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Tuesday, October 23, 2012

How football stole my heart.

Posted on October 23, 2012 at 11:25 PM.

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This is a love story. And it all begins with a 12 year old boy, in 1990...

Living in Australia you didn't hear much about sports other than league, union or AFL. But one day my dad came home and had purchased the Lakers Back-to-Back championship DVD for my brother and I.

We watched it, numerous times. Like our favorite movies, we memorized and recited quotes from that DVD. 'Give it in to the Captain, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.' became just as prominent as 'These aren't the droids ... Read More

Monday, June 11, 2012

The shame of the NBA Finals

Posted on June 11, 2012 at 03:06 AM.

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So I'm on the cusp of giving up my obsession and 25 year love affair with the NBA, mostly in part to the constant cracks that seem to be showing everywhere I turn.

Now we wait to crown a new champion, and I ask myself, what does this championship series mean to the people/fans in Seattle, or Cleveland?

To me, the shame is in the fact that it was evident, weeks and weeks ago, that the most lucrative series for the business of the NBA was a Thunder Vs Heat finals. We ... Read More