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Heaven is a Playground: I’m sorry, Senegal, I screwed up
The passion Senegal plays with is why I love the game of basketball. What they have done thus far in the FIBA World Cup has been humanity reaffirming, touching and, above all, a tribute to everyone...
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Heaven is a Playground: FIBA World Cup 2014 — Human nature, Gilas Pilipinas...
Human Nature is about as fickle as an 8-year-old boy chasing tumbleweeds through the backwoods of Georgia, or so I’m told. Why are we so quick to judge and falsely label others, when we all know too...
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Heaven is a Playground — Rose Park 26th and O: Stacey Dash, the orthodox shul...
The shot goes up and rims out, spelling out H-O-R-S. The sun is down by now, it must be at least 8:45 p.m. The bats are out, feeding on the mosquitoes caught in the sticky Boston dog day air. Most...
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Heaven is a Playground — Saying goodbye to a good friend: The Downtown YMCA,...
The final pilgrimage of the lunchtime ballers. I imagine that when the lights went off, the Ghost of Pete Maravich came out to run ball-handling drills across the battered floorboards. On Friday, Oct....
View ArticleHeaven is a Playground — Horrible bosses and the NBA trade deadline: eight...
Imagine the body of Mark Mangino combined with the intellect of Avery Johnson, the self-control of Bobby Knight, the obnoxiousness of Stan Van Gundy, the enthusiasm of Dick Vitale, the grime of Rick...
View ArticleHeaven is a Playground — Larry Sanders #420 and the nine worst people in the NBA
July 10, 2012 “What’s in the box”? “Drugs,” The detective replied, indignantly stone-faced. “Like cocaine?” I forced the words out. It felt like Tabasco Sauce was being directly applied to my heart. Of...
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Heaven is a Playground — Levi Levine, Vince Carter, racism, and Rucker Park
The most important basketball game in the sports history occurred on Feb. 19, 1948, when the embodiment of pointed white elbows, stiff horizontal movement, set shots and athletic goggles faced off...
View ArticleHeaven is a Playground — Kyle Korver: NBA MVP?
With the NBA Playoffs tipping off, our own Noah Perkins chopped it up with I’m Sorry Mark Jackson’s (imsorrymarkjackson.com) Quinten Roseborough to discuss who the rightful NBA MVP is — or, more...
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Heaven is a Playground — Making sense of the abomination that is Sin City Saints
In middle school, the perfect “mental health day” (see: the official playbook for Jewish mothers) started with a bowl of chickarina soup, saltines on the side and reruns of The White Shadow on ESPN...
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Police brutality and the road to the NBA championship
In anticipation of tonight’s NBA Finals tip-off, One-Bid Wonders’ Noah Perkins and I’m Sorry Mark Jackson’s Quinten Rosborough sat down and chopped it up to preview the Finals. Noah Perkins, One-Bid...
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