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First Cup: Thursday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopEddie Sefko of The Dallas Morning News: "The NBA is the ultimate what-have- you-done lately league. A day after Dirk Nowitzki's outrageous fourth quar...
Blog | November 05, 2009Rajon Rondo to the World Series
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...contract. To celebrate, Rondo's corporate sponsor Red Bull says they are sending him to the World Series tonight. Rondo's Celtics will be playing the Sixers on Tuesday -- so the schedule is perfect...
Blog | November 02, 2009First Cup: Monday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopJeff McDonald of the San Antonio Express-News: "By now, the video has flown around the world, which is more than can be said of one of its stars. The bat that Spurs guard...
Blog | November 02, 2009Ryan Miller's Final Shot
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...definition cameras captured Babe Ruth's "called shot" at-bat in the 1932 World Series or a Flip Cam recorded Rosie Ruiz jumping out of a crowd in the Boston Marathon...
Blog | July 24, 2009First Cup: Wednesday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopBill Plaschke of the Los Angeles Times: "Mitch Kupchak is responsible for building the 2009 champions except for Kobe Bryant. 'Yes, but it...
Blog | June 17, 2009Wednesday: First Cup
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...Scott Foster might have had for his former friend evaporated after Tim Donaghy's lawyer filed a series of memos that alleged widespread misconduct by N.B.A. referees. 'I know that's not true...
Blog | November 05, 2008Thursday Bullets
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...know the angriest sports fans in America would not just slap high-fives after winning the World Series.Wizznutzz is, delightfully, back on patrol, making up the crazy stories about the Wizards pre-season...
Blog | October 30, 2008Tuesday Bullets
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...How perfect would it have been for the NBA -- opening night tonight and all -- if the World Series had fizzled to a close last night? I was playing the Tivo in slow motion to...
Blog | October 28, 2008First Cup: Monday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopJennifer Floyd Engel of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram: "Dirk Nowitzki did not do any interviews immediately after propelling Germany to its first Olymp...
Blog | July 21, 2008First Cup: Wednesday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...to take Thursday's effort and use it as the needed formula to seize control of the series? If you want to be positive here, call it something to build on. Every team has to...
Blog | June 11, 2008First Cup: Monday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopLakers vs. Jazz Bill Plaschke of the Los Angeles Times: "Twenty-one times, Kobe Bryant scored. Twenty-one times, he jabbed a 10-foot sword into ...
Blog | May 05, 2008Nerd Squad: The Tale of Quantum Hoops
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopThere has been this documentary out there that I have been hearing about called "Quantum Hoops." Sounded really cool ... but there's almost nowhere yo...
Blog | November 30, 2007The Agony of Victory: Talking to Steve Friedman
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...Ali was never greater than when he beat Foreman. Kirk Gibson's gimpy homer in the World Series made me weep -- I remember the moment. Even, on a fictional note, Bernard Malamud, "The Natural...
Blog | November 07, 2007Friday Bullets
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...though I'm getting about ten emails an hour ripping everyone who picked Dallas to win this series, some of the hardest of hardcore Golden State fans admit that they didn't really see this...
Blog | May 04, 2007Baseball Stat Guru Bill James: NBA Doomed
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...was asked about the oddity of St. Louis barely sneaking into playoffs and then winning the World Series. This was his response: I'm not a great fan of the Wild Card. But it...
Blog | March 27, 2007EDITOR'S PICKS
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