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more about #basketball more comments → Stev D: There's a similar photo of me coming to terms with my own limitations-- instead of a basketball court, I am at the mall, and my application for a Bana... more » ScientificMapp: Looks like he's not going to achieve the fame and foreskin he was seeking over there. #jeremytyler more » Kid Canada: Asked for his feelings on Tyler, Haifa superfan Matisyahu replied "skeenaheemamayo, mamamayohhhhh hooaaaaaaaah hoahhhhhhhhhh ho, skeedeedee yeahhh yea... more » Chris Hanson's Axe: And he hasn't called his mother in weeks! #jeremytyler more » MarkKelsosMigraine: When Tyler's father called Erin Wright a "gold digger" all he was saying was that he admired her grizzled visage, scraggly beard and soiled overalls. ... more » MattinglysSideburns: His girlfriend is Erin Wright, daughter of Eazy-E, whom Tyler's father calls a distraction and a "gold digger." While many experience one of a religi... more » Kid Canada: Just be careful, Jeremy. Everyone in the crowd has had weapons training. Even the women. #jeremytyler more » Bobby Big Wheel: I'm shocked that Tyler only has one point so far. Everyone who's gone on Birthright knows it's easy to score in Israel. #jeremytyler more » MarkKelsosMigraine: Hey! Syracuse hoops lost to Div. II LeMoyne tonight! Wonderful. If anyone has a firearm and a spare bullet, please email me. #basketball more » DirkToberFest: He looks. He shoots. And he scores. He stole that tagline from Jayson Williams' instructional video. #basketball more » twoeightnine: Why do you need tennis shoes to play basketball Noah? #basketball more » twoeightnine: Is his sister wearing Reeboks? #basketball more » Chris Hanson's Axe: I watched that whole video; I kept waiting and waiting for Malcolm and Reese to come in and give him a wedgie. But alas. #basketball more » Shakey: You can bet that whenever an asian parent is responsible for putting a basketball hoop together, the net'll be on upside down. /looks at own childhoo... more » Chris Hanson's Axe: Suddenly Jon's plans for a full-rostered coed basketball team don't sound so crazy, do they, Kate? #basketball more » -
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The Handwringing Over Jeremy Tyler's Foreign Adventure Has Begun
Jeremy Tyler left high school to play professionally in the Holy Land, where the plan was to do a credible Kevin Garnett impression and expose the folly of the minimum-age rule. The plan was not to play like Oliver Miller. More » -
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Incredibly Earnest Preteen Coach Is YouTube Gold
Coach Noah might be the greatest thing to happen to basketball since the shot clock. You only think I'm kidding. More » -
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Owning A Russian Basketball Team Can Be Hazardous To Your Health
If future Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov ever invites you to watch a game in the owner's box, don't accept. Not only will you be stuck watching the Nets, there's a decent chance you'll be caught up in an assassination attempt. More » -
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The Filipino Ron Artest Suspended One Year For Slugging Fan
Wynne "Tiny" Arboleda of the Philippine Basketball Association has been suspended for the entire 2009-10 season after he went all Daniel Plainview on a fan during a game. At least he'll have more time to work on his rap album. More » -
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Cavs Hero Banned From Scrimmage, Exiled From Bartertown
LeBron can make a movie and Shaq can spend the summer boxing kangaroos, but Delonte West has to sit out today's Cavs scrimmage, just because his reality show, Delonte West Beyond Thunderdome, didn't have any cameras or anything. -
#rip
Jim Carroll: The Bard Of The Hardwood
Carroll — junkie, author, schoolboy basketball star — died Friday of a heart attack while working at his desk. He was a hopped-up Holden Caulfield with a jump shot, and the closest thing basketball ever had to a poet laureate. More » -
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Chinese Basketball Fans Riot Because Player Is Too Tall
China's Dream Basketball League has a height limit—no one over 6'2" is allowed. But one oversized trickster tried to sneak his way in and basically brought the league to its knees. More » -
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Birmingham's Fake Basketball Tournament Causes International Incident
Venezuela's national basketball team flew all the way to Alabama to participate in an international tournament, only to discover they were the only international team there. Also, the "tournament" was just one game. You've done it again, Birmingham, Alabama. More » -
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North Korean Heir Is Basically That Guy You Knew In 1996 Who Always Wore A Toni Kukoc Jersey
The presumptive heir to North Korean crazy person Kim Jong Il and all his crappy missiles is a brooding 26-year-old who apparently loves basketball in general and a certain Croatian point-forward in particular. More » -
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Diagramming Sarah Palin's "Full-Court Press" Metaphor
Last Friday, Sarah Palin shrugged into her respectable Republican cloth coat and announced she was resigning from office. Along the way, she dropped a somewhat baffling basketball analogy, which we've helpfully diagrammed for you below, just as Palin described it.
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#barackobama
Who's Got Next At The White House?
Did you know Barack Obama plays basketball? I certainly didn't. Word on the street, though, is that he's all about playing a little pick-up ball every now and voting day. More » -
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Beware The Slow-Footed Enormity Of Sun MingMing
There's a new Asian monster stomping through the Japanese leagues and he is the tallest human being ever to play basketball. At 7'9", Sun MingMing is three inches taller than Yao Ming. (No relation.) More » -
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Malcolm Gladwell Wants To Know Why Your Team Doesn't Press More
There's a very lengthy article in The New Yorker this week, from uber-contrarian Malcolm Gladwell arguing that basketball teams should press more often, because it helps weak teams upset strong ones. (Except when it doesn't.) More » -
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Jeremy Tyler Is Too Cool For School
Sorry Rick Pitino; Jeremy Tyler will not need your services in 2011. In fact, not only is the 6-foot-11 center bypassing Louisville to play in Europe, he's even skipping his senior year of high school. More » -
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Well To Be Fair, It Was A Bad Call
Parent sets some kind of record after being ejected for swearing at the refs after only 30 seconds ... from a fifth grade girls basketball game. [Des Moines Register] -
#prepbasketball
Patrick Thibodeau Finally Gets His Shot
If you don't appreciate the story of Patrick Thibodeau, the team manager for the Greely High (Cumberland Center, Maine) boys basketball squad, then your heart is old and wooden. More » -
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Probably Not A Good Way To Get Extra Playing Time
A Western High School (Louisville. Ky.) student is facing assault charges after police say he punched his basketball coach in the face. [WHAS-TV11] -
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New Jersey Senator Demands You T Up Those Cheerleaders
Governing a large state like New Jersey takes a special kind of politician, one with an iron will and mighty intelligence. Nothing can derail his mission ... except 11-year-old cheerleaders! More » -
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It Only Takes One
Kevin Laue, the one-armed basketball player inspires armless everywhere. [NYT] -
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College Basketball Prospect Hopes to Sign Letter of Intent With Only Hand
As the old basketball axiom goes, you can't teach 6'10", but you can teach two hands when you only have one. More »
