Posts Tagged ‘Basketball’
Sleepless in Seattle: The Sonics are coming back
Since 2008, there has been no NBA basketball in the Emerald City. In case you missed it, the former Seattle Supersonics were “stolen” from the city by a couple of investors in Oklahoma City. Since then, the city of Seattle has been craving a new team to follow. I suppose Seattle decided that pulling an OKC on another city would …
by Richard Williams on January 25th, 2013 2 Comments »
Romanticism, where have you gone? The death of professional sports purity
In a powerful piece, Jon Alba explains why he has lost his passion for professional sports.
by Jon Alba on April 11th, 2012 1 Comments »
April Fools: Magic’s Staff Pulls Off the Biggest Prank of the Year
What an April Fools prank it was that day. There were so many pranks that day in Orlando. It was like 80 pranks all in one! Thanks to Yahoo Sports, they reported this funny prank. I was laughing my head off. Here it is: Well the staff of the Magic had a fun day. I couldn’t explain it, but some …
by Josh Dhani on April 3rd, 2009 Leave a comment »
Dallas Downed in the King’s Court
The Dallas Mavericks are still trying to find themselves, but time is running out in the season. Losing the Cavaliers 102-74 will definitely not help Dallas. Something about the Mavericks seems to be out of place, oh wait I know! CONSISTENCY! The Mavericks, once gain, blew a 15 point lead to eventually get beat by 28 points in Cleveland. The …
by Jon Alba on March 29th, 2009 Leave a comment »
Mizzou Tops Marquette, 83-79
Lately the Missouri Tigers haven’t been the team to beat amongst the powerhouses in the Big 12. Though today they stand aside Oklahoma and Kansas, who will also be advancing to the Sweet 16. But don’t think that Missouri had any easy task today. They went up against a very talented team out of Marquette, who were looking to end …
by Jon Alba on March 22nd, 2009 1 Comments »
USA Downs Land from Down Under
It wasn’t exactly the best game for Team USA, but a win is a win as the Americans defeated the Australians by a score of 87 to 76 on Tuesday night in Shanghai, China. This is the last exhibition game for Team USA before the start of the olympics; the Americans went undefeated in their games. Led by Milwaukee Bucks …
by Derek Johnson on August 5th, 2008 6 Comments »