Teen kicked off basketball team for hairstyle
George Steinbrenner famously refused to let Yankees players compete with any facial hair, or “unruly” haircuts. While those relatively manic standards were applied to professionals (extremely highly compensated professionals, at that), a similar measure is now being used to keep an eighth grader off his junior high basketball team.
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Teen kicked off basketball team for hairstyle
Kobe leads the Lakers to back-to-back rings
Congrats to the Lakers, from this hater.
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NBA Finals 2010 | Celtics ties Series 1-1 Behind Allen’s Record Night
Ray Allen Sets New NBA Finals Record on Game 2 of the 2010 NBA Finals! He is so unstoppable during the 1st half of their Game 2 against the Los Angeles Lakers. Allen converted eight 3-pointers for 8-11 from behind the arc.
Ray Allen sets new finals record and passed records set by NBA 50 greatest player...
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NBA Finals: Lakers vs Celtics Rivalry Continues
Yet another rivalry is alive. Perhaps the most historic rivalry in the NBA and in the game of basketball. The Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics is up again in another NBA Finals Series. The two last met on the 2008 NBA Finals and the Celtics emerged as champs winning it 4-2 for the Celtics’...
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JM’s BBM: the 2010 NFL Draft And NBA Playoffs Updates
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The 2010 NFL draft took place as 1st round selections were made yesterday. The main topics of discussion is the St. Louis Rams passing up on 2 premiere defensive tackles and reaching for QB Sam Bradford as the first overall pick and Tim Tebow being selected in the first round over...
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JM’s BBM: The End Bring New Beginnings
Mark Munoz
In the sports world, April showers definitely bring more than May flowers. Opening day for the 2010 baseball season is in full swing as Monday came and went, and players have already started stating their case for league MVP, and reaching hallowed statistical milestones. April also brings...
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Purefoods coach Ryan Gregorio to Fire Quinito: “We can be friends!”
Sometimes, I forget that this blog isn’t even a year old, and already so many weird things have happened. Perhaps the biggest highlight came last Wednesday night, when Coach Ryan Gregorio, mere minutes after leading his Purefoods squad to a sweep over Alaska in the Philippine Cup finals, took...
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JM’s BBM v2 (John Misa’s Brawls, Balls, and More, Volume 2)
Winter Olympics 2010Here are some quick BBM's about a few Pilipino and Pilipino-American athletes being noted in the mainstream media the past week.
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Jamal Sampson issue builds buzz; import answers Rajko Toroman
The ongoing Jamal Sampson saga has created some buzz even in the mainstream media: both the Manila Standard Today and GMANews.TV picked up the story last Thursday, while Patricia Hizon’s (always excellent) column for Standard Today last Friday carried the only reaction from an SBP official so...
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