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Day Thirty Seven of the 2012 postseason is already in the books. The one game schedule continued with Game Six of the Eastern Conference Finals with the Celtics playing the Heat in Boston, a match the visiting team won. This playoff day was marked by one legendary performance. Who ranks on the top? Without any further ado, let’s start. P.S I’m sorry for...
Day Thirty Two of the 2012 postseason continued along with the one game schedule. The Celtics and Heat played in Boston, where the hometown team managed to get the win. Some players played great, others didn’t. That being said, who ranks on top? Without any further ado, let’s start. 3. Kevin Garnett The veteran big man who’s been playing beyond the...
Welcome back to the “Greatest Ever” series as i continue with the rankings of the greatest power forwards in the NBA History. It’s a position which has many all time great players.A power forward does so much for his team, as he can score inside the post, rebound well, protect the paint and additionally step out for a jump shot from mid range, or even...
Filipino boxing superstar and congressman Manny Pacquiao is currently facing the toughest opponent of his career as Philippine tax officials decided to file a criminal complaint against the WBO Welterweight Champion. According to investigators, Pacquiao has failed to submit documents such as fight and endorsement contracts that are related to his 2010 tax returns. Officials...
Many boxing fans remember Devon Alexander for his disappointing performance against Timothy Bradley in a junior welterweight title unification bout in January 2011. However, the southpaw did a lot to wipe out the memory of losing his IBF and WBC titles to Bradley with a dominating performance over hard-hitting Marco Maidana of Argentina on Feb. 25 at the Scottrade center...
PHILADELPHIA — Former heavyweight champion Joe Frazier is battling the liver cancer that has put him under hospice care. The 67-year-old boxer sleeps for most the day but is coherent when awake, his personal and business manager said. Leslie Wolff, who has been the fighter’s manager for seven years, said Frazier has been flooded with get-well messages from...
PHILADELPHIA — Former heavyweight champion Joe Frazier has liver cancer and is under hospice care. The 67-year-old boxer was diagnosed four or five weeks ago, Frazier’s personal and business manager said Saturday. Leslie Wolff told The Associated Press that doctors have not yet told Frazier how long he has to live. “We have medical experts looking into...
Floyd Mayweather, Jr. (42-0, 26 KOs) may face the most difficult fight of his life in the coming year or two, but it not even be in the boxing ring. He faces multiple streams of criminal and civil litigation from assault and domestic abuse charges to accusations of defamation related to his rants about Manny Pacquiao’s (53-3-2, 38 KOs) alleged Performance Enhancing...
Kimbo Slice has gone from a YouTube backyard brawling sensation to a MMA washout to boxer. For Slice’s sake (Kevin Ferguson) he better hope this foray into a legitimate sport goes a lot better than his last one. Well Slice/Ferguson has gotten off to a good start with a win over James Wade by knockout. Wade was not an impressive opponent, he came in at 0-1 with...
We’ll basically be on hiatus…kind of. Well, I’m not sure. I’ll be on vacation for the next three weeks and will be back to my normal schedule of writing on maybe August 9th or something. However, I may be able to post during the next three weeks I am gone, but don’t bet on it. I might here and there, don’t bet on it. Plus, maybe some...
We all knew Miami would beat the 76ers. No shock there. So now all the Heat haters will look to the Boston Celtics as the team that finally cool off the Heat. For most of the season, Celtics were the better team. But does that matter? The playoffs are different. But then look at the Hawks and Magic. Hawks won the season series 3-1 so was it really a surprise that the Hawks...
For the past 2-3 seasons, a couple of stories in the NBA were how the Spurs and Celtics somehow outsmarted age. Like they were drinking from that fountain of youth that everyone wishes they could find. But we know that eventually, the window will close. But whose closing first? Celtics or Spurs? Spurs average age of their top three players is 32; Celtics 34. OK so the...
For the East, the battle for the Sixth seed seems to be heading down to the last game of the season. The surprising 76ers are fighting the Knicks for the 6 spot. Who has the ability to hang on? Right now, the Sixers hold a .5 game lead over the Knicks. Sixers have the tie breaker but the teams meet one more time this season. To me, that last meeting will probably determine...
The Philadelphia 76ers were 3-13 at one point and signs were leading to yet another horrific season. However, they made a huge rebound and finished the first half of the season by shocking just about every NBA fan out there with a 27-29 record. The Sixers’ current record resides at 34-33, as they have finally pulled it all together this season. They are making...
People always love messing around with halftime shows and games. In a basketball game, a Canadian Dance Team was showing off their moves. A costumed man, the team’s mascot, started messing around and interfering with the dance. A man comes out of nowhere, and body-checks the mascot. Check it out: ...
I live pretty close to Hamilton Heights, live about 20 minutes away from there. So this is gigantic news around my area. Hamilton Heights’ player, Alex Etherington, was paralyzed in a game after dunking. He dunked but had a very painful fall after that. Here’s the video of the incident: But however, you need to closely. They were facing Peru, and many people...
Mike Bibby has found a new home. The recently-traded point guard had to receive a buyout from his new team, the Washington Wizards, which shocked much of the league. Bibby agreed to leave over $6 million on the table for Washington. Now, he is signed by the Heat. The Heat are pretty weak at the point guard position. LeBron James is technically the team’s point guard,...
Two Tennessee high school teams finished up a Regional game, with the final score being 13-12. These teams, who are top in the state, had a combined 25 points…in only 36 minutes. The first point finally came just before halftime with a free-throw by East Literature. Before that, the game just featured continuous passing, according to the source. “White House...
