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Mild Thunder in Durant’s Summer Debut at the Goodman League
On June - 14 - 2010
Kevin Durant showed up for his Washington, D.C. Goodman League summer debut on Sunday with lots of people to please, but little to prove. After all, the NBA's reigning scoring champion did give spectators at Barry Farms something to remember last summer with a 62-point outburst.
Topping that feat would've been difficult for even the modest NBA 2K champion, let alone the NBA's leading scorer. But fans didn't withstand the sweltering heat and bypass the first half of Sunday night's NBA Finals to see the extreme; they just came to show support for one of the best home-grown ballers in ...
Who’s Right? Who’s Wrong? Who’s The Judge?
On May - 22 - 2010
It’s been a year to regret for famous sports figures. From Tiger Woods’ infidelity to Gilbert Arenas’ immaturity, superstar athletes have been the top targets for open season public fire.
The criticism hasn’t been unwarranted however. Plaxico Burress literally shot himself into a two-year prison term and Ben Roethlisberger’s ability to understand a 200 plus-page playbook takes a backseat to his apparent inability to comprehend the single word "no."
Drugs in every sport – whether it’s performance-enhancers or social stimulators – continue to hang around the sporting world like smog in an industrialized city. Soon, we’ll find out why former boxing ...