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NBA @NBAplayers…we’re following you too

Tweet yes or no if you’re a professional athlete who’s been busted by your respective association or league for “Tweeting” before, during or after a game. Hold on. That could cost $7,500. If you’re at the arena, put your phones … Continue reading

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Mark Cuban’s Good Crazy Side

There’s a crazy side to professional basketball that has nothing to do with tabloids and ethics. It’s actually a “good crazy” kind of like when you were a kid and ran into your English teacher at the grocery store. That … Continue reading

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Is Tim Donaghy a Rogue?

…or are there others? Do you really think that there’s one official in the entire NBA who decided to become a cheater while all of his colleagues stayed the  straight and narrow? Tough sale for me. Pete Rose bet on … Continue reading

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The Beauty of NBA Confession

View the Video link: Ron Artest Admits to Drinking During Halftime of Games Confession has certain connotations. I won’t go into what they are. Needless to say, Ron Artest unloaded one for the annals just yesterday admitting that during the … Continue reading

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Red with Impact

Yesterday was World AIDS Day and a host of athletes and international companies joined forces to bring attention to the global crisis that has ravaged sub-saharan Africa and more locally the American black and white communities. According to the international … Continue reading

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Like family?

If you looked back 20 years or imagined doing so, would you look at any of your teammates the way Lebron does his? Continue reading

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NBA Ink Fest

I thought long and hard about gettin’ inked up when I was a teen. You know how it is in Southern California, with your elbow resting on the edge of the car window conveniently lowered and forcing the larger part … Continue reading

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Freedom to Create

The ingredients of creativity can probably be boiled down to three elements: Time, Regimen and Fun. Let’s start with the 86,400 seconds (TIME) we all have in a day. Beauty, fame nor fortune can buy you extra and once it’s … Continue reading

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The Right Rumble

One alteranative version of a famous quotes goes, “It’s not whether you win or lose; it’s where you place the blame.” I chuckled upon first read. On the other end of accusation is often a person, a breathing target at … Continue reading

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Foolish to them

Last week I asked my students why they cover their answers when I walk up and down the rows in my classroom and almost in unison they retorted, “We don’t want to be told we’re wrong,” to which I replied, … Continue reading

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