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The Story of Joe Fulks: A Basketball Innovator
In the rich, star-studded annals of basketball in the state of Kentucky, few have accomplished the wide-reaching, game-changing success of Joe Fulks. Yet, Fulks is relegated to "head scratching" status at the mention of his name. Ten-to-one odds that as you read the headline of this article, you...
Cousy: His Life, Career, and the Birth of Big-Time Basketball
About 2 weeks ago Comcast announced Bob Cousy would not be involved in its Celtics broadcasts during the 2009 season. The Cooz did not agree with the decision: "I would have liked to have continued. I'm only involved in 10 games a season, so it's not that big a deal. But I would have liked to...
Assorted Thoughts on the LA Lakers
The Lakers are Tall LA’s roster lists 7 players at 6-10 or taller. And 4 of them are 7 footers. [Green Bandwagon Update: Three of the 7 footers (Bynum, Ilunga-Mbenga, and Mihm) are not a big part of the Lakers right now. I should have mentioned that earlier.] That’s outrageous. Also if...
Flopping? Blame it on Mike Riordan.
You might have heard that next year the NBA is looking into fining players for flopping. There's still lots of questions about how effective the fines will be in curbing the flopping epidemic, but everyone appears to be in favor of the league trying to do something, especially Sheed. What's been...
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