Posts Tagged ‘NBA’

Reasons we love sports, Vols. 3 & 4: Temper tantrums and the sound of inevitability

March 15th, 2012 by Chris Humpherys

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SportsChump not so proudly presents the Danica Patrick Chart of Ever-Increasing Annoyance

March 5th, 2012 by Chris Humpherys

Some people just drive me batty.  I like to consider myself a pretty patient person but as I get a little longer in the tooth, I’m finding out there’s a lot more crap I won’t tolerate… and a lot of people that just annoy me. Read the rest of this entry »

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Holding Court, Part Deux discusses Jeremy Lin, the NBA All-Star Game and MVP predictions

February 27th, 2012 by Chris Humpherys

Holding Court Part Deux has arrived, starring the usual suspects: Hoopstradamus, Fishman, the Elusive Heisenberg, the Pest, myself and Downtown Charlie Brown.  In this issue, we tackle Linsanity, the 2012 All Star game and the NBA’s annual awards races. Read the rest of this entry »

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Gratuitous Perpetuation of Racial Profi-Lin: Headlines we hope we’ll never see

February 20th, 2012 by Chris Humpherys

We have repeatedly discussed on this website, the outright need for political correctness, Read the rest of this entry »

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Jeremy Lin Headband Xanga – 2004

February 15th, 2012 by Chris Humpherys

Submitted to yours truly by DJ Arthritic Semitic himself, here’s a look at Jeremy Lin’s Xanga (blog) back in 2004, imitating headband styles of different NBA players, the same players whose jerseys he’s currently out-selling. Read the rest of this entry »

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Six surefire ways to fix the Orlando Magic

February 1st, 2012 by Chris Humpherys

“I’m mad as hell, and I’m not going to take this anymore!”

-Peter Finch as Howard Beale in Network

 

That’s it.  I’m fed up!

I have been a die-hard Orlando Magic fan for years, supporting the team through thick and thin… but these days, even I have seen enough. Read the rest of this entry »

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Holding Court, Vol. 1: Our NBA Round Table

January 17th, 2012 by Chris Humpherys

When the mastermind behind the Full Court Pest: 94 Feet of Tenacious Blog Sense first confronted me about contributing to his No Drama Hoops roundtable, I couldn’t have been more excited.  Read the rest of this entry »

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Is Ricky Rubio the Realio Dealio?

January 12th, 2012 by Chris Humpherys

The NBA is currently chockfull of insanely talented point guards: Derrick Rose, Deron Williams, Chris Paul, Tony Parker, Steve Nash, Rajon Rondo, Russell Westbrook.  That list doesn’t even include a healthy batch of secondary, yet perfectly capable, floor generals. Read the rest of this entry »

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Magic fans brace themselves for second departure of Shaquille

January 11th, 2012 by Chris Humpherys

I remember exactly where I was when I first heard Shaquille O’Neal was leaving Orlando.  Read the rest of this entry »

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Can you say ouch? Shelden Williams dunks on own nose caption contest

January 5th, 2012 by Chris Humpherys

See, gang?  This is why I never dunk a basketball, and I swear my ever-decreasing vertical leap (not that there ever was one) has anything to do with it. Read the rest of this entry »

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