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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Turkey's best basketball, marred by violence, again

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By Henry Abbott Turkey is home to some...was a similar scene. Turkish TrueHoop reader Fatih Uzuner works for...

Blog | November 17, 2009

Wednesday Bullets

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Huge thanks to Kevin Arnovitz for some great blogging while I was away. And without further ado: UPDATE: Allen Iverson tweets that he's close t...

Blog | August 19, 2009

Brandon Roy, Hard Times and Guaranteed Contracts

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Brandon Roy Brandon Roy and the Blazers have agreed to a five-year contract extension that'll keep him in black and red through 2013-2014, and a ...

Blog | August 06, 2009

Sell the Uniforms Already

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...to afford tickets ... what are we waiting for?  The small issue, I didn't expect: TrueHoop reader Doug rightly pointed out that the adidas logo is not visible on NBA game uniforms. True...

Blog | August 03, 2009

Coleman Collins on the Merits of Charity Soccer

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D-League player and TrueHoop contributor Coleman Collins, who has written about such things as Paris, Monaco, Germany, and Iran, reports now...

Blog | June 26, 2009

Randy Smith: Athlete Turned Baller

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Posted by Kevin Arnovitz Obscurity has been one of the hallmarks of the NBA franchise born as the Buffalo Braves in 1970, which later became the Clipp...

Blog | June 05, 2009

How Many Coaches?

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I just learned from reading the D.C. Sports Bog that Jay-Z considers himself to be a coach, of sorts, of LeBron James. The Bog's Dan Steinberg quotes ...

Blog | September 11, 2008

First Cup: Friday

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Ray Ratto of the San Francisco Chronicle: "For the moment, though, Monta Ellis is the Warriors. He had to be, for there was no other foreseeable outco...

Blog | July 25, 2008

Marc Stein on his Time in the Soccer Spotlight

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...can safely assume that there's a new No. 1 in my personal Plimptonian Power Rankings. Thierry Henry, Robbie Fowler and Steve McManaman wearing the yellow of Team Nash with a trio of Phoenix Suns...

Blog | June 30, 2008

Soccer Stars: Steve Nash, Baron Davis, Thierry Henry and Company

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...Among those expected to participate are Baron Davis, Jason Kidd, Raja Bell, Leandro Barbosa, Joakim Noah, Thierry Henry, Claudio Reyna, Robbie Fowler, Steve McManaman, Jozy Altidore, Juan Pablo Angel, and Gregg Berhalter. What Stein's...

Blog | June 24, 2008

First Cup: Monday

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Celtics vs. Cavaliers Bob Ryan of The Boston Globe: '"The Truth' may be a reach, but he sure lived up to his Captain's title yesterday. Paul Pierce br...

Blog | May 19, 2008

Joakim Noah on His Heroes

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A while ago a trainer who has worked with Joakim Noah, Dan Barto, compared Noah's personality to Muhammad Ali's. A lot of people thought that was outl...

Blog | March 12, 2008

Clippers Loudest Fan

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Sounds like he's on the cusp of becoming a Maverick fan, in exchange for a salary. Somewhere in there is a sad little commentary on the state of NBA f...

Blog | January 28, 2008

I Dare You Not to Like the Blazers

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...and again the comments are thick with people noticing such things. In my defense, I can offer: TrueHoop has always been this way. Back when it was an independent blog with about nine readers I...

Blog | January 28, 2008

Friday Bullets

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Brian Windhorst of the Akron Beacon-Journal: "James scored just 14 points on a woeful 4-of-16 shooting, which indicated just how off his normal produc...

Blog | June 08, 2007