More than two decades ago, in my second year as the Miami Heat beat writer for the Palm Beach Post, I spent several days in upstate New York hanging with Pat Riley’s high school buddies. 608 more words
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As long as Pat Riley is around never count out the Miami Heat
More than two decades ago, in my second year as the Miami Heat beat writer for the Palm Beach Post, I spent several days in upstate New York hanging with Pat Riley’s high school buddies. 608 more words
A POEM TO SHAQ-FU KOON AND THE STRUGGLE
shaq-fu koon took his mushmouf flow to hit the very same willie kitsune horn that wished jiyū to the embassy prisoner who we know is all breezy among the fading pallid male nigra haters club these days as long as dem leaks can drain the hnic sucking the chicken bone marrow outta black planet visions a trick we should know by now to be james bonding as the one of longest azz hidden fundraisers for suitin-azz liars redirect those forklifts gentlemen and get some mo coal for dem chevy pickups y’know how they love to run and hate on dat ish so shaq-fu koon is called out of retirement to play the role he’s familiar with since those young fool days stand yo duteous azz under the net pick up the ball and suramu dat mugh while we keepers find new ways to turn that trick into roe besides what he know about grown folk bidness any damn way or remix the 16-bit console version where like then and now we kept asking what the jigoku where does he fit in and what’s this all about with no answers provided as we watch him mawashigeri ol skool sistas poppin magic spells outta poom poom outfits muted african drums tryna keep a beat no wonder shaq-fu koon still can’t find one for his constipated flow which could explain why he then hirateuchi the sugar honey sun state iced tea out of communities wit dat virgin bodega champagne still leaving us with the same three damn questions betcha he can’t even spell capers if they started hollering letters at him twerkin on mass produced bottle labels and while we on dat block some a y’all remember how shaq-fu koon got earth wind and fire’s instruction manual twisted and pointed at… 397 more words
Robert Horry says Hakeem Olajuwon is best center he ever played with. Yes, better than Shaq.
Robert Horry was in the middle of a couple of decades of some of the NBA’s best teams — the 1990s Rockets, the early 2000s Lakers, the mid-2000s Spurs — which is how he went on to rack up seven NBA rings. 299 more words
Providence Continues to Make Late Night Madness a Big-time Event in Friartown
Two years ago I wrote an article titled “Why Providence’s Late Night Madness is Important.” I typed up that article after attending the 2014 event in Mullaney Gym that featured Jalen Rose as emcee and a performance by Big Sean. 451 more words
Sunday afternoon video: Top 10 career plays for 2016 Hall of Famers Shaq, Iverson, Yao Ming
Rather than get frustrated as your fantasy team disappoints again this Sunday, why not take a few minutes (nine of them, to be specific) to watch the career highlights of the biggest names in the 2016 Hall of Fame class. 11 more words
