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Nostalgia: The Lost Season
Lockout. That is a word being thrown around quite often at the moment. Both the NFL and NBA have locked their players out in a bitter labor dispute between the owners and players as owners try to combat skyrocketing expenses. The players, for obvious reasons, are trying to keep their slice of...
Utah football signs Benji Kemoeatu
via www.wvmetronews.com The Utes have signed Benji Kemoeatu, a 350-pound offensive lineman out of Kahuku, Hawaii. Kemoeatu was originally a four-star recruit from Lackawanna College in Scranton, Pennsylvania and had originally showed interest in the Utah football program back in 2008. However, he...
Cavaliers Drop ACC Opener in Rout by Florida State
The Cavaliers suffered a deflating loss this past weekend at the hands of Florida State in head coach Mike London's ACC debut. The Seminoles took care of business, getting the win 34-14 after jumping out to a 27-0 halftime lead. Virginia was sacked six times for a loss of 27 yards in the first game...
Coach Sargent Qualifies for US Amateur Championship
After leading his team to its best-ever showing at NCAAs (11th) in June, being named ACC and Virginia State Coach of the Year, and earning the verbal commitment of one of the top juniors in the country in Denny McCarthy, head men’s golf coach Bowen Sargent could say he’s had a pretty good summer....
Davis Joins Blalock, Hamilton at Training Camp
Bennet Davis, a 6'9" Bahamian shot blocker who played in the D-League and Mexican League last year, rounds out the Nets' training camp invites. Davis joins Will Blalock, a 6'1" point guard who's bounced around Europe and the D-League since getting a chance...
Green Shoots in the Land of "IF"
We've read enough!! Pundits far and near have called the Nets the worst team in the East, in the NBA, in the off-season. We don't know how bad--or good (it is possible)--the Nets will be, but we try to present a balanced view, looking for "green shoots"...
Breaking Down the New Nets
Ben Couch, the Nets' website writer, breaks down the 15 players who make up the new Nets, starting with the two stars--Vince Carter and Devin Harris, and working his way through the "holdover forwards", players acquired in trades and then the three rookies....
Net Players Flood the Zone
Nets players will fan out across the New York/New Jersey area this week as the team uses its annual "Premiere Week" promotion to get in touch with fans--and prospective ticket buyers. On Thursday afternoon, the team will visit five locations. Yi Jianlian will...
Everything You EVER Wanted to Know About the Nets
Dave D'Alessandro devotes almost a whole page of the Star-Ledger to the 15 players who make up this year's roster, complete with biographical details unearthed from God knows where, like: Jarvis Hayes' favorite designer, the heights of Yi Jianlian's parents,...
Update and Upgrade
Twice a year, we engage in a little exercise--grading and regrading Rod Thorn's roster moves. At the trade deadline and just before opening night, we take a look at the Nets' trades, drafts, free agent signings going all the way back to 2000, and assign a...
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