Title: The Unsung International Game
Date: April 5, 2008
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: As part of a Carnival of the NBA on Unsung Players, I instead took a look at the international basketball scene as an under-appreciated whole.
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Title: The Eighth ODC Podcast
Date: April 4, 2008
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: I have no idea if the links for these podcasts will work anymore, but I do have them backed up on my computer for future reference. For the eighth installment, my friend Trev became the first two-time guest, and we spoke on the NBA, the Final Four, and fan-hood in general.
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Title: A Diamond in the East’s 5-8 Seeds?
Date: April 3, 2008
Original Source: Hoops Addict
Synopsis: This Hoops Addict article took a look at the bottom half of the Eastern Conference playoff picture, analyzing if there were any potential upsets looming. Like all of my HA articles, the links have been lost due to a server transfer, but the text was backed up.
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Title: Developing the D-League
Date: March 27, 2008
Original Source: Hoops Addict
Synopsis: This Hoops Addict article took a look at the NBA’s Developmental League, and how it could grow from a business and basketball standpoint to continue to serve its purpose as a viable feeder system for the NBA. Like all of my HA articles, the links have been lost due to a server transfer, but the text was backed up.
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Title: Southeast Division Recap
Date: March 26, 2008
Original Source: About.com
Synopsis: After branching out from The ODC to Hoops Addict, I also got hooked up doing weekly Southeast Division reviews for About.com. Why? Because the site is USA Today affiliated, and because I had a connection with the editor and he needed someone on short notice. It only lasted a few weeks of the season and into the summer, and the links are now lost (About.com doesn’t keep archives of previous seasons’ weekly division reviews, because apparently nobody cares what the Wizards’ outlook was in late March of 2008, go figure), but luckily I have backups and can recover the text.
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Title: Interview with Carl English
Date: March 25, 2008
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: Believe it or not, I managed to get multiple exclusive interviews with Team Canada’s Carl English. I suppose this doesn’t sound like much, but since he was in Spain at the time, he’s my favorite player to never play in the NBA (I am Newfie, as well, after all), and I scored an interview a few months into my “writing career,” it was a big deal for me. The interview itself isn’t bad either.
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Title: March Madness First Weekend Review
Date: March 24, 2008
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: After 42 hours of basketball in four days, I shook off the cobwebs and reviewed the tournament’s first weekend.
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Title: The Sixth ODC Podcast
Date: March 20, 2008
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: I have no idea if the links for these podcasts will work anymore, but I do have them backed up on my computer for future reference. This time around, my friend Alex and I discussed all things March Madness in advance of the tournament’s opening weekend.
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Title: The NBA: Where Marketing Happens
Date: March 20, 2008
Original Source: Hoops Addict
Synopsis: Another Hoops Addict piece lost to the Bermuda Triangle of the internet that is changing servers/hosts, but luckily I had all of these articles backed up. In this one I examined the NBA’s new marketing campaign, “Where Amazing Happens.”
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Title: Point, Counter-Point: Wilkinson v. Murphy
Date: March 19, 2008
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: My friend Stu and I went back and forth on several different topics, all related to March Madness in advance of its opening weekend.
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