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First Cup: Wednesday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...night. Again. Here's what most amuses me about the New York state of mind. Whenever a sports superstar emerges in any other part of the country, New Yorkers immediately begin the countdown to when...
Blog | November 26, 2008Monday: First Cup
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopJeff McDonald of the San Antonio Express-News: "Beset by nothing more supernatural than a rash of injuries and plain bad basketball, the Spurs' 1-4 st...
Blog | November 10, 2008First Cup: Training Camp Thursday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...didn't hold all players accountable for their actions."Bob Finnan of The News-Herald: "After his...on Oct. 25, 2003, because of a severe sports hernia, Michael Dickerson was depressed and was seeking...
Blog | October 02, 2008Tuesday Bullets
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopTom Ziller of Sactown Royalty on the retirement of Shareef Abdur-Rahim: "Not 100 players in the history of the NBA have averaged more points per game ...
Blog | September 23, 2008First Cup: Tuesday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopIra Winderman of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel: "Shawn Marion said all the right things about his lack of a contract extension at Monday's Heat promo...
Blog | September 23, 2008First Cup: Tuesday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...restricted free agents sitting around waiting for some action. Now with the start of training camp less...knee injury." Mike Baldwin of The Oklahoman: "Professional sports critics complain it's unfair the 'average fan...
Blog | September 02, 2008Thursday Olybullets
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...court that people don't realize he can do. He can really play."Mark Conrad of the Sports Law Blog on facemaskgate: "Where I do have a problem, however, is when the USOC goes overboard...
Blog | August 07, 2008First Cup: Monday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...ethnic roots of the conflict in Darfur, western Sudan, Deng combines moral seriousness with a commitment to action."ESPN's Marc Stein: "Sources in Israel said [Carlos] Arroyo will receive an estimated $2.5 million...
Blog | August 04, 2008Does Team USA Know the World is Flat?
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...you can catch up on Nike's website.) Watching the first two episodes, and then following recent action against Turkey and Lithuania, I have tremendous optimism that this team will play well enough to win...
Blog | August 01, 2008Wrestling with News from Seattle
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopAs I assess the deal that the city accepted, one thing really sticks out: The city placed a very high price on being in the NBA's good graces. Basical...
Blog | July 03, 2008Monday Bullets
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...the Raptors can use him the proper way.This list may be incomplete (it's based on Sports Illustrated's Fortunate 50, which I suspect was never intended as this kind of database). But of...
Blog | June 30, 2008First Cup: Friday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopRick Morrissey of The Chicago Tribune: "There are two baskets at Murray Park. One court, two baskets. From that slab of concrete in the middle of Engl...
Blog | June 27, 2008Following Up with Haralabos Voulgaris
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...He posted a comment on the original post that distinguishes his strong feelings about Tim Donaghy's actions from his more ambivalent thoughts about claims that the NBA fixed games. I think that Donaghy has...
Blog | June 13, 2008A Professional Gambler's Take on the Tim Donaghy Scandal
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...the claims and career of Tim Donaghy. And having used this database, and his contacts in the sports betting world, Voulgaris says that his confidence in the integrity of the NBA has been shaken, to...
Blog | June 11, 2008Paul Pierce's Knee, Through the Eyes of a Specialist
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...to the Philadelphia 76ers, and an expert on sports injuries to knees. Of course, he has not...After being in excrutiating pain, Pierce returned to action quickly and appeared to be more or less...
Blog | June 07, 2008

