Posted on March 5, 2008 by Signal to Noise
I wrote about the possibility of this last month, but former Phoenix Suns guard Kevin Johnson is making it official, per the Sacramento Bee — he’s going to take on incumbent Sacramento Mayor Heather Fargo this November.
Johnson’s a Sac-town native and returned after his NBA career, and is the owner of housing in the Oak [...]
Filed under: NBA, politics | Tagged: Kevin Johnson, mayoral race, Phoenix Suns, Sacramento | 1 Comment »
Posted on March 5, 2008 by Signal to Noise
I feel like I need to preface this by saying that I like reading Grant Wahl in SI, more often than not, because I just cannot conceive how any publication right now can decide that UNC’s Tyler Hansbrough is really college basketball’s player of the year — not with Michael Beasley around. The ACC isn’t [...]
Filed under: college basketball, sportswriters | Tagged: ACC, Big 12, Kansas State Wildcats, Michael Beasley, North Carolina Tar Heels, old biases writ large, Tyler Hansbrough | 3 Comments »
Posted on March 5, 2008 by Signal to Noise
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XX Factor - Worth asking: is there a glass ceiling at the bigger name sports blogs hiring writers? Some female bloggers weigh in. [Black and Gold Tchotchkes]
(Disclaimer: I kind of want to stay out of this since [...]
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Posted on March 5, 2008 by Signal to Noise
The worst part of Oklahoma City’s approval of the extension of a 1 cent sales tax to raise $121 million for the Ford Center and an NBA-quality practice facility is not the continued funding of rich fucks who own franchises or the fact that the phrase “in hopes of landing an NBA franchise” is a [...]
Filed under: NBA, bad ideas, front office, politics | Tagged: boondoggles, Clay Bennett, Oklahoma City, public funding, Seattle SuperSonics, stadia and arenas | 1 Comment »
