Tag: Chris DeBrie
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Revisionist history: The Slow and Deliberate Dismantling of Michael Jordan*part 2*
This erosion of great athletes’ legacies happens to everyone. Time not only brings retirement. Time throws dirt upon anything that happened yesterday, at least to all of you prisoners of the moment. It’s inevitable. The new generation wants to remove the landmark set by their fathers. The younger always believes the newer way is better.… Read more
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Revisionist history: The Slow and Deliberate Dismantling of Michael Jordan
Babe Ruth’s dominance is not respected by casual fans, nor by sports talking heads who want to whip up some controversy. You might call it “hot takes.” Jerry West and Rick Barry and Wilt are afterthoughts to the modern sports observer, who refuses to consider that athletes were tough and fast and smart prior to… Read more
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Five Ways to Promote Your Indie Novel: Cap’n Random
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NFL 2012 Q3 Report: Griffin and Luck Are The Cause of Quarterback Confusion
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College Team Mascots: The Silly, the Profane, and the Caricature
William Shakespeare asked, “What’s in a name?” The King James Bible declares, “A good name is better than precious ointment.” W.C. Fields said, “It ain’t what they call you, it’s what you answer to.” In the world of sports, names mean plenty. They conjure rivalries and the spirit of competition. Names serve to identify you,… Read more
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Incredible Shrinking Interest: Will Fans Love the OKC Thunder Tomorrow?
I remember being against the idea of a NBA team being in Oklahoma City. Especially since that team had been ripped from Seattle. It was nothing against OKC. It was only the appreciation for the Sonics franchise history. The enthusiasm of the new host city has been refreshing, but the Thunder are still fairly new.… Read more
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Numbers don’t lie, but people do. Auriemma is Exhibit A
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The Question: Would You Take Isiah Thomas or Allen Iverson?
In Philly, his style convinced management to surround him with a cast of defense- and rebound-minded players. Assumedly, they didn’t care about scoring–only getting the basketball somehow, so that Iverson could fire up thirty-plus shots. In Denver, he and Carmelo Anthony couldn’t quite coexist, or whatever, so on to Detroit, where a promise of starting… Read more