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Just been reading an interesting contribution by Simon Barnes in the Times to the whole global financial meltdown story. The problem is panic and lack of belief he says so " the implication is obvious: if we all believed that there was money, there would be money. If we all had confidence the problem would no longer exist. The solution is psychological. We don't need money: we need belief". He links...
Hassan Adams talked with Ryan McNeill during the Toronto Raptors media day about playing in Italy last season, how he’s grown as a player over the past 12 months and why he feels it’s important to give back to the community.
Anthony Johnson poses during Orlando Magic Media Day 2008. Photo by Fernando Medina, NBAE/Getty Images Happy 34th birthday to Magic backup point guard Anthony Johnson. Coincidentally, 34 is the number of minutes Johnson would spend on the bench each night under ideal circumstances. Jameer Nelson can handle those minutes, can't he? Many happy returns, A.J. May Stan Van Gundy not run you into the ground...
Jelena Jankovic will regain the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour No. 1 ranking when the latest rankings are released on Monday. Serena Williams lost the top spot on Wednesday after being beaten by Na Li in the second round of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix.
The name’s Sampson. Jamal Sampson. The initial reaction to this signing was much like the ones of Hassan Adams and Willie Solomon: Who? Once you get past the disappointment of signing somebody on the fringe of the association the normal next step is to wonder what he can do for us. [...]
Hedo Turkoglu and Courtney Lee pose during Orlando Magic Media Day. Both players said yesterday they'd be willing to play out-of-position at point guard "in certain sets." Photos by Fernando Medina, NBAE/Getty Images Some actual Media Day updates await in today's links. I mean, more substantive than Marcin Gortat in Mickey Mouse ears , anyway. That photo has supplanted Hedo's game-winner against Boston...
STUTTGART, Germany, Sept. 29 (UPI) -- Ukrainian Alona Bondarenko beat Greek Eleni Daniilidou 7-6 (7-5), 6-1 Monday at the $650,000 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix. Bondarenko's reward will be a second-round match against Serbian star Jelena Jankovic who won last week's China Open. Chinese Na Li beat Czech Nicole Vaidisova 6-1, 6-2 to set up a second-round match with world No. 1 Serena Williams. Austrian...
Marcin Gortat wears Mickey Mouse ears while posing for Fernando Medina, thus producing the gem of this year's Orlando Magic Media Day so far. Photo by the Associated Press WARNING: this post is largely an excuse to post a picture of Marcin Gortat in Mickey Mouse ears. We promise to have something more substantial soon. No substantive reports from Orlando Magic Media Day -- which I would have killed...
Photo by Fernando Medina, NBAE/Getty Images You've heard my take . Now read what other people are saying about the Orlando Magic's new uniforms... The Arsenalist : In similar news, Orlando unveiled their alternate jersey and I can't tell the difference. Mike Bianchi of the Orlando Sentinel , tongue placed firmly in cheek: Let me tell you, the new ravishing retro look is to die for. It is so-o-o-o...
Captain Excelsior (http://www.captainexcelsior.com/) is a good old fashioned superhero strip for the deeply twisted, written by* Zach Weiner *and drawn by *Chris Jones*. The Captain is a washed up has been, although don't tell him that. His ex-wife is getting remarried, and he's stupidly jealous...
Kuznetsova advances to second round in TokyoSvetlana Kuznetsova, 5th seed, scored a 6-2, 1-6, 6-3 victory over Na Li at the Pacific Open and got one step closer to her first 2008 title. Kuznetsova posted a pair of singles victories over the weekend to help Russia win its fourth Fed Cup title in five years and that triumph was a nice bounce back from her third-round loss at the U.S. Open. In 2008...
