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Dannie |
May 1st, 2008
I hope so because RSS feeds are the simplest and fastest way to keep up with your favorite websites and blogs. May 1st has been marked by the blogosphere as RSS Awareness Day. Here is my contribution to the cause.
RSS: The short definition
RSS (Rich Site Summary) is a format for delivering regularly changing web content. Many news-related sites, weblogs and other online publishers syndicate their content as an RSS Feed to whoever wants it. - http://www.whatisrss.com/
For an entertaining plain English video explanation of RSS head over to: http://rssday.org/
The Benefits of Using RSS Feeds
- Instead of randomly visiting your favorite websites for updates, RSS tells you exactly when new content has been added. Saving you time and effort.
- RSS feeds allow you to check out headlines of articles so you can determine whether it’s worth reading a story or visiting the website.
- To visit or not to visit, that is the question. With RSS you can read all the content without even going to the actual website.
- Get all your sports news in one location. With the help of an RSS reader you can quickly check out ESPN.com, Philly.com and Hoops State of Mind all from the comfort of your homepage. Check out my basketball blogs page on Google:
Are you reaping the benefits of RSS feeds?
If you aren’t why not start by subscribing to your favorite basketball blog ; ) hint, hint. For the rest of you already taking advantage of this technology I assume you already grabbed our feed, right?
Filed Under: General
Posted by
Pete |
April 24th, 2008
For the first time since they started compiling their rankings online in 2002, rivals.com has a white-boy atop their boys H.S. basketball ratings. B.J. Mullens, a 7′1” Ohio State commit, took the place of Greg Monroe after Rivals released their final rankings following the all-star circuit. While high ranking recruits don’t always pan-out, you could say that Rivals has […]
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Filed Under: White-Boy Report
Posted by
Dannie |
April 22nd, 2008
The season is over, and now it’s really time to talk 2008 MVP award. I personally think it is only a 2-man race for NBA Most Valuable Player between Kobe Bryant, the current front runner, and Chris Paul, my mid-season winner.
Obviously there are a couple other candidates that fanatics could make arguments for as well. LeBron James, the most significant player to his particular team. Kevin Garnett, the new green fire behind Boston’s resurgence. And the wild card who might have gotten at least one vote a couple months ago is Manu Ginobili, the “closer” on the San Antonio Spurs and 6th man of the year (the trophy is without a doubt already engraved). As Bill Simmons points out this is one of the best MVP races in NBA history, so choosing a single player with complete certainty is a near impossibility.
The point of this article is to add some structure to the MVP conjecture and hoopla […]
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Filed Under: NBA
Posted by
Pete |
April 22nd, 2008
Here are my playoff predictions. I know - the playoffs have started, but I really did have these done before they did. You can ask anyone in my fantasy baseball league where we are running a pool. Also - I apologize that I didn’t get these to look as good as Dannie’s. It’s OK though, because these are the […]
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Filed Under: NBA
Posted by
Pete |
April 20th, 2008
When I started writing on this blog, it was largely because I would spend a great deal of time coming up with random sports stats and had no one to share them with. This article is exactly the type of crap I would do in my free time, but now all you wonderful people get to read it as well.
This article consists of 30 originally researched stats, one for each team, for the 2007-08 NBA season. Some were easy, most are positive, some are negative, some aren’t that good. Here they are, in alphabetical order.
Atlanta Hawks - SF/PF Josh Smith joined Hall of Fame Centers Hakeem Olajuwon, David Robinson, Patrick Ewing and Kareem Abdul-Jabaar as the only players to average 17 ppg, 8 rpg, 1.5 stl/g and 2.5 blk/g in a single season. He was also the younger than any of the four when they did it.
Boston Celtics - Non big-3 contributor Leon Powe averaged 26.4 pts and 13.5 rebs per 48 minutes played. That’s a better scoring rate than 12 2008 all-stars and a better rebounding rate than 21 of the 26 all-stars this year.
Charlotte Bobcats - Matt Carroll, my boy from Notre Dame and Hatboro-Horsham, is now the 4th leading scorer in Bobcats history. Sorry Bobcats fan(s), that’s all I got.
Chicago Bulls - Kirk Hinrich, favorite of The White-Boy Report, had career lows in points (11.5), assists (6.0), rebounds (3.3) and steals (1.2).
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Filed Under: NBA
Posted by
Dannie |
April 19th, 2008
My two buddies Mole and Mike keep getting on me to give them my NBA playoff predictions so I figured I throw my bracket up on the blog. Now they and all the readers can hold me to it - and get all over me when I am wrong. So here it is…
I will go into more […]
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Filed Under: NBA
Posted by
Dannie |
April 15th, 2008
Here is my first contribution to the White-Boy Report and I wanted to have some fun. Most fans of basketball are familiar with the NIKE advertising campaign featuring LeBron James with the phrase “We Are All Witnesses.” I found the White-Boy version of those commercials on youtube. Enjoy.
Filed Under: White-Boy Report
Posted by
Dannie |
April 10th, 2008
Ex-Stanford coach Trent Johnson was introduced as the new men’s basketball coach of LSU today. On many occasions after Stanford’s lost to Texas, Johnson had indicated he wanted to return next season. So this move comes as a bit of a surprise.
Did his NCAA tournament tirade and ejection sour Stanford and behind closed doors not want Johnson […]
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Filed Under: NCAA Men's Basketball
Posted by
Pete |
April 10th, 2008
strong>APRIL 10 - 2008
Welcome to the White-Boy Report!
The White-Boy Report is going to be a recurring feature that keeps an eye on the progress of the American-born white basketball player. They are a dying breed, becoming less and less relevant in the NBA.
The reason why is anyone’s guess - and will remain that way because it is an issue too layered, potentially controversial, and almost impossible to tackle without sounding racist, that no major sports provider will touch it - and neither will I…at least not right now.
The reason for this feature is simple. I love basketball, and one of the things I love most about it is that it is as diverse as any sport - with players from about 70 different countries and Americans with backgrounds from all across the country - all bringing unique styles and culture to the game.
Well, right now, the part of the NBA puzzle that represents my demographic is sucking it up pretty badly. To the point that the best American-born white player ever, Larry Bird, has gone so far as to say “As far as playing, I didn’t care who guarded me -red, yellow, black. I just didn’t want a white guy guarding me, because it’s disrespect to my game.” Thanks Larry, Wally Szczerbiak and I appreciate it.
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Filed Under: White-Boy Report
Posted by
Dannie |
April 8th, 2008
One of, if not the, biggest drafting blunders in NBA history belongs to the Portland Trailblazers. They selected the 7′1 Sam Bowie out of Kentucky ahead of Michael Jordan. Ok, everyone knows that already. But do you know who exactly was responsible for making that pick? Or what that person’s criterion was for making such a horrendous error in […]
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Filed Under: 1984 NBA Draft, NBA
