Monthly Archives: October 2007

NBA Shootaround Preseason Predictions

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LeBron James New Nike Ad: Better Than Me

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The 2007 PBA Philippine Cup Astig Rankings (Week 1 and 2)

The PBA Astig Rankings is back! The Smart 2007 Philippine Cup Astig Rankings is on its third week, so let’s review the past and fast 2 weeks. I’ll be using my Philippine Cup projections as the ground zero-zero rankings. The next Astig Rankings, we will be using this version (Week 1 and 2) as theaaa

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PBA Tough Guys – Top Guys

Some players, coaches, owners will continue to whine about the new rules but the tough players, the tough teams will take the heat and should do well. I watched some games and dug some numbers (and I hate it) and found out that there are three tough PBA players who are striving and thriving withaaa

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PBA Impact Rookie: Joe Devance

Question: Who’s out to make the biggest impact in the coming PBA 2007-2008 Season? (Answer – Percentage – No. of Votes) * Joe Devance (30%) – 76 votes * JC Intal (21%) – 52 votes * Ryan Reyes (12%) – 31 votes * Macky Escalona (10%) – 26 votes * Ken Bono (6%) – 16aaa

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Ball Hog: Yao Hooker, Cavs Sucks, Over-Kobed, Davis Heat, NBA Season is Over, PBA Direction

What will Yao Ming do if he needs a perfect hooker? He must go to Holland. Link 1. Barely a WEEK before opening night, only now that LeBron James admitted that his team sucks. Link 2. I must admit, I’m a little “over-kobed”. I have never skipped ESPN, SI and NBA.com Kobe article before, butaaa

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Liga Filipina, Liga Pilipinas, eaLa Liga Pilipinas

And so after the storm, it looks like Layman Noli Eala is back on track. He is said to be the “Guiding Force” behind a soon to be launched league, Liga Filipina. A SBP sanctioned regional league. AKA, MBA all-over again. Whoa, from being disbarred to now the “guiding force” of a new national league,aaa

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The Most Influential People in Sports

It may be easier to sink a hole in one at the Masters than it is to define clearly what constitutes power in sports. Is it Alex Rodriguez swatting homer after homer? Or NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell disciplining players and coaches? Maybe it’s Coke’s (KO) sports marketing chief, Katie Bayne, doling out hundreds of millionsaaa

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History of Sports Blogging

The History of Sports Blogging: Early History (1998-2001) The earliest sports “blogs” I can recall really weren’t blogs, but sites. It cost money to host a site and knowledge (or more money) to maintain it. If you don’t remember (or are too young), web guys were making a killing during these days, which were alsoaaa

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First Impressions: The PBA Rookies

The opening week of the PBA is probably the most exciting week the league has to offer. Well, that excludes the Championship series of course. But yeah, I think I’ve always been excited during the first week of the PBA. One big reason for that is the rookies. I’ve been curious on how those newaaa

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