“Awww, skeet skeet!” Toronto Raptors forward Chris Bosh reacts to something, maybe a lady in the front row.
Archive for December 28th, 2008
Pic o’ the day
Posted by Alex on December 28, 2008
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Blunder watch: 3-28
Posted by Alex on December 28, 2008
The Oklahoma City Cloudfarts remain on pace to become the worst team in NBA history. With a 3-28 win-loss record currently, OKC is on tract to post a record of 8-74 by season’s end, one game worse than the all-time low of 9-73.
The Farts seemingly have no relief in sight until January 7th, when they head to Minnesota to face the Timberwolves. The ‘Wolves were one-time victims of OKC back in November. Of the Blunder’s three victories, all have come against teams with losing records. The aforementioned T-Wolves, with a 5-24 record, were on the losing end of the Farts’ first W. The second victory then came three weeks later against a Memphis team that is currently 10-20. And the most recent triumph, on December 19th, came at the hands of the 12-18 Toronto Raptors.
One interesting scenario that has arisen is the possibility of the Detroit Lions finishing their NFL season at 0-16. Squaring off against the Green Bay Packers today in Green Bay, the Lions should solidify themselves as arguably the worst team in football history by posting a completely defeated season. If that occurs as planned, then it’s quite possible that we will have a season in which two teams in two of the major professional sports leagues set all-time records for futility, Detroit in the NFL and Oklahoma City in the NBA. Let’s root for some losses.
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Dawg Pack Dirt: University of Montana
Posted by Alex on December 28, 2008
Dawg Pack Dirt, Volume 5, Issue 9, University of Montana, December 28th, 2008
By Nate Taggart and Aaron Bean
We hope everyone’s holidays went fantastic and after a week off due to the postponement/possible cancellation of the Lehigh game, the Dawgs take the court against the Montana Grizzlies on Sunday their second to last non-conference test before Pac-10 play starts on January 5th.
The Game:
-Montana Grizzlies at Washington Huskies
-Sunday, December 28th, 2008 at 12:00 p.m. PST
-Bank of America Arena at Hec Edmundson Pavilion
The Team:
-Montana makes their home in the Big Sky Conference which is also home to UW opponents, Portland State and Eastern Washington, who are in first and second place, respectively.
-The Grizzlies are 6-6 and got killed by Portland State in their last game which was the same day as our last game.
-The Grizzlies returned 3 starters from last year’s 14-16 squad.
-Montana has 6 players from Washington.
The Coaches:
-Head Coach Wayne “Tinks” Tinkle’s last name is Tinkle…
-Assistant Coach Nate DuChesne was the head coach at Stanwood High School and is notable for being sharpshooter Ryan Appleby’s coach and mentor during his high school years.
The Players:
-Jr. G #3 Ryan Staudacher is from Kirkland and graduated from Lake Washington High School. He turned down the opportunity to play quarterback in the Pac-10 to average 9.1 PPG as a shooting guard for the Montana Griz.
-Sr. G #5 Ceylon Elgin-Taylor is nicknamed “June Bug”.
-So. G #13 Michael Taylor is a native of Brewster, WA on the other side of the mountains and is a true Eastern Washingtonian at heart because he says his “career goal is to work on the family farm.”
-Fr. F #15 Nyandigisi “Digs” Moikobu is a graduate of Rainier Beach but it looks like he’s on his way to redshirting this season.
-Fr. G #22 Shawn Stockton hails from Spokane but is a member the lesser famous Stockton family from the Inland Empire. He loves ALL reality shows on VH1.
-Jr. G #23 Anthony Johnson is from Tacoma and graduated from Stadium High School. His wife is a guard on the Montana women’s basketball team. I wonder who is better…
-Fr. F #24 Derek Selvig loves the Scandinavian delicacy, lefsa. When his team passes the ball to this 7 footer down in the paint, odds are that he’ll give it right back up… to the other team. He has an assist to turnover ratio of 1/4.8.
-Fr. G/F #32 Tyler Hurley has played 5 minutes in 3 games. “Put in Tyler!”
-Jr. G/F #33 Vassy Banny hails from the Ivory Coast and did not play high school basketball and it shows, considering his 27% FT% and 25% from 3 point range. A solid IMA pickup game player if you ask us.
-So. C #41 Brian Qvale says, “All books are the devil.” The “Q” in his name is not followed by a “U” as well.
-Jr. F #44 Jack “Angus” McGillis was named “Mr. Montana” in high school which is an award for the state’s best basketball player. He probably knows our thug friends down at Oregon State because he played his freshman and sophomore years there before transferring to Montana and redshirting last season. His team probably wishes he didn’t shoot so much from 3 due to the fact that he shoots 26% from there despite shooting so many of them.
-Fr. F #45 Mathias Ward looks like he might be on his way to redshirting this season but this Gig Harbor grad lists his favorite book as, If You Give a Mouse a Cookie.
GO DAWGS!
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Pic o’ the day
Posted by Alex on December 28, 2008
A new segment here on Seattle Sportsnet. Each afternoon/evening, we will publish a “Pic o’ the day” featuring a unique sports-related picture from current events. We encourage you, our readers, to submit pictures our way and likewise hope you’ll feel inspired to comment on our photos or add your own captions. Without further ado, our first Pic o’ the day.
“PIYAAAH!” LSU head basketball coach Trent Johnson (formerly of Stanford University, and a graduate of Seattle’s Franklin High School) reacts midway through his team’s 64-52 victory Saturday over Washington State.
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