I am a student of 1990’s basketball. Watched MJ dominate. Saw a couple dozen of the greatest players ever make their marks on the NBA. The sweaty-ness of Patrick Ewing. I like to think I was around for the conception of at least 15 of Shawn Kemps kids.
And since the time of Jordan, there has [...]
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I wouldn’t neccesarily say that its back, because for a true fan of the afro puff, it never left.
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Ladies and gentlmen, a tribute…
Not to skill or stature, grit or mettle, but to the old skool.
To a simpler time when a man was not judged for his Bentley or his blang, but by the sheer magnitdue [...] -
Its not often that we here that the HofS don’t have something douchey to say about almost everything…but this recent ESPN video of Kevin Garnett sitting down with old skool Celtics baller Bill Russell is the shiznit.
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If this doesn’t cut to the core of you, you have no soul. Well, no sports soul…because I’m pretty [...] -
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Some would say the feud between LeBron James and DeShaun Steveson is kind of silly, and much ado about nothing (if people referenced Shakespeare more often or remembered that crappy movie with Emma Thompson), but to those people who say “Hey Mike, can it really be a feud if LeBron is 10x the player that [...] -
Even though they’re up 3-1 in the Series and likely about to whoop em again, LeBron and the bargain basement bin of half-breeds and white guys who call themselves a team Cleveland Cavaliers are taking the Wizards physical play personally, especially after my man DeShaun Stevenson bitch-slapped LeBron on a drive to the basket in Game [...]
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As I sat with MikeD, suffering through another San Antonio Spurs victory last night, I became angry. My asshole clenched and my ball sack twitched. The beers went down faster and my tongue became looser. I became louder and more ignorant and Mikey’s roommates grew tired – of me. Siiiiiigh.
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I hate the fucking Spurs. I [...] -
Loyal reader KingBill emailed me this story (you know when the subject line of an email is: “I just threw up in my mouth a little” its gonna be a good one), but I’m still not sure I get it.
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Apparently, Star Jones and Dwayne Wade are dating. I don’t know if it’s true or not, [...] -
Continuing upon our award-winning (ok, my mom said she liked it) series, let’s break down the Wizards vs. the Cavaliers – and no, we aint’ talking about a “really rad” game of Warcraft, we’s talking hoops!
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Washington
Ok, admittedly, I was hoping the Wiz would kick the Cavs ass here. I mean after my Lebron vs. [...] -
The excitement! The drama! Manu Ginoblli’s bald spot – it’s the NBA playoffs folks!
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Well, I was going to write a running diary of each Game 1 in the NBA playoffs, but then I decided “Hey Mike, wouldn’t you much rather DO something during your weekend? Ya know, go out there and live?”, so I’m sad [...] -
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Thank you lord. Thank you. Garth Brooks sang that the best gift God could give are unanswered prayers (I think), but with the news that Isiah Thomas – and his annoyingly spelled first name – has been fired I would beg to disagree with that fat ass country singer.
