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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, 2009Michael 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, 2009Magic 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, 2009Friday 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, 2009Pay Them By the Made Free Throw
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopOn 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, 2009First 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, 2009First 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, 2009First 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, 2009Lakers: Feeling a Tad Victimized
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopEarlier 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, 2009Meet 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, 2009A 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, 2009A 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, 2009Regarding LeBron James, with Love from Cleveland
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopOn 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, 2009Meet 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, 2009A 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

