Tag Archive | "Basketball Game"

Storybook Season Unfolding in Cincinnati

Saturday, November 21, 2009

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CINCINNATI — Go ahead. Combine Florida, Alabama, Texas and TCU, the only four teams ahead of Cincinnati in the BCS standings. Now throw in the rest of the programs throughout college football, and it still won’t matter. You won’t find a collection of teams — let alone one inidually — with more riveting stories than those [...]

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Mikke Moore: Different Uniform, Same Game

Sunday, October 11, 2009

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(Photo by Elsa/Getty Images) This article can also be viewed at North Station Sports Just a quick note. I was dozing off on the couch, (yes - it’s Saturday night and I am home on the couch), when I heard Marv Albert, Reggie Miller and Mike Fratello calling a basketball game. Half in a daze, I thought maybe [...]

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The $130 Million Dollar Question: Can Toronto Pay Chris Bosh that Kind of Money?

Thursday, October 1, 2009

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(Photo by Jeff Gross/Getty Images) Chris Bosh, Toronto Raptors’ premier power forward, all-star, and all-around best loved player is about to enter what should be the biggest contract season of his young NBA career. And yes, when one is talking about young veteran all-star sports figures, the salaries being discussed are unbelievably huge, gigantic, and [...]

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Uncontested Shots: The Latest on the Rockets, Nets, Nuggets and More

Saturday, September 26, 2009

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(Photo by Jed Jacobsohn/Getty Images) This article originally appeared on the all-new basketball website SirCharlesInCharge.  Uncontested Shots will debut on SCIC every Tuesday and Friday from now until at least the start of the NBA season, then re-post in its entirety on BleacherReport.com the next day. We’re less than six days away from the NBA’s [...]

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65 Teams in 65 Days: No. 37 Oregon State

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

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(Photo by Victor Decolongon/Getty Images) Location: Corvallis, OR Nickname: Beavers Conference: Pac-10 Last Year’s Record: 18-18 Oregon State Coach Craig Robinson   Why They’ll Make It After winning the College Basketball Invitational championship last season, the Beavers have much to be excited about. With 10 of their top 11 players returning, the Beavers look ready to challenge [...]

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Michigan State’s Key Non-Conference Basketball Games

Monday, September 7, 2009

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(Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images) The adage “practice makes perfect” has been echoed by mentors for generations.   Michigan State Head Coach Tom Izzo is no exception.   “As we do each year, we’ve put together an exciting non-conference schedule, featuring some great teams and dangerous squads, said Izzo. “There is no doubt our non-conference schedule will have [...]

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"Mozart" to the New York Knicks?

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

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(Photo by Mike Hewitt/Getty Images) Note: Also seen at Protect the Paint. The Minnesota Timberwolves find themselves at an interesting fork in the Ricky Rubio-road, and judging by June’s draft in which they took point guards with both the fifth and the sixth picks, one they anticipated all along. If you haven’t heard, the Spanish teen-ager [...]

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When Will the Ivy League Produce Another NBA Talent?

Thursday, July 30, 2009

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I recently attended a high school state all-star basketball game. There were two guards from a state championship team that I looked forward to seeing play. Behind me, a discussion began about one of the players, a point guard that will attend Yale. “Why is he going to Yale? He ain’t going pro if he’s going [...]

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The Greatness That Is Cameron Indoor Stadium

Sunday, July 26, 2009

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The crowd was slowly building, the noise rapidly rising, the excitement setting in. Everywhere I turned, I saw people cheering, children yelling, and fans screaming. The atmosphere was amazing, unlike any other I had ever experienced, something about the place made me feel as if I was home. On Dec. 8, 2007, I got to live out a [...]

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Missing a Big Game Sucks

Friday, June 12, 2009

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Alright, I’ve got something to confess: I didn’t watch last night’s Game Three of the NBA Finals. Now, before you judge me, hear me out. My girlfriend did a semester abroad this past semester and lives six hours away from me, so I’d only seen her two times in the last seven months.  My choices were: A) [...]

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