Headlines for November, 2008

Foul Shot Friday: How Evil is Joe Dumars?

As most of you know by now, Chauncey Billups and Antonio McDyess were traded from Detroit to Denver in exchange for Allen Iverson. The trade seems to be working out for both teams, as both have winning records since the deal. However, the timing of the deal is suspicious. Did Dumars intentionally rip* off Rip Hamilton? Dumars is an NBA veteran [read more...]

Foul Shot Friday: Your NBA 08-09 Dark Horse Is…

The NBA is not quite as upset-prone as the other two major professional sports leagues. That makes it even more rewarding when you find a dark horse. For the purpose of clarification, I’m going to call a “dark horse” any team that you think can make it at least to the Conference Finals who isn’t being projected there. Who might [read more...]

Politics: Stop Crazy-Chasing and Start Hypocrite-Hunting

Happy Election Day, everyone. As we await the results of the election today, in what is most likely an Obama-Biden victory (congratulations to his supporters who comment here!), I have to finally get a post out that has been reverberating in my head for months. My passion is to address a severe problem destroying our ability to hold a national [read more...]

Barack Obama is Kobe Bryant

I promised The Last Poet at least one more political post with a sports twist, and here you go. Some time ago Modi compared Barack Obama to Chris Paul. But I think Barack Obama’s twin is better identified as Kobe Bryant, and here’s why. By the way, the photo you see was done by Shepard Fairey. He is the same artist [read more...]

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