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Report: Allen Iverson In Talks To Play In Puerto Rico
The Puerto Rican league is basically trying to sell the 36-year-old Iverson an opportunity to prove himself to teams in the NBA. It's not like he's already tried to do this or anything. [Yahoo!]...
Of Course Darryl Dawkins Wore An Alligator Skin Suit And Smooth-Talked A Sixers Sideline Reporter Last Night
Some athletes never outgrow their outsized personas, even long after retirement. So it is with Darryl Dawkins (aka "Chocolate Thunder"), the one and only backboard-busting native of the planet Lovetron. Here he is at Kings-Sixers in Philly, looking sharp as he sprinkles in some of that old charm ...
Malik Rose Channeled His Inner "Negro-Damus" In A Prediction During Last Night's 76ers Game
Malik Rose is the newest addition to the Philadelphia 76ers TV broadcasts on Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, and his relaxed attitude and willingness to say anything are quickly becoming apparent, as we saw on last night's broadcast of the Sixers' bout with Detroit. I, too, am curious what other p...
Some People Don't Want To Believe Lou Williams's Story About Treating His Would-Be Gunman To Fast Food
76ers guard Lou Williams made a few people laugh with his heartwarming tale of nearly being robbed at gunpoint on a Philly street on Christmas Eve, only to be saved because the thief recognized him, after which Williams treated the man to some food at McDonald's. But was it true? There are those in...
Gunman Decides Not To Rob The 76ers' Lou Williams, Lets Williams Take Him For Fast Food Instead
That's the story Williams told reporters in the locker room prior to tonight's season opener against the Trail Blazers in Portland, anyway. According to the Philadelphia Daily News, Williams said a man approached him as his car was stopped on a Philly street on Christmas Eve, knocked on the car's w...
Molesty Sixers Mascot Needs Somebody Inside Him
We're just going to assume that B. Franklin Dogg is going to win the fan vote to become the next 76ers mascot, because his bedroom eyes and S&M collar make us laugh every time. He's McGruff, the Sex Crime Dog. "Hey kids! B. Franklin Dogg's van is full of candy!"...
Your 76ers Mascot Choices Are A.) Patriotic B.) Molesty C.) Tripping Balls
Hip-Hop is dead. But of the contenders to the throne—Big Ben, B. Franklin Dogg, and Phil E. Moose—only one can represent the Sixers with hot dog cannons blazing. It's up to you to vote, but there's not really a lesser of three evils here. [Sixers.com]...
Andre Iguodala Is: Dragonfly Jones
It looks like the Sixers forward has spent the lockout watching DVDs of Martin, as he goes deep into the archive of non-Sheneneh recurring characters. [Twitter, via The700Level]...
Former Sixers President Pat Croce Is Now A Pirate Hunting Bro
Pat Croce has worn many hats: physical therapist, entrepreneur, owner and president of the Philadelphia 76ers, motivational speaker, Jim Croce hanger-on, philanthropist, and, of late, "pirate aficionado."...
Spencer Hawes Honors The Seattle SuperSonics With A Terrible Haircut
The people of Seattle will go to great lengths to honor their former team. They will heckle billionaires. They will refuse free, courtside seats to the NBA playoffs. And they will shave an outline of the Seattle Space Needle into the backs of their heads....
"Goddamn It, I'm Rich," Backup Sixers Guard Lou Williams Tells Us In New Rap Video
Some of the players drafted tonight will become stars, despite our dire predictions, some will be busts, and others will forever be NBA rotation guys, the Lou Williamses of the world, who, try as they might, just aren't quite as good as Jrue Holiday....
Dennis Rodman Recognizes The Importance Of Family
Your morning roundup for April 2, the day that the color starts returning to the knuckles of passengers and crew on Southwest Flight 812, the plane with a three-foot hole in its side....
Even Sixers Broadcaster Eric Snow Can't Stay Awake For An Entire Sixers Game
Eric Snow, Comcast SportsNet's color analyst for the Sixers, seemed to drift off in the middle of the Philadelphia-Houston game last night. 7th & Pattison recorded the moment for our scrutiny: with just a few minutes remaining in the second quarter, Snow seems to bail on his play-by-play man, Marc...
Tim Tebow's Hyperbaric Chamber Lets Him Use Oxygen Better Than You, Too
Because no one reads the newspaper, and SportsCenter's anchors are too perky for this early in the morning, Deadspin combs the best of the broadsheets and internets to bring you everything you need to know to start your day....
And On The Eighth Day, God Ejected Lasorda
Because no one reads the newspaper, and SportsCenter's anchors are too perky for this early in the morning, Deadspin combs the best of the broadsheets and internets to bring you everything you need to know to start your day....
This Explains A Little More About AI's Absence
Tawanna Iverson filed for divorce, after 8 1/2 years of marriage. Unemployed father, sick child, broken home; it's like the Iversons are a microcosm for every recession-hit Rust Belt family. Besides the millions of dollars. [Philly Daily News]...
Well, That AI/Philly Reunion Was Fun
The Sixers announced Allen Iverson won't return to the team, ostensibly to spend time with his ailing daughter. Then why was he in Charlotte over the weekend, partying it up with Jermaine Dupri? [Philly Daily News]...
Sixers Have Something For Everyone, Except Basketball Fans
Philly hired a VH1 reality show host to give lonely fans dating advice, and next week sees a postgame concert from noted NBA player favorite Matisyahu. The Iverson sideshow's not moving as many tickets as hoped, methinks. [NBA/NBA]...
The Master Of The Press Conference Delivers Again
Pressers are invariably boring; unless Allen Iverson is involved. We got a doozy today, as AI broke down announcing his return to the 76ers....
Allen Iverson Is Philly's Answer Once More ...
... provided the question is, "Which fading NBA great who's about one step removed from a stint with the Globetrotters did the Sixers just sign to a really sad one-year, non-guaranteed contract at the pro-rated veterans minimum?" [ESPN]...