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Perry Diary: Iverson’s return to Philly

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March 20, 2008   Leave a Comment  

Allen Iverson returned to Philadelphia for the first time on Wednesday night, and I was one of the people in the sold-out Wachovia Center. Here’s my diary from the evening: For the last week my friends were asking me if I would ‘boo’ Iverson. I really thought I was going to. His attitude about practice, [...]

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Tourney Talk: Perry breaks down the South and West regions

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March 19, 2008   Leave a Comment  

Editor’s note: You can check out Perry’s thoughts on the rest of the bracket here. South Region: Contenders for the final four spot: (1) Memphis – The Tigers were the number one seed almost all year, winning their first 26 games in a row. They finally lost to a great Tennessee team on their home [...]

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Some NCAA Tourney talk: East/Midwest Regions

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March 18, 2008   2 Comments  

East Region: Contenders for the final four spot: (1) UNC – North Carolina has been solid all year long and are the team to beat in this bracket. Indiana should not be a threat in the 2nd round. (8) Indiana has yet to score over 88 points on the road this year and that is [...]

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Join the Blast Magazine NCAA Tournament Pool!

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March 17, 2008   1 Comment  

Ok, everyone, it’s Tourney time. It’s time to fill out your brackets and get ready for two of the best days in sports (Thursday and Friday of the NCAA’s are always phenomenal). Click here to play in the Blast Magazine Tourney Pool. It’s free and Perry and I are going to come up with some [...]

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NBA Playoff preview

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March 4, 2008   4 Comments  

The trade deadline is over, the teams are set, and there’s about six weeks left in the NBA season. It’s time to rank the contending teams and stir up some conversation about which team is winning it all this year. Lets take our pants off and get right to it. The Champion: San Antonio Spurs [...]

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March Madness Preview

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March 3, 2008   1 Comment  

March is easily one of the best months of the year. Few things in sports, if any, can measure up to what the NCAA Tournament brings us. The only things that are close are the conference tournaments the weekend before the Tournament begins. This year, we got to kick off the month of March by [...]

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Pearl Vs. Calipari: Let’s get it on!

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Feb. 23, 2008   Leave a Comment  

The state of Tennessee plays host to the NCAA’s regular season game of the year Saturday night for the 1-2 showdown at FedEx Forum, home of John Calipari’s Memphis Tigers (26-0). The second ranked Tennessee Volunteers (24-2), coached by Bruce Pearl, are traveling across the state in attempt to repeat their 76-58 win over the [...]

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Top ten players in the NBA

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Feb. 14, 2008   46 Comments  

UPDATE: Here is Perry’s updated 2009 list of the Top 10 players in the NBA. 10) THE POINT GUARDS: Jason Kidd, Steve Nash, Deron Williams, Chris Paul, and Baron Davis. I struggled with this list a lot, because all five of these players are deserving to be here. Each one of these players understand and [...]

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Jason Kidd Shipped to Dallas

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Feb. 13, 2008   Leave a Comment  

The Dallas Mavericks and the New Jersey Nets seemed to have finally reached an agreement which will send Jason Kidd to Dallas. Malik Allen will join Kidd in Texas in exchange for Devin Harris, Jerry Stackhouse, DeSagana Diop, Maurice Ager and Devean George. I firmly believe the Dallas Mavericks just became the team to beat [...]

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