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San Antonio Has Been Spurred To A Pretty Impressive Winning Streak
The San Antonio Spurs have put together a pretty impressive winning streak in the NBA Playoffs, winning all five games they've played, but the truth is this recurrent winning thing has gone on for quite awhile.
In fact, for those that are into advanced statistics*, the Spurs have now put together a streak of 15 consecutive victories. It's actually been over a month since the Spurs last lost -- and, were it not for the playoff victories, this might not even be the most impressive string of wins that San Antonio put together during this lockout-truncated season.
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by Scott Schroeder • May 16, 2012 12:10 PM EDT
Would You Like Your Child To Play Catch With Brett Favre?
Look, you love Brett Favre. It's okay; it's a natural part of being alive. You're still mourning his for-realsies-this-time retirement. You're still wearing his jersey. You're probably a Jacksonville Jaguars fan, but you still had a jersey made that says "FAVRE 4" on the back, because you love him so dang much. (And I mean, what else do you have to feel good about?) But what if I told you there was a way that you -- yes, you -- could interact with the great Brett Favre himself? No, I'm not pulling your chain.
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by Bill Hanstock • May 16, 2012 12:03 PM EDT
NBA Assistant Head Coaches Who Deserve A Shot Power Rankings
On Monday, I offered up a ranking of the NBA head coaches who are or are expected to be available for teams looking for a new leader as the offseason develops. My Top 10 includes four assistant coaches who have never been a head coach. I will admit a bias toward these working stiffs: while 40 percent of my top 10 fits the category, of the eight head coaches hired in the calendar year 2011, only two had never been a head coach. Both of those gentlemen, Ty Corbin and Frank Vogel, were midseason replacements.
This is to say that while I like career assistants, NBA decision-makers tend to look toward the head coach carousel with more frequency.
That said, let's devote a brief power rankings only to these career assistants who (I think) deserve a shot in the big boys' chair.
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by Tom Ziller • May 16, 2012 9:37 AM EDT
At Least Vinny Del Negro Is Honest
by Tom Ziller • May 16, 2012 8:34 AM EDT
Junior Seau's Garage Robbed 5 Days After His Death
Junior Seau's suicide earlier this month sent shockwaves of grief through the sporting world and Southern California. But for at least one lowlife, it also presented an opportunity -- an opportunity to climb through the doggy door of a dead man's garage and steal from a grieving family.
That's what the Oceanside police department tells the North County Times happened the afternoon of May 7, just five days after Seau's death. The thief, who's yet to be apprehended, made out with a beach-cruiser bike worth $500 -- not to mention a special spot in hell.
by Matt Watson • May 16, 2012 8:30 AM EDT
Dwyane Wade Accuses Pacers Of Excessive Celebration
Dwyane Wade wouldn't know anything about getting too excited before winning anything of consequence. He would never do something like this or this, would he? Of course not.
So when he says that the Indiana Pacers got a little too excited after beating his Miami Heat in Game 2 of their 2012 NBA Playoffs series on Tuesday, he's doing it because he wants to make sure they're as virtuous as he is. Here's what Wade said following the game.
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by Mike Prada • May 16, 2012 8:01 AM EDT
Best Of The SB Nation Network: May 15, 2012
We have 322 fantastic sports blogs in SB Nation, so in case you didn't have a chance to read them all we've collected the best stuff right here. Get sports smart in no time fast!
Basketball
-- How the Celtics have made their style of play so "ugly."
-- Glen Davis started out his Orlando Magic tenure terribly, but had a nice close to the season.
-- Using offensive and defensive efficiency to figure out who's title-worthy.
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by Seth Pollack • May 16, 2012 7:00 AM EDT
ESPN.com Columnist Plagiarizes Spurs Message Board
Deadspin has posted an article revealing that an ESPN.com writer -- who is a former NCAA and NBA coach -- has been plagiarizing his columns. What really makes this interesting is that John Carroll (a former head coach at Duquesne) has been lifting column fodder more-or-less whole cloth from SpursTalk.com, a San Antonio Spurs message board. Check out the illuminating comparisons over at Deadspin. This is all extremely interesting and probably not the sort of attention ESPN wants right now. You know, in light of another columnist recently being involved in some ... identity and validity issues.
by Bill Hanstock • May 15, 2012 7:57 PM EDT
Stephen Strasburg: Fire Down Below
Stephen Strasburg certainly did not seem like his normal, overpowering self in Tuesday afternoon's loss to the San Diego Padres. He was knocked out of the game after giving up four runs in four innings and seemed out of sorts against the normally light-hitting Padres. Well, it turns out there may have been a good reason for him looking uncomfortable.
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by Bill Hanstock • May 15, 2012 5:45 PM EDT
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