Category: Articles
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#IMHO: Thibs, All-Star voting, and mid-season awards (plus, Tony Allen!)
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: Holiday arrives in desperate times as Grizzlies grind to rescue themselves from slide
Holiday’s crash course in the playing rotation continues Monday when he plays his second game with the Grizzlies (18-21) as they face the Pelicans (18-22). The game carries added significance for both Memphis and Holiday, considering developments over the weekend.
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Lang’s World: Why the College Football Playoff needs to change
The best thing about this year’s College Football Playoff is that it has proven plainly that the College Football Playoff needs to change. At least, if you want to have some fun.
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MikeCheck: Grizzlies vow to move past locker room incident, steer season back on track
Memphis players, coaches and executives took significant steps Thursday to move past an emotionally charged locker room incident that followed Wednesday’s loss to the Pistons in which veterans Garrett Temple and Omri Casspi had to be separated amid a heated exchange.
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#IMHO: Jaren Jackson, Harden and LeBron, and All-Star selections
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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#IMHO: Christmas Games; LeBron and the Lakers; Conley for All-Star?
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: Conley, Grizzlies seek solutions for sluggish offense at midpoint of turbulent trip
SACRAMENTO – Mike Conley was soaking in his search for answers. Sitting shirtless in his locker, with his knees wrapped and feet submerged in an ice-water bucket, the exhausted Grizzlies point guard sought the proverbial keys to free a Memphis offense that’s been recently locked in the doldrums. The streaks are stacking in the wrong…
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MikeCheck: And another one – Aggies repeat as HBCU national champs, finish first in final polls after third Celebration Bowl win in four years
North Carolina A&T concludes the 2018 HBCU football season where it began as the No. 1 team in both the BOXTOROW Coaches and Media Polls following last Saturday’s 24-22 victory over Alcorn State in the Air Force Reserve Celebration Bowl. The Aggies, who finished 10-2, received every first place vote in both national HBCU polls.
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MikeCheck: Grizzlies are ‘all frustrated right now’ as they chart recovery path from recent slide
Memphis is mired in a bit of a mess right now. Nagging injuries are piling up, scoring for what’s always been an execution-challenged offense is now way down and the team is still trying to regain its collective emotional balance after a botched trade last weekend shook the locker room.
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Memphis Grizzlies GM Chris Wallace on the trade that wasn’t
During the waning moments of last night’s Memphis Grizzlies home game against the Miami Heat, rumors emerged via social media that the Grizzlies had agreed to a three-way trade with the Washington Wizards and Phoenix Suns.