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Copy Cat League: Small-Ball Reigns Supreme
Screen capture courtesy of the NBA/YouTube. Golden State wasn't the first champion to lean on small ball, but no team had ever gone that small, for that many minutes, on the league's biggest stage. That...
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James Harden to Blame for Rockets' Woes?
Screen capture courtesy of the NBA/YouTube . A veteran scout who's seen the Rockets multiple times already this season characterized James Harden 's defense as "very indifferent," and that Harden's offense hasn't been near good...
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Pistons to Retire Jerseys for Ben Wallace & Chauncey Billups
Image courtesy of Jon/Flickr . Image courtesy of Keith Allison/Flickr. The Detroit Pistons announced today that the club will honor and retire jerseys for Ben Wallace and Chauncey Billups during the 2015-16 season. Wallace will...
Culture of Pop
'Criminal Activities' Steals The Audience's Attention
Criminal Activities is the directorial debut of Academy-Award nominee Jackie Earle Haley. The cast includes Rob Brown, Michael Pitt, Dan Stevens, John Travolta, and the new director. The film was acquired by Image Entertainment for...
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'Heist' Races Against The Clock
Heist is a 2015 crime thriller film starring Robert De Niro, Kate Bosworth, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Morris Chestnut, Dave Bautista, and Gina Carano. It’s interesting to note this is the second heist-type film starring Robert...
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The Los Angeles Clippers' Dance Squad to Star in Reality Series
Image courtesy of Keith Allison/Flickr . The Los Angeles Clippers' dance squad is getting its own reality series. E! Entertainment said Monday the series that is scheduled to debut early next year will show what...
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Danny Ainge Takes Trade Advice From Fast-Food Employees?
Image courtesy of Aaron Frutman/Flickr. One day this writer bumped into Danny Ainge at a fast-food joint near the Celtics' practice facility in Waltham, Massachusetts. As he made his way through the cafeteria-style line where...
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Let the Ben Simmons NBA Draft Hype Begin
Image courtesy of TonyTheTiger/Wikimedia commons. Ben Simmons is going to make some NBA team – maybe the Celtics but definitely not the Knicks or Nets – very happy sooner rather than later. Think Lamar Odom...
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Amar'e Stoudemire Believes He & Carmelo Could Have Blossomed if Used Properly
Image courtesy of Keith Allison/Flickr. “I don’t think we had enough opportunities to play together,’’ Amar'e Stoudemire said in the Heat locker room Monday. “I moved to the bench and sixth, seventh man. When I...
Comic Books
Top Comic Book Adaptations: No. 34 - 300
Zach Snyder’s second consecutive appearance on this list comes in the form of the highly stylized, over-the-top, much-quoted Spartan epic, 300 . Its been parodied and ripped apart for historical inaccuracies so much over the...
