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New Zealand Time Differentials confuse me
Remember the post of less than a half hour ago wherein I said that John Shurna would play Croatia in the semi-finals today?Well, turns out it already happened. There's something like a 16 hour time di...
John Plasencia named World's Best Tight End
OK, not actually true. Technically, Plasencia is just the World's Greatest Tight End in the World under the age of 19 after being named to the IFAF Junior World Cup all-tournament team, but, hey, we'l...
2008 FIBA Men's Qualifying Tournament: Day 4 Preview
After a pilgrimage of sorts to Chipotle and way more WEEI over the last 2 days than I care to admit, I'm beat. So I'll keep this short. Here are my picks for tomorrow:Croatia over CanadaGermany over B...
2008 FIBA Men's Qualifying Tournament: Day 2 Preview
Game 5 PreviewCanada (Roster) World Rank: 17 Player to Watch: With respect to Joel Anthony I'm going the easy route and focusing on Samuel Dalembert. He will be important in the match up with Rasho N...
2008 FIBA Men's Qualifying Tournament: Day 1 - Update
New Zealand beat Cape Verde in convincing fashion to kick off the tournament. Meanwhile, Lebanon's Fadi El Khatib is not optimistic about the upcoming game against Greece: "We know that against the G...
2008 FIBA Men's Qualifying Tournament: Day 1 Preview
[UPDATE: Check out this link for a solid preview of the tournament and the Euroleague players expected to contribute to their countries. As a side note my Cameroon upset special looks worse and worse....
2008 Men's Olympic Basketball - Who's In?
After a ridiculous number of Google searches for "James Posey" over the last couple of weeks and the realization that the Boston Celtics are keeping a low profile this summer, I've shifted my focus to...
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