
