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Today in Sports History: May 29th
(Hillary with Tenzing Norgay. Photo courtesy of the Associated Press) 5/29/1953 - Edmund Hillary climbs EverestSport or no sport, what Sir Edmund Hillary did on this day in 1953 is mighty impressive. He and Sherpa guide Tenzing Norgay climbed to the summit of Mount Everest, becoming the first...
Today in Sports History: October 2nd
(Kobe Bryant and Scottie Pippen in Game 7 of the 2000 WCF. Photo by Tom Hauck, Getty Images) 10/02/1920 - Last tripleheader in baseballLess than a handful of tripleheaders have ever taken place in Major League Baseball. The last recorded series to have three games played on the same day was in...
Due Diligence: Will the Kings Research Paul Westphal's Recent Failures?
I don't mean to damn a man before he gets a chance to work some flavor of magic in this lost town, but we have already heard from two highly reputable fans who witnessed the last two Paul Westphal implosions. Seattle native and Basketball Prospectus analyst Kevin Pelton told us what Westphal did...
Remembering Sherman Douglas
I got the idea of profiling random players from Boston's past from the stellar Washington Wizards blog, and fellow SB Nation site, Bullets Forever. I really got into the Haywoode Workman post. Although in my case I don't envision this morphing into a series. Rather, I just wanted to talk about...
J.R. Giddens Signs With Celtics
J.R. Giddens has officially joined the Boston Celtics. That's good to see. In doing so he opted against pulling a Brian Shaw, a.k.a signing over seas. You have to like a guard that averaged 8.8 rebounds in a college season.
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