Things remain pretty quiet in the NBA today, as everyone in the sports world is focused on London and the Olympics. For coverage of all the basketball that will be going down over there, check out Chris Sheridan’s predictions, as well as the odds for basically everything you could possibly bet on. For more NBA-centric news, we’ve got Moke Hamilton’s list of the five biggest winners in NBA free agency, and Chris Bernucca’s preview of what could happen if the Magic
I am going to give you a Team USA gold-or-not prediction in this column, and I promise you a prediction that goes against the grain. That’s all I’ll say about that … for now. First, I’ll hand over the podium and relay a quote that could be the defining declaration concerning the London Olympics: “Let’s no longer beat about the bush. This summer’s Olympics Games are going to be a catalog of disasters. Not everything that can go wrong will go wrong.
The 2012 NBA Champion Miami Heat won the second title in franchise history last month, and they aren’t doing what they did after the previous one — standing pat (or standing Pat, as in Riley, who felt he owed it to those players to give them a chance to defend their title.) Meanwhile, the team they defeated in the Eastern Conference finals — the Boston Celtics — have had a pretty productive summer of their own. In New York, two basketball teams
The Minnesota Timberwolves have been very active thus far in the offseason as they remodel their roster to satisfy the needs of their franchise power forward Kevin Love. They have already gotten some “bad blood” out of the locker room with players such as Darko “Mana from Heaven” Milicic and Michael “Tito Jackson” Beasley, while acquiring a great player and character in Brandon Roy. The team loaded itself with another major piece today, as you will see in today’s news
Manchester Town Hall in Albert Square, seat of local governance, is an example of Victorian era Gothic revival architecture. MANCHESTER, England, July 19, 2012 _ Team USA is staying the night tonight. They will leave for Barcelona in the morning, refreshed or not. You don’t get many nights off on the way to the Olympics after 40-point wins, but Team USA got that rare treat tonight, and perhaps the paparazzi will tell us more tomorrow. This column is entitled
MANCHESTER, England — Kevin Durant replaced Carmelo Anthony as the starter at power forward, and Deron Williams took over the starting job at the point from Chris Paul. But despite the efficiency that those moves produced, there is no permanence to those moves, coach Mike Krzyzewski said Thursday night after the United States clobbered Great Britain 118-78, in its third tuneup game. Coach K said there will be seven starters, with Anthony getting the nod when the team needs a little more beef,
