Sports 4 Dorks

“Coach…it hurts when I suck.”Cleveland Cavaliers: The Cavs hit a missing rung in their climb back to semi-respectability, losing 90-81 to the Atlanta Hawks. Lebron James scored more points in the fourth quarter (14) than any of his teammates did in the entire game. Seriously, the Cavs (James excepted) shot the ball like they were […]

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Kobe Bryant enjoyed one of his most satisfying games of the season against the Nuggets on Monday night, and in describing his outlook on the Laker win to Cheryl Miller post-game, he used a curious phrase.

That’s right. "Passion bucket."
Now, a quick Google search reveals that it was some odd phrase that UCLA college football coach […]

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With TNT’s Kenny
Smith taking to the reins of the commissioner’s position of the Premier League (not that Premier League, this one deals in minor league
basketball), it seemed only natural for Craig Sager to get Shaquille O’Neal’s
take on Kenny’s ascension.

I got your back, Kenny.

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This is always an odd day. Even back when NBC and CBS had
plenty of Sunday afternoon games, which gave teams plenty of chances to get
used to playing matinee games, squads would usually look out of sorts during
Martin Luther King Day games.
We’re a little out of sorts, too, it’s strange to have a
batch of games […]

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I always look out for orange notebooks. Well, more specifically, I always look out for these Spalding notebooks that look like they are made out of actual basketball pebbling. The bright orange basketball color makes them easy to spot from a distance. When we played down in Fort Wayne, Ind., I saw about five of […]

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We’re hardly the type to get catty, but … actually, we’re
usually the type to get catty.
Today, we’re going to ask: "whose jacket is worse, Dei
Lynam’s, or Amare Stoudemire’s?"

Dei’s great, she knows the game, and Amare’s a stud, but
this dual choice of shoulder-wear can’t go unchecked.

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Here is how it’s going to run today.
Some of you are home for the day. A lot of you are at your
offices, which stinks. The NBA, as it has for years on this holiday, has
scheduled some matinee games.
Now, the matinee slate of NBA games has long been a staple
of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. […]

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The short-handed Lakers broke open a tight game late in the third quarter to beat the Denver Nuggets 116-99 on Monday night.

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Denver Nuggets star Carmelo Anthony was helped off the court midway through the second quarter of Monday night’s game against the Los Angeles Lakers with a sprained left ankle.

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Lakers forward Trevor Ariza will be out about eight weeks because of a broken right foot, joining center Andrew Bynum on the sidelines.

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