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And On The Seventh Week, We Kicked Butt. I Said Its Power Rankings Time!
Irrational? Subjective? Biased? Oh yes my bloggers and my blogettes, its that time again. Welcome, to the Week 7 Power Rankings Breakdown. We're coming at you live with in-depth, well thought out, impulsive knee-jerk analysis of what people who never played in the NBA think about the league. Their...
Today in Sports History: July 31st
(Garnett, Pierce, and Allen. Photo courtesy of Walter Looss Jr.) 7/31/1990 - Ryan gets to 300 With a win over the Milwaukee Brewers, Nolan Ryan becomes the first and only pitcher to reach 300 wins in the 1990's. Ryan had one of the most diverse legacies of any major league pitcher. Besides winning...
Today in Sports History: June 28th
(Fidrych pads the mound. Photo by William T. Anderson, The Detroit News) 6/28/1976 - Fidrych comes on the scene Tigers pitcher Mark Fidrych was a character if baseball ever had one. He padded the pitcher's mound like a nest, he talked to the baseball as if it was a living creature, and he carried...
Today in Sports History: June 21st
6/21/1879 - White subs in for Start In 2004, the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) determined that William Edward White may have been the first black man to play in a professional baseball game. On June 21, 1879, White, playing for the Providence Grays, substituted for popular first...
Today in Sports History: May 10th
5/10/1974 - Kareem sky-hook beats Celtics One of the best games in the 1970's ends on a signature move from one the league's best players. In Game 6 of the 1974 NBA Finals, John Havlicek hit an impossible shot over Kareem Abdul-Jabbar with only seven seconds remaining in double overtime. The Boston...
Today in Sports History: May 5th
(Spiderman 2 briefly joined forces with Major League Baseball. Photo by AP) 5/05/1969 - Celtics hold on to beat L.A. Wilt Chamberlain and Bill Russell meet for the final time in their careers as the Boston Celtics beat the Los Angeles Lakers, 108-106, in Game 7 of the NBA Finals. Lakers owner Jack...
Nets Climb to #29 in NBC Power Poll!
They're still #30 in most power rankings, but NBC Sports' Kurt Helin has given the Nets a "reprieve", dropping Minnesota into the cellar. He cites the Nets' weekend win in Boston. John Schuhmann of NBA.com says while the Celts got the criticism, "the Nets...
Buyout Deadline Less than 24 Hours Away With No Decision from Battie
ESPN's Chris Sheridan hints Tony Battie is considering a buyout, which would need to be done by midnight on Monday for him to join a team and be eligible for the playoffs. But Battie doesn't want to give up some of the $1.7 million still owed him on his $6.3...
Nets Pull Off Shocker in Boston
Just when you least expected it, the Nets got win No. 6 with an upset of the Celtics in Boston on Saturday afternoon. It's their second straight road win. The Celtics opened the game with a 12-2 run, but the Nets were able to turn the 10-point deficit into a...
Game 57 - Nets @ Celtics - Saturday, February 27, 1:00
The Nets face the Celtics in the first of a back-to-back this weekend following a four-day rest. Paul Pierce is uncertain after suffering a sore thumb 10 days ago. The Celtics could have used him against the Cavs Thursday. Cleveland and LeBron James extended...
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