How Millionaire Athletes Go Broke
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...Georgia, Strickland turned to his business manager: his dad, Matthew, a retired lieutenant colonel in the Air Force. The paperwork on the plot of land, which was on sale for $1.8 million but...
Blog | March 23, 2009First Cup: Monday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...got game, too. That drive was instilled by a father who spent 22 years in the Air Force and a mother who worked 20 years teaching a life skills program in an Alaska school...
Blog | July 07, 2008Wednesday Bullets
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...he uses to describe his unique collection of Nike footwear. It includes many of the popular Air Force 1's and Air Jordan collections in colors and styles rarely seen at your local shoe...
Blog | March 19, 2008Wednesday Bullets
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopThe college student's video guide to Phoenix Suns training camp. One of the best parts is Robert Sarver, who famously trimmed Jack McCallum's eyebrows...
Blog | November 07, 2007NOW What Does it Mean to Odenize?
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...was painful, but it was never more hurtful than this past Friday. I laced up the Air Force Ones (I got in honor of Sheed's terrific Blazer years), put on those seven-year...
Blog | September 17, 2007Wednesday Bullets
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopBrian Berger of Sports Business Radio has a must-read post laying out the contestants in an almighty shoe war battle that is about to erupt. Tommy B...
Blog | April 11, 2007Yet Another Cocaine Arrest for the Man Allen Iverson Calls "Dad"
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...rich in the Reagan era."Ann, by turns, drove a forklift, was a typist at Langley Air Force Base, manned a cash register at a local grocery, and welded at the Shipyard, where she...
Blog | April 04, 2007Nike Music
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopPR people want me to talk about stuff! I usually don't! But this one was at least different, with all kinds of big names in it. Nike has called upon ...
Blog | March 08, 2007Boxscores From a Giant ... Thing
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...a stat-based breakdown of the latest Nike ad. A Brief and Inaccurate Statistical Analysis of Air Force 25 Commercial: Kobe: 1 assist Dwight Howard (?): 2 points Chris Paul: 3 points, 1 assist, 1...
Blog | January 25, 2007William Wesley, the Sneaker
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...down was Leon Rose sitting with some one i didn't know. He was wearing nike air force ones with 'WWES' lasered on the side. He was on the phone the majority of the...
Blog | January 17, 2007Thursday Bullets
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...that insipid mess of a TV show ... Very cool look at the history of the Nike Air Force 1, from Need4Sheed. Rip Hamilton, leather; create your own joke, I've got a cold. The...
Blog | December 14, 2006High Flying Hornets
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...wake of the devastation in New Orleans, the Hornets will have their training camp at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs. No word yet on where they will play their games once the...
Blog | September 05, 2005LB and Pop
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...playing in the ABA, while Gregg Popovich was a team captain and leading scorer at the Air Force Academy. After Popovich served his military commitment, he tried out for the Olympics in 1972, where...
Blog | June 08, 2005Ray Allen is the Man
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopTwo of Seattle's three best players are out, but the one who matters most is doing a yeoman's job of keeping the SuperSonics alive. Being in great sh...
Blog | May 16, 2005First Cup: Wednesday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopMichael Wilbon of The Washington Post: "As much as Abe Pollin changed the landscape of D.C. by building the arena on 7th St. NW, it was Michael Jordan...
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