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08 July 2010 ~ View Comments

Open Letter To Bill Simmons – Lebron Can’t Play Soccer

Bill – Love the column and the podcast – read/listen religiously. I used to play soccer in college. I’m just stating so you can see i have some credibility to what i’m about to say. I had to write because one thing is driving me crazy. You and others keep claiming that Lebron James and [...]

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27 May 2010 ~ View Comments

What People Will Do for Laker Tickets

I have a friend, let’s call him “HotRod” who had tickets for this Thursday’s Laker game. Unfortunately, he couldn’t go. So, he put the tickets up on Craigslist. He was expecting some nice cash offers as it’s game 5 of a big series. Here was his favorite response: Whoa. You can guess what his response [...]

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24 July 2009 ~ View Comments

Jonny Flynn and the Timberwolves

There’s been lots of talk about Ricky Rubio and all the he could potentially bring to the twolves.  And while i think he’s pretty special, I’m also very excited about Johnny Flynn.  What happened on draft day is that the the Timberwolves had ranked Flynn as #1 on their board of people they thought they [...]

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16 June 2009 ~ View Comments

Basketball, David & Goliath, and Underdogs

I read a great article by Malcolm Gladwell last week called How David Beats Goliath.  It talks about a Silicon Valley CEO who has never coached basketball before and how he takes a novel approach towards basketball strategy when coaching his 12-year-old girl’s team. Realizing his girl’s team is lacking the talent needed to compete, [...]

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