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On a More Serious Matter… June 2, 2008

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You’ve probably noticed the tagline at the top of the page: “Sport is life. Everything else is just filler.” Normally, it would appear to people who know me that I live my life by that motto. Of course, it isn’t true, and there are things more important than sport.

That’s why I’m against the Atlantic Yards Development, at least as it stands. Believe me, as a Nets fan, no-one would be happier to see them return to Long Island, and nowhere deserves to have a professional sports team again more than Brooklyn. However, it shouldn’t be as part of a development that will further rip the soul out of the borough.

I am not against high-rise development (and like many of architect Frank Gehry’s previous projects). On the contrary, inside me beats the heart of an old-fashioned modernist who loves tall buildings. I love walking around Manhattan’s man-made canyons. Atlantic Yards, however, is something else. These plans, for 16 skyscrapers in the center of Brooklyn is simply too much. It would dwarf everything around it, dominate the surrounding community, and plunge large swathes of it into shadow for much of the day. (more…)

Is It a Bird? Is It a Plane? No, It’s an Orlando Magic Center… February 21, 2008

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The best moment of this year’s slam dunk contest from the Magic’s Dwight Howard.  And no, I don’t care whether it’s technically a dunk or not…

Is it me or when the commentator tries to do the Superman theme tune, doesn’t he slip into the Indiana Jones theme instead?

The Saturday Classic #5: This Jordan Kid May Have a Future… January 12, 2008

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1985 - Chicago Bulls take on a ‘76ers side full of legends such as Julius Irving, Moses Malone, Maurice Cheeks and their sensational rookie, Charles Barkley. However, the Bulls had a pretty good rookie themselves, and the game quickly became the Michael Jordan show…

Again, this is a case of the quality of the play more than making up for the quality of the video!

How Not to Run a Basketball Franchise Pop Quiz December 19, 2007

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Read each of these events, and then name the NBA team and the season in which it happened.

  1. A company had to settle out of court for $11.6 million with one of its female employees after she brought a lawsuit claiming sexual harassment against the head coach of the NBA team the company owned.
  2. One of the star players of this team had a bust-up with his head coach en route to a road game after hearing he would start on the bench, and then threatened to a teammate that he had “so much on (the head coach) and he knows it. He thinks he can (get) me. But I’ll (get) him first. You have know idea what I know.”
  3. This team’s head coach remonstrated with fans during a game for criticizing the team, claiming that it was their fault that the team was failing. Said the fan, whose family have held season tickets for 40 years, “he said it’s the fans’ fault because they don’t have a good sixth man.”
  4. When the fans of this franchise started chanting for the coach’s head, the stadium staff simply kept increasing the volume of the in-game music to drown the fans out.
  5. This team ejected a 23-year-old fan from a $1900 courtside seat because the sign he had brought with him called for the team to fire the head coach. (more…)