Category: Articles
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#IMHO: Championship Rings, Malice at the Palace, and staying Melo
Grind City Media’s Lang Whitaker and Michael Wallace have been covering the NBA since shorts were short and socks were long, but their opinions about the League don’t always mesh. #IMHO is their weekly chance to weigh in on the most pertinent news from around the NBA. What’s lit? What’s lame? Find out each week…
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MikeCheck: As NCAA D-II playoffs kick off for Bowie State and Miles, HBCU championship business at stake Saturday in MEAC and SWAC
RALEIGH, N.C. – When Donal Ware and I hooked up in Birmingham four months ago at the Southwestern Athletic Conference football media day, we were both fairly certain the 2019 Celebration Bowl was destined for a rematch of last year’s game that decided the HBCU national championship. Now, with a month left before the SWAC…
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Lang’s World: Ja Rules
It started pretty much immediately, just days week into the preseason schedule, when during the middle of a possession, Ja Morant drove down the lane and tried to dunk on Charlotte’s Miles Bridges. The Internet will burn when Ja Morant finishes this one next time. The defender here is is 6-foot-7 Miles Bridges, who has…
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MikeCheck: As Grizzlies prepare for Conley’s return, Morant already blazing prolific trail amid franchise’s point guard transition
Before they step onto the FedExForum court for their first face-to-face matchup Friday, Ja Morant and Mike Conley will first step into roughly the same size basketball sneakers. They both wear 11 ½ Nikes.
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#IMHO: Conley’s return, Wiggins’ rise, and coach’s challenges
Grind City Media’s Lang Whitaker and Michael Wallace have been covering the NBA since shorts were short and socks were long, but their opinions about the League don’t always mesh. #IMHO is their weekly chance to weigh in on the most pertinent news from around the NBA. What’s lit? What’s lame? Find out each week…
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Lang’s World: Alabama May Be Down, But Never Count Out Nick Saban
For very many years, college football fans clamored for a Playoff. The NCAA, in all of their infinite wisdom, finally said, “Sure! Oh, but only four teams can participate — after all, we can’t make this too fair!” So now this time each year for college football fans, Tuesday nights have become as important as…
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#IMHO: Surprises in Phoenix and Miami, plus Dwight Howard and #MUSCLEWATCH
Grind City Media’s Lang Whitaker and Michael Wallace have been covering the NBA since shorts were short and socks were long, but their opinions about the League don’t always mesh. #IMHO is their weekly chance to weigh in on the most pertinent news from around the NBA. What’s lit? What’s lame? Find out each week…
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MikeCheck: Set to face former team, Jones seeking comfort and rhythm amid transition to role with Grizzlies
Steady and reliable. Those are two of the key characteristics the Grizzlies appreciated most in Tyus Jones when they prioritized the emerging point guard in free agency this past summer.
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Lang’s World: Why I love Crocs
I still remember when it happened, a stroke of serendipity that changed my life forever. I was in Florida on vacation with my parents, and we ran into a few of their friends down at the dock. As I do with every person that I meet, I immediately surveyed the footwear of these people, and…
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MikeCheck: Grizzlies determined to overcome foul mood amid push to lay defensive foundation
Entering this week, foul calls overall were up by an average of seven infractions per game. The Grizzlies, building around a young core and installing new schemes offensively and defensively under first-year coach Taylor Jenkins, aim to untangle themselves from the web.