TNT Should Not Have Allowed This Morbidly Obese Sixers Fan To Participate In The Shirt-OffTimothy Burke, deadspin.com The Utah State Aggies have a superfan named Wild Bill who distracts free throw shooters by wearing bizarre, Disney-inspired outfits that often reveal his generous girth. |
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Dan Devine, yahoo.com After the combination of a sprained medial collateral ligament in his left knee and the defensive efforts of the Philadelphia 76ers (and primarily Andre Iguodala) had him looking less than his best in the first two games of the Eastern Conference semifi… |
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Dime Magazine, dimemag.com So much has been made about age in this year’s NBA playoffs that everybody is overthinking the obvious. Here’s all you need to know: Young teams (Clippers, Thunder, Sixers) don’t win championships without experience, while old teams (Spurs, Lakers, … |
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Iam Thomsen, CNNSI.com Who is better than Kevin Garnett? |
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Celtics cruise to 2-1 lead on Sixers15 hours ago
PHILADELPHIA (AP) Kevin Garnett yapped his way down the court after big baskets and clearly enjoyed taking it to the 76ers. |
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Evan Turner loves getting his butt kicked19 hours ago
Dan Devine, yahoo.com Much has been made of the way the Philadelphia 76ers stood toe-to-toe with the Boston Celtics in the first two games of their Eastern Conference semifinal series, storming out to a sizable lead in Game 1 before faltering late and dropping a one-point af… |
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Barry Petchesky, deadspin.com Fifteen rows back from the glass, right on the blue line, guy's asking 150 a pop, barely half of face value? You'd be a fool not to snap these up, unless you want to to miss Kris Humphries posting up on Ryan McDonagh. [@Lock] |
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Rivers: All banged-up Celts to play Game 323 hours ago
Chris Forsberg, ESPN.com Celtics coach Doc Rivers said "everybody's good" ahead of Game 3 of Boston's second-round series against the Philadelphia 76ers. |
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Union seeks arbitration over Bird rights issueMay 15 (yesterday)
The NBA players' association said Tuesday it is seeking an arbitrator's ruling in hopes that Jeremy Lin and three other players maintain valuable rights in free agency. |
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Former NBA Coach Plagiarizes Spurs Message Board For ESPN.com ColumnMay 15 (yesterday)
Barry Petchesky, deadspin.com John Carroll was the head coach at Duquesne for six years, and an assistant coach in the NBA for nine—including a 36-game stint as interim head coach for the Celtics in 2004. He's now sharing his expertise for Scouts Inc., which was purchased by ESPN in… |
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LOWE: Misconception about Boston; more on wild Sixers-Celtics Game 2May 15 (yesterday)
Is it because it has famous players? Or that its shooting percentage ranks fairly high? Whatever it is, says Zach Lowe, it's time to set the record straight: Boston is a bad offensive team. |
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Bristolmetrics: SportsCenter Said Goodbye To The Seventh-Seeded, 36-30 Knicks With A Three-Minute MontageMay 15 (yesterday)
Patrick Burns, deadspin.com This is a regular feature breaking down, minute-by-minute, the content that appears on ESPN's 11 p.m. edition of SportsCenter throughout the week. Graphic by Jim Cooke. |
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The Knicks' Douglas DilemmaMay 15 (2 days ago)
Jim Cavan, nytimes.com It's unlikely that the Knicks could trade Toney Douglas. Can he regain his old form? |
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Sixers hold off Celtics to even seriesMay 15 (2 days ago)
BOSTON (AP) After taking out the top seed in the Eastern Conference in the opening round of the playoffs, the Philadelphia 76er's weren't about to get discouraged by a one-point loss to Boston to start the second round. |
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Should The Refs Have Called Kevin Garnett For The Illegal Screen?May 15 (2 days ago)
Sean Sweeney, dimemag.com Never mind that Kevin Garnett has been committing illegal screens since 1995. Never mind that since he came to Boston in 2007, I’ve nearly come to blows with a dozen Celtic fans who completely overlook this. Never mind that this was an obvious foul as K… |
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Boston's Game Two Loss Left This Celtics Fan Looking For Something To LickMay 15 (2 days ago)
Timothy Burke, deadspin.com The Sixers downed the Celtics 82-81 last night to even their Eastern Conference semifinal series at one-all, a result that got this Bostonian so hot and bothered he was reduced to panting. |
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Ian Thomsen: Sixers spoil Celtics' playoff plans as Boston lets Game 2 slip awayMay 15 (2 days ago)
Iam Thomsen, CNNSI.com BOSTON -- One month ago the inexperienced 76ers were so anemic offensively that they routinely lost close games, couldn't win on the road and were in danger of missing the playoffs. Now all of those trends are uncoiling inexplicably. Here on Monday they… |
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Russell Westbrook Lays Waste To Kobe, The Lakers; Sixers & Celtics Give A New Definition For ‘Ugly’May 15 (2 days ago)
Dime Magazine, dimemag.com The Lakers were pretty much done by the opening minutes of the third quarter, and by the end of the third frame, OKC had disposed of the bodies in a covered ditch. A 15-2 run spanning the end of the second quarter to the start of the second half, which … |
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NBA Playoffs Shootaround: The Sixers Get a Smash and Grab, the Thunder Take What They WantMay 15 (3 days ago)
So much amazing is happening, and the Shootaround crew is here to help you keep track of it all. You'll find takes on moments you might've missed from... |
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Sporting News: Rondo's offense giving 76ers problemsMay 14 (3 days ago)
Sporting News: Rondo's offense giving 76ers problems |
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Split For Sixers: Once again, the Celtics put together a furious fi…May 14 (3 days ago)
Once again, the Celtics put together a furious finish. But this time, the Sixers pulled out the victory. Philly held on for an 82-81 win in Game 2 to square their second-round series at 1-1. |
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Celtics' Pietrus OK for now, will need surgeryMay 14 (3 days ago)
Jackie MacMullan and Chris Forsb, ESPN.com Celtics swingman Mickael Pietrus said Monday he will need offseason knee surgery, but is OK to play through the playoffs. |
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Kevin Garnett is ready to die for the CelticsMay 14 (3 days ago)
Eric Freeman, yahoo.com Calling Boston Celtics star Kevin Garnett an intense athlete is like calling water wet or salt salty. There have been few players in the history of the league as committed as Garnett, and that passion shows in pretty much everything he does on the baske… |
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Leading The Way: The Celtics used a late surge to steal Game 1 awa…May 14 (3 days ago)
The Celtics used a late surge to steal Game 1 away from the 76ers. Can they claim Game 2 to take a commanding 2-0 lead back to Philadelphia? Track all of the action from Boston tonight here. |
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The 10 Best LeBron James/Dwyane Wade Alley-OopsMay 14 (3 days ago)
Sean Sweeney, dimemag.com All along, it’s been a running joke amongst NBA fans. The Big Three in Miami is really only the Big Two. We know what Dwyane Wade and LeBron James are… no one is quite sure what to make of Chris Bosh or how to include him. Well now we know: Bosh is ou… |
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The Real Reason Why Philly Lost Game 1 In BostonMay 14 (3 days ago)
Ananth Pandian, dimemag.com As broken down in Sunday’s Smack, the Sixers lost a hard fought Game 1 against the Celtics Saturday night. Although fingers can be pointed at Lou Williams for his poor shot selection and also at Doug Collins for his poor clock management and substitutio… |
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Rajon Rondo isn’t sweating the schedule, the injuries or the 76ers (VIDEO)May 14 (3 days ago)
Dan Devine, yahoo.com The Boston Celtics and Philadelphia 76ers faced a quick turnaround this weekend, shifting from closing out their first-round series Thursday night to opening their Eastern Conference semifinal matchup less than 48 hours later. While the Sixers seemed to… |
