Monthly Archives: November 2010

Superfriends Agonistes

“All happy families are alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.”—Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina So, word is that all is not well in Miami. They’ve dropped three straight again and are only 8-7 on the season. The … Continue reading

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Drew and the Incredible Brittle Bigs

Greg Oden’s out for the season again without spending a minute on the floor. After a year and a half on the DL, Yao has been relegated to six minutes of playing time four times a game, like some orthopedic … Continue reading

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Lethal Weaponz

So, Jack calls me up. He’s been going to games since the 60’s when he and Dennis Hopper first chipped in on tickets, and has been a fixture court-side since the 70’s. He and Lou Adler are like part of … Continue reading

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Phil

So, to put it succinctly, Phil is a difficult guy to figure. He’s a soft-spoken and humble man who is also a fierce competitor and perhaps the only man alive capable of staring down Michael Jordan and making him blink. The … Continue reading

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