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Press Release: NBA Finals Top-Rated Television Programs In June

6. July 2008

NEW YORK – The six games of the NBA Finals, which aired on ABC, are the six highest-rated and most-watched television programs for the month of June. The Finals concluded June 17 with the Boston Celtics beating the Los Angeles Lakers, 131-92, to win the Finals, 4-2, and earn the 17th NBA Championship in Celtics [...]

Buzzer Beaters - 05/19

19. May 2008

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This week’s Buzzer Beaters has the scoop on what Raptors scout Masai Uruji was doing Nigeria, what players go through in pre-draft workouts, an interview with the fans who created the now famous Eva Longoria poster, details on the O.J. Mayo situation and a ton of other articles to make sure you know all the [...]

Home Cookin’

14. May 2008

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We all learned a long time ago to never count the San Antonio Spurs out. But after Tuesday’s 22-point loss to the New Orleans Hornets set them back three games to two, it’s difficult not to envision the Conference Finals without the black and silver. Yes, the Spurs have a home game left tonight and yes, [...]

Potential Pitfalls Loom in Los Angeles

13. May 2008

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Sunday evening in sleepy Salt Lake City, the most incongruously named franchise in all of sports evened their second round series with the Los Angeles Kobettes, er, Lakers. With a thrilling 123-115 overtime victory, Utah tied Los Angeles at two games a piece and in doing so made a definitive statement that, yes friends, we [...]

The War of Windependence

11. May 2008

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In what has quickly become a media-fueled gong show, filled with cheap insults and unbacked claims, two familiar members of the Orlando Magic have spoken up once again in regards to their second-round match up with the Detroit Pistons. “We’re going to make some adjustments and we’re going to go [back to Detroit] and win this [...]

Buzzer Beaters - 05/11

11. May 2008

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* Hornets Hype has a link to a genius flash game called Buggin’ Out where you’re a Fleur De Bee and you get to shoot falling Spurs. * Check out this classic YouTube clip of Charles Barkely reading the teleprompter and announcing that he’s a dumbass. Genius! * Rush The Court talked about the latest Academic Progress [...]

Waiting To Witness The True LeBron James

9. May 2008

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Michael Jordan had one. Magic Johnson had one. Even Lebron James had one in last year’s Eastern Conference Finals, now he just needs to have another. The “one” is called an alpha dog game, and after another putrid performance in the Cavaliers’ 89-73 Game 2 loss to the Boston Celtics, James must summon another one of [...]

One Last Salami and Cheese

8. May 2008

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For all that speculation and bewilderment about Jack Armstrong’s possible departure, the shock of Chuck Swirsky’s resignation as lead television analyst for the Toronto Raptors came with a magnitude force of a Carribean hurricane. For years, Swirsky has given his blood and passion for the Raptors, fighting his way through the early radio broadcasts before leaping [...]

Duncan vs. Garnett

8. May 2008

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It is a storyline that, while noticed, has fallen under the radar to some degree. While NBA fans clamor for Lakers-Celtics, LeBron-Kobe, and Spurs-Pistons, a potential NBA Finals match-up of San Antonio against Boston doesn’t seem all that appealing. Except for, you know, the whole Big Three against Big Three thing. And the “Maybe the Best Power [...]

Taming the Tameless

7. May 2008

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With all of the public beefing, needless calamity and all-out hullabaloo going on between these two teams in the media following Game 1 and then the tirelessly disputed three-pointer Chauncey Billups nailed at the end of the third quarter in Game 2, it’s hard to take a step back and look at the biggest concern [...]

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