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Drama: Dismissed UTEP Guard Myron Strong Slams Tim Floyd, Floyd Fires Back
I thought it would be better to separate this into its own post. Earlier today, we learned that UTEP dismissed Myron Strong from the basketball squad. Here are my thoughts on loss of Strong who emerged last season as a viable scoring threat in clutch situations with some stellar performances...
Flip Saunders: Andray Blatche taken out because he "didn't want to be coached"
Flip Saunders' decision to bench Andray Blatche for the majority of tonight's game stemmed from a disagreement in which Blatche said he didn't want to play after Saunders took him to task for not getting back on defense, the coach told reporters after the game. Saunders said he took Blatche out of...
5 Questions for Stephen Jackson's Agent Mark Stevens
UPDATE (11/9/09 7:43am): Adding question #6 for Stevens: Do you realize Nellie ressurected your client's career and took it to new heights when practically NO ONE in the league wanted anything to do with him? ------------------------------------- Over on ESPN.com Chris Broussard details a telephone...
Stephen "Captain Technical" Jackson- 2 technical fouls in 3 PRESEASON games?
Lost in the Warriors' big win last night against the much maligned LA Lakers was Stephen Jackson's 5 fouls in 9 minutes and his 2 technical fouls in 3 preseason games. I know there's replacement refs, but seriously- who gets 2 technical fouls in the PRESEASON? Captain Technical unfortunately does...
Shout Knocks Serena Out
Suffice it to say that after the last point contested in her US Open semifinal vs. Kim Clijsters, Serena Williams was anything but serene. Serving to stay in a match in which she was being outplayed, Serena Williams was a woman battling. It was a battle against Kim Clijsters, an unseeded player in...
US Open Day 13: Serena's Foot (and Mouth) Fault Ends Match
One of the most bizarre days of tennis I can remember. I'll have more on the ending of Serena-Clijsters a bit later, but for now a more tennis-focused recap of the day's matches: Women's Semifinals: Kim Clijsters BEL def. Serena Williams USA (2) 6-4, 7-5 -- For as much as the ending of this match...
Hurricane Patricia Slams Into The Bronx
BRONX--While Hurricane Bill steered east of New York City, the powerful gusts of Patricia Mayr are swirling around the boroughs for a couple weeks. Mayr, a 22-year old from Austria currently ranked #82 was one of the players in the Bronx Open draw that I was most excited to see. I had never seen...
Sunday Open Thread: ATP Montreal & WTA Cincinnati Finals
Two matches that could both be pretty good (or that could both be blowouts), on the card for Sunday. (Click "Continue reading" below the poll to see the rest of this post, and join in the comments on the open thread) The men are up first in Montreal at 1:30 EST, with #3 Andy Murray taking on #6...
Jankovic Prevails in Typical WTA Drama
WTA Cincinnati coverage For the second time this week, a battle of Eastern European women in Cincinnati ended by the score of 7-6, 0-6, 7-6. #5 Jelena Jankovic was on the winning end of this one, defeating #4 Elena Dementieva in a match that lasted 2 hours and 45 minutes. Jankovic had triple match...
1-on-1 With 2-on-2 Expert Rennae Stubbs (Part 2)
As promised, here is the second half of my interview with former world doubles #1, six-time grand slam winner, and recent Wimbledon women's finalist Rennae Stubbs of Australia. (Since the interview took place, Stubbs also led her team, the Washington Kastles, to their first World Team Tennis...
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