Browsing Tag nba history
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8 August 2012 at 19 : 19 PM
Where have you gone, play by play announcer?
The play-by-play announcer has all but disappeared in professional sports. Now, games or sporting events are more about "coffee table-type" conversations setup for eager color analysts with the game events faded in the background. The play-by-play announcer used to dominate a radio or TV broadcast giving fans an account of the events which occurred in front ...
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21 January 2012 at 09 : 00 AM
The ‘Comeback’ in the NBA
(Your favorite team is down by 30 points to close the first half. The team is doing nothing right on either side of the ball, the players are lethargic and committing too many mistakes. The opposition on the other hand, can do nothing wrong. It seems like everything they shoot is falling through the hoop. As a fan, it seems like a long night is ...
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9 June 2011 at 01 : 22 AM
Lebron, Wade, Kobe: No Comparison to Jordan
This blog post isn't to compare the above athletes to Michael Jordan. The eternal comparisons of any athlete to Jordan by all of the news agencies and ESPN are in vain because each of these men has written their own story in NBA history and it has added, not subtracted to the game of basketball. Just like Jordan before him wrote his story as it was not at ...
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22 April 2011 at 04 : 29 AM
The Next Michael? The Next Larry? The Next Magic: Eternally Overrated
You've heard these questions for 15 years. Analysts from newspapers, TV, Internet and from the mother of all sports channels-ESPN. Everyone trying to find the "Next" Larry, Michael and Magic. In all their searching, I will submit that there has been no player that comes within close to the painted area of those three. But why really should we try to ...
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