Category: Articles
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Are you ready for some football?
I played high school football for all of one day. I was in tenth grade, and while basketball was my primary focus, our hoops coach suggested we play a different sport in the fall—any sport—as a means to get in shape for basketball.
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Weekend Guide 🎬 Friday, July 24
Summer Lovin’ I suppose summer officially began back in May or June. For me as a parent, summer officially begins when school lets out. At least, that’s when my schedule dramatically shifts. No more daily routine of waking up, getting to school, home for dinner, then off to bed early. Summer is a more abstract…
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Summer League Ends, The Real Season Begins
The Grizzlies look for long-term gains It had been a while since I felt that kind of anger bubbling up inside me, the resentment that comes along with the feeling of being slighted. It was late Sunday night in the NBA Las Vegas Summer League championship game, and Grizzlies rookie Cameron Boozer had just successfully…
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Weekend Guide 🎬 Friday, July 17
It’s a cool summer Summer Breeze Let’s assume that you, like me, have been locked in on the NBA Summer Leagues over the last week or so, as the Grizzlies have provided some fun moments from Salt Lake City and Las Vegas. Yet for all the highlights and flash points, it has been one moment…
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Soccer rules! Now what?
So let me guess: You caught the fever? You’re not alone. It seems like soccer mania has swept across the United States over the last few weeks, as the World Cup has hosted all over North America. From LA to Seattle to Kansas City to Miami, we’ve seen the very best athletes the soccer world…
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MikeCheck: Boozer’s NBA indoctrination with Grizzlies driven by ‘team-first mentality’
LAS VEGAS – Through his initial appearances in summer league play, Grizzlies rookie lottery pick Cam Boozer has already shown there’s not much he can’t do on an NBA basketball court. Off the court, however, there is at least one area where a struggle surfaces. Just ask the 18-year-old power forward about himself and how…
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MikeCheck: Chemistry among sage ‘young vets’ setting summer league tone for Grizzlies
SALT LAKE CITY – With three NBA seasons already on his résumé, Olivier-Maxence Prosper knows skepticism may come with a summer league assignment for some players at this stage of his career. He simply refuses to buy into any of it. “A lot of people may look at summer league like it’s punishment, like you’re just (barely)…
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MikeCheck: Grizzlies first-round rooks ready to “compete and build” in NBA summer school
SALT LAKE CITY – When it comes to sampling the sights, sounds and tastes of their new city, rookie first-round picks Cam Boozer and Karim Lopez respectfully request a bit more time. After all, the newest members of the Grizzlies have only been in Memphis a week since they landed as two of the franchise’s promising…
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Weekend Guide 🎬 Friday, June 26
Loving It and Leaving It Fri-Day! Yes! And as you roll into the weekend, here’s a quick guide with a few things and thoughts worthy of your precious free time. Finally, we can exhale. The NBA Draft is over, and after weeks of rumors, supposition and innuendo, we now have an idea of where teams…
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MikeCheck: With Boozer and Lopez in tow, Grizzlies aim to keep building on Day 2 of NBA Draft
By landing two of the world’s most productive prospects, the Grizzlies delivered historic results with a forward-leaning approach in the first round of the NBA Draft. Opportunistic flexibility remains the mission entering Day 2.