Tag: Lang Whitaker
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Lang’s World: How the Whitakers body-slammed WrestleMania 34 into a family event 4.12.18
“Can we watch RAW?” my wife asked me Monday night, just minutes after we’d put our son to bed.
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Lang’s World: A solemn farewell to sensational ‘Starbury’ 3.29.18
MEMPHIS – At the beginning, we never really considered the end. We just wanted to get a dog. When we first met, her name was Star. We eyed each other through the wire grate on her cage, on what was basically death row of the dog shelter in East Harlem.
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Lang’s World: Ten Pearls of Whitaker’s wit and wisdom on sports and beyond 3.15.18
I was preparing dinner Sunday night, when I realized the clock — newly set-forward! — had ticked past 5:00 p.m., which meant the NCAA Tournament Selection Show was airing on TBS. Which also meant that within minutes, my phone started blowing up with requests to join about a dozen different bracket pools.
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Lang’s World: Ten pearls of Whitaker’s wit and wisdom on sports and beyond 3.8.18
The sun may still mostly be playing hide and seek with us, especially for our friends in the Northeast, but the good news is winter is losing its fight with spring. And there was no surer sign of this than a few weeks ago, when pitchers and catchers reported for work at Major League Baseball…
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Lang’s World: Ten Pearls of Whitaker’s Wit and Wisdom on Sports and Beyond 3.1.18
This year’s NBA All-Star Game turned out to be compelling and interesting, unlike several of the games we’ve had the last few seasons. I’ve actually found myself thinking about the last play of the 2018 game — a defensive stop around the three-point line with arguably the best three-point shooter of all time trying to…
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Lang’s World: Ten Pearls of Whitaker’s wit and wisdom on sports and beyond 2.15.18
To help spice up the Winter Olympics moving forward, Lang Whitaker has some creative ideas that include a twist that could turn the HalfPipe competition upside down … just for your viewing pleasure.
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Lang’s World: Ten Pearls of Whitaker’s wit and wisdom on sports and beyond 2.8.18
Watching the Philadelphia Eagles topple the New England Patriots in the Super Bowl last Sunday took Lang Whitaker to the center of some controversial sniping between his hometown favorite Atlanta Falcons and division rival New Orleans Saints.
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Lang’s World: Ten Pearls of Whitaker’s wit and wisdom on sports and beyond 2.1.18
Are Tom Brady and Rob Gronkowski headed for another Super Bowl celebration tour after Sunday’s showdown with Philadelphia? Well, that would certainly ruin Lang Whitaker’s parade.
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Lang’s World: Ten Pearls of Whitaker’s wit and wisdom on sports and beyond 1.25.18
LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers remain the East favorite to return to the NBA Finals, but they are among many NBA teams reportedly sorting through frustrations and controversy with a much-needed All-Star break looming next month.
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Canadian Bakin’: Dillon Brooks’ rookie breakout serving as bright spot as Grizzlies emerge from bleak stretch
Brooks is now feature-worthy material in his own NBA team’s game program as arguably one of the biggest steals in last June’s NBA draft as a second-round pick.