D.C. Sports Bog Archive: NBA
Steve Francis still says he's D.C.'s best since Bias
(1998 photo by Joel Richardson - TWP) After a small Internet furor developed over his claim to be D.C.'s best basketball product since Len Bias, Steve Francis was offered a chance to back off last week. He declined. "That's a true statement," Francis said on ESPN 980's John Thompson...
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August 9, 2010; 1:40 PM ET |
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Scottie Reynolds at Summer League
When he was still a supposedly undersized, supposedly un-athletic guard at Herndon High, Scottie Reynolds began assembling his wall of disrespect. When someone said he was a Division I talent in a Division III body, that went on the wall of his Northern Virginia bedroom. When he was called...
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July 15, 2010; 1:01 PM ET |
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John Wall on LeBron's decision
John Wall is friends with LeBron James and has previously marveled at the hype James's free agency choice has generated. Friday, he was asked about the more pressing concern: James and his Miami Thrice superteam are now in the Wizards' division. Good for ticket sales, possibly not for division titles....
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July 9, 2010; 1:54 PM ET |
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A vuvuzela at the NBA draft
A reader kindly points out that I actually asked this kid to pose for this photo. And that he was not, in fact, blowing his horn constantly, but was only doing so during fan cheers. And that it's particularly scummy to take advantage of a kid like this, a...
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June 24, 2010; 10:37 PM ET |
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Caron Butler: "This is still home"
Thomas Petri, the Crown Prince of Denmark, Caron Butler. Caron Butler rode his bicycle down Pennsylvania Avenue with two Congressmen and the Crown Prince of Denmark on Monday morning, and then for a longer tour around the monuments and National Mall. Before that happened, they all stopped to talk...
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June 7, 2010; 12:38 PM ET |
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NBA player says Gilbert's "freaking out"
Now that the crush of Gilbert Arenas legal updates has temporarily faded, we haven't heard much of anything from the man himself for weeks. During a recent interview with 106.7 The Fan, Andray Blatche said Gilbert texts him after every game to offer advice and encouragement, but Blatche didn't say...
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March 2, 2010; 11:02 AM ET |
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