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Late Friday Mini-Bullets

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...I cannot believe the sense of entitlement among today's sports fans. Sorry, kiddos, but right...you got one Game of the Week in baseball (and it was usually the Yankees). One (if...

Blog | October 09, 2009

Michael Jordan Talking to Michael Wilbon

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...of topics. For instance: Jordan says, of players today: "I try not to watch so much...he wouldn't trade his time in baseball for anything, saying being around people with genuine...

Blog | September 11, 2009

Magic and American Myth

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...because the conversation about race and the NBA today resides in a much different place. When LeBron...had ever had to sell the innocence of baseball -- baseball was innocent as the memory of every...

Blog | August 14, 2009

Friday Bullets

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...have been declared illegal by the FDA isn't because they allow you to hit a baseball farther (if it's true that that is the case); they are illegal because they have...

Blog | August 07, 2009

Pay Them By the Made Free Throw

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

On today's New York Times Op-Ed page...blame or commiserate with. Also, pro golfers, unlike baseball, football or basketball players, have no fixed salaries...

Blog | July 29, 2009

First Cup: Wednesday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...of all situations,' GM Kiki Vandeweghe said." Carlos Frias of the Palm Beach Post: "Today's episode of the Miami Heat's South Florida summer novela, starring Heat guard Dwyane...

Blog | July 22, 2009

First Cup: Friday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...into swords." Kevin Sherrington of The Dallas Morning News: "Unlike the NFL and Major League Baseball, where clubs must build from within and add pieces as needed to put them over the top...

Blog | July 10, 2009

First Cup: Tuesday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...of the Orlando Sentinel: "If this were baseball, you could limit the pitch count if your...and staying in shape.' Nelson will practice today and Wednesday, and then the Magic front staff...

Blog | June 02, 2009

Lakers: Feeling a Tad Victimized

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Earlier today I quoted Mike Moreau on the Lakers: "...that fans will expect some sort of retaliation -- baseball style -- tonight in Game 5. But Lamar Odom...

Blog | May 27, 2009

Meet Your Blogger: Jeremy Wagner of Roundball Mining Company

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...the Nuggets' 2007 first round playoff series against the Spurs basically to vent. Fast forward to today and blogging about the Nuggets is just a part of my life.  I cannot imagine not...

Blog | February 25, 2009

A Very Sad Press Release

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...died from complications due to type 2 diabetes today, at home, surrounded by his family. He was...as the state-of-the-art softball and baseball complexes at BYU. The Larry H. Miller Campus...

Blog | February 20, 2009

A Financial Investigation Touches the NBA

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...no way of knowing that singer John Denver, baseball legend Sandy Koufax, and actor John Malkovich all...release: The 2006 NBA Champion Miami HEAT announced today that they have entered into an agreement with...

Blog | February 12, 2009

Regarding LeBron James, with Love from Cleveland

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

On Monday, on TrueHoop, I invited fans of the Cleveland Cavaliers to e-mail. The idea was: The dialogue in the media about the summer of 2010 has a bi...

Blog | February 04, 2009

Meet Your Blogger: Mike Kurylo of Knickerblogger

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...just about everyone who grew up in New York city in the late 70s/early 80s loved baseball. I played in backyards, little leagues, schoolyards, and in the street. In the summers of my youth...

Blog | January 23, 2009

A Conversation with Paul Hewitt

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...quality players.  If you look at Georgia Tech as a whole  -- not just basketball, but baseball, football, golf -- they've done an unbelievable job of turning out professional players and a lot of...

Blog | January 02, 2009