Tuesday, October 5th, 2010
Celebrity has a way of dehumanizing people, which is part of the reason I have always thought it would be cool to know someone before they became famous. The old "Yeah, I remember when that guy was a regular schmoe just like me." (I've also thought it would be cool ...
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Thursday, September 9th, 2010
Russia gave it a go but it's onto the next round for Team USA at the 2010 FIBA World Championship after an 89-79 win.
Kevin Durant did the heavy lifting with 33 points -- there's not a team in the tournament that has an answer to Durant's combination of length, athleticism ...
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Monday, September 6th, 2010
Well, it's good to see the latest version of USA basketball has enjoyed the rite of passage that is trouncing the Angolans during an international tournament Monday afternoon.
Team USA looked brutally efficient in a 121-66 win that set up a FIBA World Championship quarterfinal matchup against the pesky Russia, which ...
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Friday, June 4th, 2010
Meet Phillips and many other blog luminaries in person at Blogs With Balls 3 in Chicago this weekend! - BWB
LeBron is planning a Stones-like world tour before he picks a team - Fanhouse
Not to celebrate an injury, which I'm not, I swear, but this ought to help team USA's chances ...
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Thursday, February 25th, 2010
Did everyone see that Wednesday night? Seriously, did you see how Canada completely dismantled a very talented group of Russian hockey players?
At some point during Canada's 7-3 win, did you ever think what the score would have been against Team USA if the Canadians played with the same mix of ...
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Wednesday, February 24th, 2010
The 2010 Vancouver Olympics have surprised me in more ways than one. The action has been entertaining despite NBC's tedious coverage (do we really need commercial breaks after every two ski runs?), the fact that I don't understand the scoring systems for half the sports and the interminable alpine delays ...
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Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
In the movie "Being John Malkovich," ordinary people enter a portal that brings them inside John Malkovich's brain.
The other night, I entered a similar portal that brought me inside the brain of a Canadian after USA's 5-3 hockey victory. The following song is a result of that journey. (Remember, if ...
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Monday, February 22nd, 2010
While the United States continues to dominate the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, everyone paused yesterday so the host nation could play a little hockey against its neighbor to the south. It was lovely of the Canadians to allow the Americans on the ice and show us how to play ...
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