Free Ballin’

I’m an optimist.  When I was six and the Princess in Voltron dove into the pool and her top surfaced before she did, I was fairly confident that something wonderful was about to happen, network television or not.  I’m even confident that there are women somewhere in the world (somewhere) who might be a little [...]

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I’m reconsidering the Iverson signing.  Maybe, since it came in the same week the Nets needlessly fired Lawrence Frank, the 76ers move immediately smelled of the same impatience and short-sightedness.  Maybe that isn’t the case; maybe they’re being savvy by admitting that what they started isn’t going to work, and smart to jump on a [...]

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Indiana: The Pacers chased me all over America last year.  It seemed that everywhere I went, they were the visiting team.  So I got to see them a lot.  Mostly, I learned that if you only looked at Danny Granger for all 48 minutes of game play, even especially when he’s on the bench, the [...]

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