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Monday, July 26, 2010
Friday, July 23, 2010
HHR alum talks to WWE Superstar John Cena
We can say we knew Illuminati back when he was just Fat Willard, blogging on this website and doing link dumps. Now, look at him, all grows up and interviewing famous athletes.
Check out his interview for EgoTV with WWE superstar John Cena.
And we were just kidding, we don't want to say we knew him at all.
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Saturday, July 17, 2010
Blogs With Balls Radio, Episode 27 (We’re Back)
This week’s Blogs With Balls Show on the JoeSportsFan Radio Network is now available.
Download Episode 27 here, or subscribe via iTunes.
Hot damn! It's been a while! Not since Amy K. Nelson told us how lame we were have we been able to get a podcast in.
We blame, of course, BwB3...a great success if we do say so. Don't take our word for it, ask this guy. And these folks.
Our guest this week is is the VP of Business Development at BleacherReport.com, David Nemetz.
B/R kicked off the BwB3 experience with a bang, hosting our kickoff party with flowing Guiness at The Fifty/50. David was then a member of the Localization panel at the main event, and we expand a bit on that conversation.
Since its inception, Bleacher Report has gone through a number of tweaks and facelifts, none more significant than the recent addition of Brian Grey, formerly of Yahoo and Fox Sports, as their new CEO.
We talk with David on a number of topics pertaining to B/R's position in the industry, its benefits to its members and where it goes next.
This week’s links of interest:
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Thursday, July 15, 2010
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
MyTown: Orlando with Rashard Lewis
Last month, we kicked off an ambitious video project with Yardbarker and Wondershot Productions that’s taken us to 5 different cities to spend time with 5 NBA players, as part of myTown presented by T-Mobile myTouch 3G.
We just finished up the project by heading to Orlando to spend the day with the Magic's Rashard Lewis.
We just finished up the project by heading to Orlando to spend the day with the Magic's Rashard Lewis.
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Monday, July 12, 2010
Francisco Cervelli Takes Care of His Pitching Staff (Contest)
No, no. He REALLY takes care of his pitching staff.
5 best captions will win a new Gillette Fusion ProGlide Power Razor courtesy of our friends at Gillette who are sponsoring the Ultimate Summer Job.
George Steinbrenner, rest his soul, would never stand for this.
5 best captions will win a new Gillette Fusion ProGlide Power Razor courtesy of our friends at Gillette who are sponsoring the Ultimate Summer Job.
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Friday, July 9, 2010
Video: Cletus the Slack Jawed Yokel Reads Dan Gilbert's Letter To Lebron James
Personally, I prefer his original content.
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Cadillac Mescallade: LBJ Chooses The Heat; Knicks Lose Out; Cleveland Suffers
From the desk of HHR's resident Knicks fan...
It's over, mercifully a period of hype that made Brett Favre's decision look like a senior prom date request has ended. He's headed to the Miami Heat. As a Knicks fan this disappoints me but I see the positives for LBJ and I see the negatives.
The quick positives: He goes to Miami (been there, it's a nice place), he plays with two other all-stars and friends in Wade and Bosh, and to add the last point, he has help...but help he believes in and help that he got to really have a choice in.
The downsides: Make no mistake this is Wade's team. The Heat play in 'Wade County' and Wade has already helped lead this team to an NBA title. While whatever ensuing titles the Heat win will help validate the career of James, they will also help further vault Wade above James. You can also let the chatter build up about how James couldn't do it on his own and that now he has to play second banana to somebody else.
There were so much information and misinformation out there prior to this announcement that I had no clue what to believe. I have no sources, I was devouring the information just like anyone else. My hope was for the Knicks. I figured the lure of New York, the lure of playing with Stoudemire and possibly Carmelo or Chris Paul, and the lure of bringing back from the dead one of the greatest NBA franchises would be enough. I think only if he had joined the Bulls could he win a title next year. I think every one of these teams is a year away and with that logic, why not join the Knicks and see where the chips fall? As a Knicks fan I can't fault them, they made every effort to put themselves in the right position to get this guy. It's like asking out a girl that you think has everything. You put yourself in what you believe to be the best possible position to get her to say yes and sometimes she's just not into you. And there isn't a thing you can do about it. Maybe somewhere in the recruitment you made a wrong move (having James Dolan own your team, possibly sending Isiah Thomas to Akron), but at the time you felt they were the right moves and it just didn't work. Not to be an apologist for the Knicks but I'm not sure what else they could have done. They got D'Antoni, a Lebron friendly coach, they cleared cap space in amazing fashion, they signed Stoudemire, but I don't think Wade was ever leaving Miami and that was probably a huge domino that triggered everything else.
New York signed Stoudemire and it pumped life back into their pursuit of James. I applaud that move because even without James it makes them relevant. People want to poke holes in Stoudemire and his possibly uninsured knee or eye, but honestly who else was coming to the Knicks? Stoudemire could never play a game for the Knicks and I don't fault that signing. t had to be done. They had money and they had to spend it. They had to show they were serious in getting somebody big to possibly lead to somebody bigger and they did that. Now they trade David Lee in exchange for three talented guys from the Warriors and the beat goes on. I doubt New York is done this off-season and perhaps we are just a few years away from a revival of a Knicks-Heat rivalry that was truly awesome.
When you look at James passing on the Bulls it can only be because of his friendship with Wade and Bosh and perhaps a desire to not follow in Jordan's footsteps. Everybody wants Lebron to be the next Jordan or to have this killer instinct to win titles just like Kobe or to want to lead his own team. People want him to preserve or build this legacy and to show he is a man and do this and do that. The fact is not everybody is wired that way and the guy can do what he wants. How do you fault someone for playing with their friends in a place like Miami? That said the Bulls seemed the most ready made to win a title so it is a bit confusing as to why he doesn't sign in Chicago. Not to be repetitive but I think it came down to him not caring as much as everyone else thinks he should care about leading his own team and improving his own legacy. I think he cares about winning and in his opinion playing with Wade and Bosh were about winning. Through all this buildup it seemed as if James ego would be bigger than any max contract but by watching him go to the Heat and taking less money it at least validates the part about winning. The one hour special and two month buildup still validates the ego part.
The people who can fault him for signing with Miami, that would be the people of Cleveland. There is no need to document the sports history of this town, it has been long and filled with stomach punch after stomach punch. Right before the program begun tonight on ESPN my gut feeling was that Lebron would return to Cleveland because it is a brutal move to abandon your home state on national television. There was never going to be a right way to do this but this TV special was likely the wrong way. Leaving Cleveland should have been like ripping off a band-aid, don't drag it out and keep them with hope. The other teams, the Knicks, the Bulls, you have every right to string these squads along, they knew what they were getting into, they signed up for this. But the folks in Cleveland likely deserve better. I gather the folks in Ohio likely had an idea things were headed south but to have it done so publicly after a long drawn out process had to only make it more brutal. There is a reason they have set his jersey on fire Thursday night, they are truly wounded. There is a reason Cavs owner Dan Gilbert penned an open letter filled with more venom than ten black mambas, they are truly pissed. Nobody in New York or Chicago or LA is torching his jersey and if they are, they just like fire.
I don't know when it will be okay for Lebron to return to Cleveland. Sometimes a superstar can leave a franchise and people can't fault him. Look at Kevin Garnett leaving Minnesota. That man maxed out all the T-Wolves would ever do and was almost loyal to a fault burning up his most productive years in relative obscurity (the t-wolves did make a run at one point). The same can't be said for James. All tolled James had the right to leave. I don't think the Cavs were winning the title with him again and if they make the playoffs without him it will be a small miracle. He has the right to pursue where he believes the best chance to win a crown to be is, Miami or elsewhere, but you owe your hometown team more. Let them know upfront you aren't coming back. Or be upfront and say it's down to you and somebody else and I'm honestly torn. Be upfront about any part of it, give them anything that shows they partnered with you for what they will remember as seven magical years that ended in heartbreak. Give them a heads up for being the place you are from and from the place you say you want to always be from.
At least now it is over. The healing can somehow begin in Cleveland, the Heat can take some guys from the local rec center to fill out their roster, the Bulls can still be very good, the Knicks figure out how to add some more pieces and the start of the NBA season can't come soon enough.
It's over, mercifully a period of hype that made Brett Favre's decision look like a senior prom date request has ended. He's headed to the Miami Heat. As a Knicks fan this disappoints me but I see the positives for LBJ and I see the negatives.The quick positives: He goes to Miami (been there, it's a nice place), he plays with two other all-stars and friends in Wade and Bosh, and to add the last point, he has help...but help he believes in and help that he got to really have a choice in.
The downsides: Make no mistake this is Wade's team. The Heat play in 'Wade County' and Wade has already helped lead this team to an NBA title. While whatever ensuing titles the Heat win will help validate the career of James, they will also help further vault Wade above James. You can also let the chatter build up about how James couldn't do it on his own and that now he has to play second banana to somebody else.
There were so much information and misinformation out there prior to this announcement that I had no clue what to believe. I have no sources, I was devouring the information just like anyone else. My hope was for the Knicks. I figured the lure of New York, the lure of playing with Stoudemire and possibly Carmelo or Chris Paul, and the lure of bringing back from the dead one of the greatest NBA franchises would be enough. I think only if he had joined the Bulls could he win a title next year. I think every one of these teams is a year away and with that logic, why not join the Knicks and see where the chips fall? As a Knicks fan I can't fault them, they made every effort to put themselves in the right position to get this guy. It's like asking out a girl that you think has everything. You put yourself in what you believe to be the best possible position to get her to say yes and sometimes she's just not into you. And there isn't a thing you can do about it. Maybe somewhere in the recruitment you made a wrong move (having James Dolan own your team, possibly sending Isiah Thomas to Akron), but at the time you felt they were the right moves and it just didn't work. Not to be an apologist for the Knicks but I'm not sure what else they could have done. They got D'Antoni, a Lebron friendly coach, they cleared cap space in amazing fashion, they signed Stoudemire, but I don't think Wade was ever leaving Miami and that was probably a huge domino that triggered everything else.
New York signed Stoudemire and it pumped life back into their pursuit of James. I applaud that move because even without James it makes them relevant. People want to poke holes in Stoudemire and his possibly uninsured knee or eye, but honestly who else was coming to the Knicks? Stoudemire could never play a game for the Knicks and I don't fault that signing. t had to be done. They had money and they had to spend it. They had to show they were serious in getting somebody big to possibly lead to somebody bigger and they did that. Now they trade David Lee in exchange for three talented guys from the Warriors and the beat goes on. I doubt New York is done this off-season and perhaps we are just a few years away from a revival of a Knicks-Heat rivalry that was truly awesome.
When you look at James passing on the Bulls it can only be because of his friendship with Wade and Bosh and perhaps a desire to not follow in Jordan's footsteps. Everybody wants Lebron to be the next Jordan or to have this killer instinct to win titles just like Kobe or to want to lead his own team. People want him to preserve or build this legacy and to show he is a man and do this and do that. The fact is not everybody is wired that way and the guy can do what he wants. How do you fault someone for playing with their friends in a place like Miami? That said the Bulls seemed the most ready made to win a title so it is a bit confusing as to why he doesn't sign in Chicago. Not to be repetitive but I think it came down to him not caring as much as everyone else thinks he should care about leading his own team and improving his own legacy. I think he cares about winning and in his opinion playing with Wade and Bosh were about winning. Through all this buildup it seemed as if James ego would be bigger than any max contract but by watching him go to the Heat and taking less money it at least validates the part about winning. The one hour special and two month buildup still validates the ego part.
The people who can fault him for signing with Miami, that would be the people of Cleveland. There is no need to document the sports history of this town, it has been long and filled with stomach punch after stomach punch. Right before the program begun tonight on ESPN my gut feeling was that Lebron would return to Cleveland because it is a brutal move to abandon your home state on national television. There was never going to be a right way to do this but this TV special was likely the wrong way. Leaving Cleveland should have been like ripping off a band-aid, don't drag it out and keep them with hope. The other teams, the Knicks, the Bulls, you have every right to string these squads along, they knew what they were getting into, they signed up for this. But the folks in Cleveland likely deserve better. I gather the folks in Ohio likely had an idea things were headed south but to have it done so publicly after a long drawn out process had to only make it more brutal. There is a reason they have set his jersey on fire Thursday night, they are truly wounded. There is a reason Cavs owner Dan Gilbert penned an open letter filled with more venom than ten black mambas, they are truly pissed. Nobody in New York or Chicago or LA is torching his jersey and if they are, they just like fire.
I don't know when it will be okay for Lebron to return to Cleveland. Sometimes a superstar can leave a franchise and people can't fault him. Look at Kevin Garnett leaving Minnesota. That man maxed out all the T-Wolves would ever do and was almost loyal to a fault burning up his most productive years in relative obscurity (the t-wolves did make a run at one point). The same can't be said for James. All tolled James had the right to leave. I don't think the Cavs were winning the title with him again and if they make the playoffs without him it will be a small miracle. He has the right to pursue where he believes the best chance to win a crown to be is, Miami or elsewhere, but you owe your hometown team more. Let them know upfront you aren't coming back. Or be upfront and say it's down to you and somebody else and I'm honestly torn. Be upfront about any part of it, give them anything that shows they partnered with you for what they will remember as seven magical years that ended in heartbreak. Give them a heads up for being the place you are from and from the place you say you want to always be from.
At least now it is over. The healing can somehow begin in Cleveland, the Heat can take some guys from the local rec center to fill out their roster, the Bulls can still be very good, the Knicks figure out how to add some more pieces and the start of the NBA season can't come soon enough.
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Washington Post: LeBron James Chooses XXX!
Eerily reminiscent of pre-written obituaries, the Washington Post had it's LeBron story in the hopper going into last night. Only, they forgot to change the URL to reflect the actual announcement.
Then again, with all the speculation and mistruths put out by the media during this whole charade, this may be an example of responsible journalism.
Then again, with all the speculation and mistruths put out by the media during this whole charade, this may be an example of responsible journalism.
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Thursday, July 8, 2010
Beautifully Played
Thanks to our friends at the Guardian and Attention PR, me and a colleague were able to hit up the OpenHouse Gallery and take in Spain's win over Germany at Play Beautiful's 2010 World Cup Experience.While admittedly I'm not the biggest futbol fan in the world (though I have a personal soft-spot for Espana), there is something to be said about watching the sport on a theater-sized screen, in stadium seating, surrounded by dozens of passionate fans.
It was a very cool set up and a very cool experience that I wouldn't hesitate to do again.
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Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Only 200 meters? He sure gave up quickly
ESPN Can't Confirm Their Own Story Involving Self
I saw this on the scroll this morning that "Chris Broussard has learned through independent sources." So hit the Internets to dig deeper.
It confirmed my hypothesis as to just how stupid this reporting is. Actually, that's not a hypothesis. Just an observation.
It confirmed my hypothesis as to just how stupid this reporting is. Actually, that's not a hypothesis. Just an observation.
LeBron James is planning to announce the team with which he will sign during a one-hour special on ESPN Thursday night, ESPN The Magazine's Chris Broussard has learned through independent sources.
ESPN would only confirm that active discussions for the special are ongoing. But sources tell Broussard that representatives for James contacted the network, proposing that James makes his announcement during a 9 p.m. ET special.
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Sunday, July 4, 2010
Cindy Brunson Creeping Dangerously Close to Donatella Versace Territory
For God's sake, Cindy, slow down...SLOW DOWN!
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Saturday, July 3, 2010
Vuvuzelas in Pop Culture
The World Cup may have ended, but the Vuvuzelas are still ringing in my head.
What's that you say? The World Cup is still going on?
Did. Not. Know.
Well back to the real stars of the matches...the vuvus.
Our friends at The Kartel have passed along The many uses of the vuvuzela in pop culture.
It's enough to drive Hitler mad.
While you're over at The Kartel, take advantage of the opportunity to win FIFA World Cup for your system of choice.
What's that you say? The World Cup is still going on?
Did. Not. Know.
Well back to the real stars of the matches...the vuvus.
Our friends at The Kartel have passed along The many uses of the vuvuzela in pop culture.
It's enough to drive Hitler mad.
While you're over at The Kartel, take advantage of the opportunity to win FIFA World Cup for your system of choice.
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Friday, July 2, 2010
USA Women's Water Polo Into Semifinals of FINA World League Super Final
If you love water polo and we are assuming you do, don't miss a free chance to watch some high quality play tonight at 7pm est/10pm pst. The USA Women's National Team is taking on Greece in the semifinal round of the FINA World League Super Final live from La Jolla, CA.
HHR contributor Greg Mescall is on the call along with Wagner College (Staten Island - Wu Tang Clan represent) Head Coach Pat Beemer. Check it out at waterpolo.teamusa.org/live. So far the USA has defeated Greece, Australia and Russia. The Gold Medal match will be played on Saturday at 10pm est/ 7pm pst.
It's just like the World Cup minus the vuvuzelas. Go USA!Follow us on Twitter@HHReynolds or Click Here to get HHR in your inbox.
Thursday, July 1, 2010
Mikhail Prokhorov, "Bag Man"
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