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Stuck Between the Thunder and a Hard Place: Why I Can’t Root For Oklahoma City
Posted: 26th April 2010 by Elliott Smith in NBA
In theory, the Oklahoma City Thunder represent all that is good about the NBA—a young, aggressive and hungry team built from scratch that’s willing to do whatever it takes to win; one that remains unfazed by the daunting challenge of being an eight seed against the defending NBA champs.
In reality, I can’t stand them.
Rooting for the underdog is a time-honored tradition in sports, and a large majority of sports fans would ...
According to SI baseball writer Jon Heyman, the Mariners reportedly quashed a deal that would have sent Brandon Morrow and Shawn Kelley to the Tigers for right-handed starter Edwin Jackson.
Now, IÆve made my feelings about Morrow known beforeùI thought it was a questionable choice to draft Morrow over Lincecum then, and, obviously, how itÆs played out has done nothing to dissuade my opinionùso I think this is a curious move ...
So, out of a morbid curiosity combined with being a sucker for doomed football leagues, I tuned into the debut of the United Football League on Saturday night, when the New York Sentinels and Florida Tuskers (?) faced off for gridiron glory.
And much like the late, yet unlamented XFL, the football wasnÆt half badùgiven the league is made up of NFL washouts, on-the-bubble NFL talent, and former NFL coaches, this ...