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Henry Abbott, TrueHoopMike Bresnahan of the Los Angeles Times: "With all the recent talk about Andrew Bynum's contract status, little attention has been paid to Kobe Bryant...
Blog | October 24, 2008Marc Stein on his Time in the Soccer Spotlight
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopESPN's Marc Stein was at last Thursday's NBA draft. But his heart wasn't. His heart was still in the aftershocks of the emotional earthquake of Wedn...
Blog | June 30, 2008Venti First Cup: Wednesday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopSuns vs. Spurs Mike Finger of the San Antonio Express-News: "Officially, the Spurs will fly to Phoenix on Thursday, and they might even lose a g...
Blog | April 23, 2008NBA Bigwigs Rave About Oklahoma City, Talk Replacement Team for Seattle
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopThe powers that be -- a collection of NBA owners and league personnel -- have been touring Oklahoma City to assess the city's readiness to receive an ...
Blog | March 26, 2008The Boys of 2010
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...Brooklyn -- where millions of sports fans have been waiting for something to get excited about since the Dodgers left. Plenty of shots for a primary scorer. It's still more than two years away. But...
Blog | February 14, 2008Predictably, Sonic Ownership Backtracks
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopWhen word spread that a minority owner of the Seattle SuperSonics had admitted on the record that the owners never intended to keep the team in Seattl...
Blog | August 14, 2007Young Athletes Coming Out of the Closet
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...from the team. Like Kopay, others waited until retirement to come out. In baseball, there were former Dodgers Glenn Burke and Billy Bean; in football, Roy Simmons of the Washington Redskins and, five years ago...
Blog | August 03, 2007Wednesday Bullets
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopBrandon Roy is a very friendly guy. But when you put 16 of his head shots together in one place, it somehow seems less friendly. Bill Simmons chooses...
Blog | April 18, 2007Brooklyn Will Go Insane for the Nets
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...about how great it is to have Brooklyn’s first real professional team since the Brooklyn Dodgers. The talk centers on who will benefit from the team’s economic presence and who will...
Blog | February 26, 2007Social Change in the NBA
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopKen Hudson was the second black referee in the NBA, and he wrote a book about it called A Tree Stump in the Valley of Redwoods. Roscoe Nance wrote abo...
Blog | February 08, 2007Tuesday Bullets
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...As a young child, there are certain intrinsic events that become part of your sports DNA. The Dodgers decided to leave Brooklyn, and my father announced to the family that from this day on, we...
Blog | July 25, 2006More Cowbell: Loose ends
Before we get to this week's sports book recommendation, I wanted to mention a few things: • In Monday's Johnny Damon column, I had a brainfart...
Blog Entry | Conversation | August 16, 2005Meeting of the movie minds
Rob Ryder, Page 3Rob Ryder has been through his share of Hollywood movie meetings, but sitting down with the NBA's Baron Davis feels like it good be "it" -- again.
Story | April 06, 2004Lil Wayne's Blog: "Rafer and I have an interesting history."
Lil WayneIf you didn't already know, rappers talk about sports with each other all day. Young Jeezy is a diehard Atlanta fan, so we talk about the Hawks and Jo...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 18, 2008Hyperbole knows no bounds for Cassel
Bill Simmons, Page 2Before he gets to the second part of his mega-mailbag, Bill Simmons would like to "hyperbole" Matt Cassel a little.
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