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The Worst Teams in Pro Sports, NBA Edition: The Los Angeles Clippers
Don’t tell me you didn’t see this coming.
With only six winning seasons in their entire history, LA’s perennial “other team” reigns supreme as the absolute worst.
The franchise, initially known as the Buffalo Braves, has been a loser since its very inception. They joined the NBA just prior to the 1970-71 season, along with [...] -
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Dominique Wilkins becomes the Human Highlight Film
One of the best Slam Dunkers of all-time has one of the coolest nicknames ever associated with sports. Dominique Wilkins was well known for his scoring ability, but his dunking skills are legendary. His style of playing earned him the nickname, the “Human Highlight Film” and unlike Shannon Brown, the Human Highlight Film never disappointed [...]
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Worst NBA Slam Dunk contest of all-time
The 2010 NBA Slam Dunk Contest is the worst dunk contest of all-time, and I’m not saying that because Shannon Brown didn’t win. I’ll get to him in just a sec. This was the worst slam dunk contest I’ve ever seen because none of the dunkers did anything spectacular. The only basketball player worthy [...]
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The Camera Makes It Boring
There are certain things that you just have to do yourself. Such is the motto I’ve lived by, and it’s provided me with some interesting experiences in my lifetime.
But for those days when you’re cooped up inside, it’s nice to see other people having a good time with a little friendly (or sometimes not [...] -
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The Greatest NBA All-Star Game moment
Magic Johnson has always been my favorite basketball player. When he announced his retirement in 1992, I was shocked and deeply saddened. He retired because he was infected with the HIV Virus and made it clear that he would never suit up for another basketball game. I remember calling my best friend. We talked about [...]
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Basketball
NBA All-star: You’ve been snubbed
I’m a huge fan of the NBA and I love watching the All-star game. However, sometimes I feel like high quality players don’t get the recognition they deserve. What makes an All-Star anyway? Is it how many points per game they score? Is an All-star determined about how many assists per game they have before [...]
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Basketball
Is Jerry West still the Lakers’ best player?
Kobe Bryant just passed Jerry West as the Lakers’ all-time scoring list. Kobe’s numbers throughout his career is impressive, but is Kobe the best Laker ever to suit up for a game? Let’s see.
Jerry West is known for being the logo of the NBA, and he has one of the coolest nicknames ever, “Mr. [...] -
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Lakers: NBA Royalty
Don’t you just love it when when your team is number one and people who think they know everything about sports blast them because their own team sucks? I do and the recent Lakers bashing is starting to tick me off…
The Lakers are royalty of the NBA, (purple stands for royalty and for the imbeciles [...] -
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Slam dunk: a day for the little guy
When I was a kid, I was short (I’m not the tallest guy now but have learned to deal with it) and Spud Webb was one of my idols. I loved watching Spud, he was a great ballplayer who could score and pass the ball. One of his most famous feats was winning the Slam [...]
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Sports
Tweet, tweet, tweet-a-lee
Twittering has become the new phenomenon throughout the world and it is no surprise that athletes are using it too But what is surprising, is that star athletes are twittering during games and practices. The NBA announced today that Tyson Chandler and Amare Stoudemire were fined $7,500 for tweeting during the game.
Earlier this year, [...]
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