Title: Duncan v. Garnett
Date: May 8, 2008
Original Source: Hoops Addict
Synopsis: This Hoops Addict article broke down the `Garnett vs Duncan, Best Power Forward Ever`debate in advance of a potential Spurs-Celtics playoff matchup. Like all of my HA articles, the links have been lost due to a server transfer, but the text was backed up.
Title: The NBA and the Internet
Date: April 17, 2008
Original Source: Hoops Addict
Synopsis: This Hoops Addict article took a look at how the NBA’s use of the internet was superior to other sports in terms of leveraging the brand and reaching new fans. MLB has since caught up with their online content, but the NBA is still 1A. 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: A Look Back at the NHL Lockout
Date: April 12, 2008
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: This might have been a first. I took an essay I did as a large cumulative project for a Labor Relations class, on the NHL Lockout, and posted it as an article. It’s long, it has an Economics feel to it (so…really exciting), and it’s depressing to remember a lost hockey season.
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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: 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: A New Path for Those on the NBA Bubble
Date: March 13, 2008
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: Looking at the non-standard career path of heading to Europe to hone one’s game before returning to the NBA, like what the Raptors’ Anthony Parker has done.
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Title: Kobe Bryant, Hate It or Love It
Date: March 11, 2008
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: As part of a Carnival of the NBA (Kobe Bryant Blog Day Edition), I took a look at both poles of Black Mamba’s polarizing iconoclast.
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Title: What I Learned Blogging Two Deadlines
Date: February 29, 2008
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: Exhausted from two deadlines in the same week, I took time to reflect on the experience.
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Title: Book Review: Fantasyland
Date: February 14, 2008
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: Reviewing Sam Walker’s excellent foray into the world of fantasy baseball.
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Title: A Response to Agent Zero
Date: February 12, 2008
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: After Gilbert Arenas scoffed at the idea of Jose Calderon making an All-Star team, I came to Jose’s defense.
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