Jamie Samuelsen, co-host of the ‘Jamie and Wojo’ show at 6 p.m. weekdays on WXYT-FM , blogs for freep.com. His opinions do not necessarily reflect those of the Detroit Free Press nor its writers.
Allen Iverson was turned down in his attempt to join Puerto Rican team Mets de Guaynabo, but another team in the country may be waiting in the wings, Sportando.com reports .
As crazy as it sounds, the only odds better than taking “first score in the Super Bowl is a safety” over the weekend would have been to throw down some hard green on the first topic of conversation among the guys at our table at dinner on Saturday.
Tom McGinnis has been through it all in his 15 years of calling games on the radio for the Philadelphia 76ers.
Allen Iverson , unable to get back into the NBA after playing a couple of seasons in Turkey, is negotiating to play in a Puerto Rican league, Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo.com reported Monday.
February 7, 2012- The basketball sneaker companies are always looking for the next new wave or basketball prodigy to endorse it’s brand.
What to watch for on Monday night as the Lakers take on the Atlantic division’s top team, the 76ers.
Throughout his persistent, four stop coaching career, Doug Collins and his beautiful basketball mind have been stricken with Marty Schottenheimer luck.
The Philadelphia 76ers haven’t had an All-Star since 2006, when Allen Iverson representing the team in his last full season in Philly.
A city that cherishes superstars when they win and berates them when they lose, Philadelphia has been rather noncommittal on these new 76ers.
After a judge garnished Allen Iverson’s bank account to pay a debt, it became clearer that his tragedy is coming full circle.
To borrow from Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar,” they came in to praise the revitalized Sixers here last night, not to bury the Heat, filling the building for the first time all season.
So the NBA All-Star Starters were announced last night and to no one’s surprise, the world got it wrong.
It’s not often that a coach comes to the defense of Philly fans. However, this is exactly what 76ers associate coach Michael Curry did on Thursday.
That was demonstrated again Thursday night with the announcement that Miami will again have two of the five starters in the 2012 NBA All-Star Game, forward LeBron James and guard Dwyane Wade, while Philadelphia didn’t have any players finish in the top 10 in the fan voting at their respective positions.