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The NBA…No experience required

As we get closer and closer to the NBA Draft, it dawned on me how far removed playing professional basketball is from the real world. In the real world, experience is everything. Internships, education, training and actual job experience are [...]

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Noah Bust – Just Plain Wrong

By now dedicated NBA and drug culture fans who frequent this blog have already heard about Joakim Noah’s arrest for marijuana possession. I am going to forgo any of the obvious jokes about  Cuban, JHo or hair and just share [...]

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Jose Canseco To Fight Former Cardinal

Ever wonder what happens to professional athletes when they get older and run out of money? If you are Jose Canseco you turn to ratting out former teammates book writing and trading in your last shred of dignity for cash. [...]

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ESPN CWS Preview

ESPN does a quick preview of the top 8 seeds in Division I Baseball Tournament. Kyle Peterson is selecting Rice to take home the title this year. Last year, he picked Arizona State to win the title, and we all [...]

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Interviews, interviews and more interviews

We are solidly into week three of the Suns search for a new head coach, and if you had to categorize the search with one word so far, that word would be ‘interview’. The Suns have conducted more interviews than [...]

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Feathered and Lethal

Vinny Del Negro had his turn on the Suns interview carousel late last week. I’m not certain he has what it takes to coach in the NBA (experience) but I know he’s a step ahead of the other candidates in [...]

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Stop Looking at Me Swan!

If your wildest dreams involve a staring contest with Steve Nash, here’s your opportunity. I’m not exactly sure what is happening here but apparently Steve Nash is locked into some sort of no holds barred staring contest with Jessica Alba. [...]

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The Starter: The Next Danica Patrick?

Good morning Arizona sports fans. Hope your long weekend went well. Plenty going on this morning in the world of Arizona sports so lets cut to the chase. Here are your links for this Tuesday morning: Valley resident Amy Elizondo [...]

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AZ Sports Power Players: Week of May 26th

Every Monday (for the past three weeks and counting) we name the top 5 news makers in Arizona sports for the week prior. These can be either good or bad for Arizona Sports. Heck, they can be former players, coaches, [...]

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Can you offer a hoops scholarship to a 12-year old girl?

The Arizona State Women’s Basketball program has thrived under head coach Charli Turner Thorne. They are riding a current 9-year streak of reaching the postseason (6 NCAA berths, 3 NIT) The Sun Devils have gone 102-32 in the last 4 [...]

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