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Post by stratman19 on Jun 25, 2004 18:06:54 GMT -5
This is great. From The Detroit News: ![]() img3.imagetown.net/9999713.jpg[/img] California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger paid off his loss in a wager with Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm on the NBA Finals by wearing a Ben Wallace Pistons jersey at his desk and eating a meal consisting of pasties, chocolate Michigan cherries and Vernors.Take that Ahhnold! |
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Post by rockysigman on Jun 26, 2004 0:56:40 GMT -5
Beautiful.
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Post by Meursault on Jun 26, 2004 9:01:00 GMT -5
Arnold's got good spirit though. hehe
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Post by Proud on Jun 26, 2004 18:51:43 GMT -5
haha, arnold's cool. i don't agree with him politically in some cases, but i like him because... uhh...
anyway, i like him.
congrats to larry brown, a much-deserving coach, on his first nba title. and byebye to the lakers (though i love shaq). i'll support shaq wherever he goes, though the sixers remain my first team, now and always...
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Post by stratman19 on Jun 26, 2004 20:50:36 GMT -5
I only posted that Proud because I'm a Michigan native, and very proud of the Pistons. Hockey was, is, and will ever be my favorite sport. Live and die with the Red Wings here, but follow all the major sports. REALLY hoping for some Tigers and Lions success...you hail from Philly?
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Post by Proud on Jun 27, 2004 17:51:22 GMT -5
the lions will definitely at least show improvement. i love harrington when it comes to his leadership and personality, and think he'll blossom into an outstanding qb. also, i like mariucci quite a bit. for now, though... the pistons are probably the only detroit team with title hopes. for now.
i'm a philly fan, yup... eagles (they're my #1), phillies, sixers, and sometimes even the flyers, though i used to always root for the devils when the flyers played them. philly needs a championship, darnit.
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Post by RocDoc on Aug 7, 2004 12:08:51 GMT -5
...repsoted from the basebalboard...
...and screw the NBA, the Olympics are IT!
The U.S. Olympic basketball team lost to EuroCup2003 bronze medalists Italy, 78-95 in Cologne, Germany on Tuesday...yeah, these are still the 'friendlies', but after seeing a LARGE part of that EuroCup tourney when I was in Lithuania past September, I predict a rough ride for the U.S.'s primadonnas...
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GO LITHUANIA!!!
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Post by RocDoc on Aug 7, 2004 13:09:32 GMT -5
07/08/2004
Olympics - Team USA back on track
BELGRADE (Olympic Games) - FIBA Diamond Ball winners and world champions they may be, but Serbia & Montenegro ran into a United States team with a point to prove on Friday in Belgrade.
The US suffered a demoralising loss to Italy and beat Germany only with a buzzer-beating three-pointer in the past week, but they were irresistible at the Belgrade Arena and posted a superb 78-60 victory.
The exhibition game, ahead of the Olympic Games basketball competition, actually did begin well for the home side who opened up an early 5-0 lead and did not concede a point in the opening three and a half minutes.
But then the points-scoring accelerated at both ends of the court.
Milos Vujanic, the Skipper Bologna guard whose NBA rights are owned by the Phoenix Suns, got the better of Allen Iverson, the hero of Team USA's win against Germany.
But Tim Duncan was outstanding and helped the Americans establish a 20-17 lead at the end of the first quarter.
The first-quarter revival was a sign of things to come, because the Americans were incredible over the next 10 minutes.
Quick on the counter-attack, and rock solid in defence, Larry Brown's squad rattled up the points and did not concede a point to the home side for the first six minutes and seven seconds of the second quarter, by which time the US lead had been stretched to 34-17.
The 14-0 run at the outset of the second quarter was devastating and the Americans led 42-26 at the game's midway point.
The Serbo-Montenegrins, up to that stage, had landed not one of their three three-point shots, just nine of 21 for two points, and had made just 67% of their free throws.
That 10-minute lapse was to prove ultimately decisive, because the home side almost kept pace with the US for the rest of the contest.
With guard Igor Rakocevic and captain Dejan Bodiroga showing improved form, the home side continued to trail, but they were only shaded 20-19 in the third quarter after which the US led 62-45.
Their shortcomings were obvious.
At the end of the match, after a final quarter which again the American edged by just one point - 16-15 - Serbia & Montenegro's record showed that, as a unit, they had made just one of 13 three-point attempts and only 17 of 26 free throws.
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Post by RocDoc on Aug 9, 2004 12:55:22 GMT -5
U.S. blows big lead, holds on to beat Turkey
Posted: Sunday August 8, 2004 4:34PM; Updated: Sunday August 8, 2004 8:40PM
ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) -- One week before its opener at the Athens Games, the U.S. men's Olympic team took a step backward -- even though the Americans didn't quite see it that way.
The American team blew most of a 14-point fourth-quarter lead against a Turkish team missing Hedo Turkoglu, one of its two NBA players, before coming away with a 79-67 victory Sunday night. It was not an encouraging performance for the Americans, who again struggled against a team that didn't even qualify for the Olympics -- just as happened earlier on their European trip against Germany.
A 19-8 run including several of Turkey's 11 3-pointers narrowed the home team's deficit to 68-65 with 3 1/2 minutes left before the U.S. team turned up its defensive pressure to close out the game.
"It was a good experience for us because we're going to have games like this [in Athens] when there is some adversity and they start making shots against us," coach Larry Brown said. "We're just going to have to deal with it."
Tim Duncan led the United States with 16 points and Allen Iverson scored 13, with no one else reaching double figures.
Most alarming for the Americans was the way the team's core of youngsters, including LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony and Dwyane Wade, couldn't keep Turkey from making a game of it down the stretch. Though Brown admitted he was tempted to leave his youngsters in, he reinserted the team's elder statesmen, Duncan and Iverson, who steadied the team to help close out the victory.
"I am happy that we're getting better and starting to become a team, but we have a ways to go," Iverson said. "As long as we recognize we have to do more, we'll be all right. If we felt like we were there, it would be something to worry about."
With Turkoglu out because of a broken nose, Ibrahim Kutluay led Turkey with 19 points and Serkan Erdogan added 17. Both players combined for a flurry of 3s that thrilled the a crowd of about 10,000 at the hot, cramped Abdi Ipekci Arena, a low-ceilinged gym that would be considered a bandbox by NBA standards.
And when Turkey made its rally, the noise level was intense.
"I don't know if we'll play in an environment any better than this," Brown said, "and I think they players really enjoyed the experience."
But some of them clearly didn't.
Starting point guard Stephon Marbury struggled again, earning a technical foul for arguing with a referee and going scoreless in 19 minutes. Wade also earned a technical for defiantly rolling the ball away from an official following a call he didn't like, and Duncan shot several angry gazes at the referees when they failed to call fouls when he was being hacked.
But unlike many of the younger players, Duncan never lost his cool and played the role of go-to guy to perfection.
Even with NBA player Mehmet Okur defending him, Duncan was his usual efficient self while shooting 8-for-12, grabbing eight rebounds and blocking two shots in 29 minutes.
The Americans missed all six of their 3-point attempts but still shot 60 percent from the field, while Kutluay and Erdogan made five 3s apiece.
"The big thing was that in the last three minutes I don't know if Turkey scored after we went back to our first unit," Brown said. "The key was we didn't panic, righted ourselves and played with great poise down the stretch."
The teams will play again Tuesday night, and the Americans plan to travel to Athens on Thursday.
Copyright 2004 Associated Press.
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Post by pattentank24 on Nov 20, 2004 10:56:44 GMT -5
 THIS IS WHAT'S WRONG WITH SPORTS I'm sick to be someone who covers sporting events on a daily basis and witness 2 ruckus in the same evening 1.A High School Football Playoff Game with 3 fights and no ejections just meaningless penalties and a game already decided (28-7) The WINNING TEAMS FANS HAD TO BE RESTRAINED BY POLICE FOR ATTACKING YES ATTACKING THE REFS AFTER THE GAME 2.After a 5 Hr Drive Home My girlfriend tells me to check out ESPN and the I go numb watching the footage and listening to experts I respect and have talked to in the past defend NBA Players for jumping into the stands and creating a riot if Artest just flips off the fan We have a fine that's it hard foul but not dirty,Ben Wallace overreacts sure then Rome Begins To Burn and the last piece of foward thinking between sportsfans and ego driven players is finally lost for good if that Figurehead Stern doesn't enforce real penalties(not 10 games/more like 30 or even a Year suspension) but no we have a rematch perfectly set for that Doubleheader on Christmas Day(with the other tabloid story Kobe Vs Shaq) Here's the consequences for your actions Det B. Wallace-12-15 games the light went out for just a second before he did the right thing by helping the Indy players in the melle R.Wallace-Did the right Thing the whole time Props to you Sir Rick Mahorn-Color Commentary tried to stop Artest when he jumped almost saved this entire incident IND Artest-1 Year Suspension the slaps on the wrist haven't worked and we mean this J Oneal-1 Yr Could you be any dumber by doubleteaming a fan half your size and then decking a drunk not once but 2 x I hope they get your NBA Money during your suspension(Shame I really like your game on the boards and your leadership) S. Jackson-just another player who took it way to far 15 games-20 Security-Nice Try Almost Pepper Spraying Ron Artest while the Palace took the look of soccer riots your completely clueless on how to handle this sitiuation(granted no one has ever seen anything like this at a NBA Game)just awful Det Fans-Congrtas on passing drunk SEC fans and the old Vet Eagles Fans in Section 127 as the worst group to ever embarass yourself(Shame I Enjoyed your Team) This was my last straw with the NBA I will now differ my press pass to others rather then report on such a out of control league NBA you are ready to go the way of the NHL as a niche sport(Nascar has almost passed you for 3rd of the 4 major since the NHL slipped A Labor Stop or STRIKE LOOMS SUMMER 05 you must fix these problems till you realize how awful your product is It's College B-ball only for me |
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Post by rockkid on Nov 20, 2004 11:34:53 GMT -5
Hell of a game eh   |
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Post by maarts on Nov 22, 2004 6:31:54 GMT -5
You gotta admit though...Artest at least has found a rather unique way to get time off from his employer to promote his upcoming rap-album.....
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Post by Philemon on Nov 22, 2004 7:54:17 GMT -5
How do the saying goes ??
Gotta walk the walk ...
Talk the talk ...
Act like a moron !!
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Post by RocDoc on Nov 22, 2004 14:51:52 GMT -5
They'll simply have to have pro sports played under glass, underneath a friggin dome to separate them from the equally moronic spectators....I mean scream obscenities, shout threats, insult players about their addictions...but when you start throwing shit AT them while they're vulnerably expecting some sort of an 'untouchability' in front of 40,000 spectators, THAT's when you are ASKING for the breaking point.
....and, unfortunately for him personally, Artest isn't one to tuck tail in any way shape or form...
Needless to say he never should have taken that 'dare' that some jagoff in Detroit plunked down in front of his already frazzled, anger-prone nerves...
I do hope their players' union at least gives him some sort of a vote of confidence/SYMPATHY, in the face of one hell of an ILL-timed provocation. Ill-timed only if youy can put yourself in the moment, NOT this 'roll-back the tape....EWWW how savage!'-Monday morning QBing of that night.
Still, you don't want them to go for draconian restrictions to the fans' live-in-person game experience(ie 'dry' games)cos then no-one's gonna show....thinning further an already thinning audience. BUT, I do believe that these players, purposely being raised in this prima donna atmosphere, are in large part just doing what's expected of their larger-than-life egos.
And now the fans' lawyers are gonna pick 'em to pieces...
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Post by Proud on Nov 23, 2004 11:17:32 GMT -5
" Artest calls season suspension too harsh"
too harsh? the bastard should be sitting in a cell.
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