Henry Abbott

Henry Abbott

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Henry Abbott founded TrueHoop, the preeminent NBA blog, in May 2005. Less than two years later, the TrueHoop posts and comments total nearly three million words, and TrueHoop has become part of ESPN.com, where Henry is a Senior NBA Writer.

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First Cup: Tuesday

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Charles F. Gardner of the Journal Sentinel: "Brandon Jennings had a well-publicized taped phone conversation that played on YouTube earlier in th...

Blog | September 15, 2009

First Cup: Monday

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Mike Monroe of the San Antonio Express-News: "It is nearly impossible to overstate the impact David Maurice Robinson had on the sports landscape ...

Blog | September 07, 2009

First Cup: Friday

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Buck Harvey of the San Antonio Express-News: "Bruce Bowen may have been dirty to the other 29 franchises, but not to league officials. By 2007, a...

Blog | September 04, 2009

First Cup: Tuesday

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Scott Miller of The Washington Times: "David Falk has changed -- or at least his motives have. The man who built Michael Jordan, made record deal...

Blog | August 18, 2009

Pay Them By the Made Free Throw

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On today's New York Times Op-Ed page, Thomas Friedman contrasts golf and basketball: Golf is all about individual character. The ball is fixed. N...

Blog | July 29, 2009

Three Anecdotes About Retina Injuries

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Poor Amare Stoudemire. That's my main thought, after bringing together two ideas: A brief report on what he has been through, and extensive conver...

Blog | February 20, 2009

A Conversation with Alonzo Mourning

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...percentage.  He battled opposing centers, Larry Johnson, and a kidney transplant during his 15-year career. TrueHoop caught up with 'Zo this morning.   Retiring from the game was one of the biggest...

Blog | January 23, 2009

The Cooz: Buying into Ubuntu

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Posted by Kevin Arnovitz Amy O'Loughlin has a tremendous Q & A with Celtics legend Bob Cousy at Hoops Addict. It's nearly impossible to properly ...

Blog | December 24, 2008

Wednesday Bullets

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...feature Elton Brown, who has killed in the D-League and nearly stuck with several NBA clubs.TrueHoop reader Bob says: "I read a comment today on ESPN that was bugging me. The comment basically...

Blog | December 03, 2008

First Cup: Tuesday

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Ira 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, 2008

J.R. Smith in Your Foursome, and a Hole-in-One

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Mike Wolf of the Denver Examiner was surprised when he showed up at the local municipal golf course and spied an actual Denver Nugget -- J.R. Smith --...

Blog | September 16, 2008

The Salvatore Side of the Story: Gambling Scandals and Referees

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This is the fourth installment in a series based on a recent interview with NBA referee Bennett Salvatore a week ago today. Go back to the first, seco...

Blog | November 16, 2007

Look at LeBron James Shoot

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As I wrote late yesterday (oh happy coincidence!) LeBron James has been shooting better this summer. Then last night against Team USA, LeBron James sh...

Blog | August 30, 2007

Pave the South Lawn

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Jodi Kantor's story on the cover of The New York Times describes Barack Obama's love of basketball. Read the whole article. It's fun. My favorite part...

Blog | June 01, 2007

Form vs. Function, or Shaquille O'Neal vs. An Old Country Tune

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Last weekend I happened to catch musician John Prine on the radio show American Routes. I had two reactions. First, Prine's voice is eerily simila...

Blog | October 04, 2006