basketball

Ron Artest wants to the thank some people

Sure, game seven last night between the Lakers and Celtics in the NBA Finals was probably a good game. The five seconds I managed to watch at the bar sure looked like it. But, what was really phenomenal is Ron Artest’s post-game interview. Seriously, in less than a minute, he’s capable of thanking: everybody in his hood, the World Wide Warriors, his wife, his family, his kids, everybody, and, of course, his psychiatrist (she really helped him relax). And, on top of that, gets to plug his new single. Because, really, what’s a shout-out if you can’t...

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1,000 lawyers in a deep sea trench…

basketball hoop in basketball court

I think I’d like to make basketball the subject of my inaugural post. You see, I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the negotiations leading up to agreeing on a new collective bargaining agreement. There a lot of points of contention, lots of issues to be hashed out, but the gist of it is that the owners are feeling pinched by decreased revenues owing to the recession, and are looking to cut their personnel costs. This, to sort of stop before I even start, is total nonsense, see here. But what’s interesting to me is the owner...

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