Tag: Lang Whitaker
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Kyle Anderson tries Wing Gurus with Owner Billy Richmond
Grizzlies Forward Kyle Anderson and Grind City Media Contributor Lang Whitaker taste test The Wing Guru offerings at FedExForum with owner and former Memphis Tigers player Billy Richmond. WingGuru is available on the Terrace Level in Sec. 232 during all…
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Lang’s World: MUSCLEWATCH 2018
It’s a tradition unlike any other: MUSCLEWATCH. It began almost two decades ago, when my friend Matt and noticed each season that some player would report to NBA training camp having added “15 pounds of muscle.” For whatever reason, it was never 12 pounds, never 17 pounds, but always 15 pounds of muscle. Which always…
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Lang’s World: Parting shots, memories and lessons learned from Grizz Gaming’s NBA 2K inaugural season
This past Saturday night in New York City, Grizz Gaming closed out our inaugural season with a 72-67 win over Heat Check Gaming. With that win, we finished in tenth place in the NBA 2K League. And our season is now dunzo.
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Lang’s World: Much like gardening, Grizz Gaming’s growth predicated on patience, perseverance 7.24.18
We have as good a chance as anyone to make the playoffs. And while there are certainly some competing teams that could lose here or there to enhance our chances, there’s really only one thing we can control: Our play.
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Lang’s World: Essential travel tips help get Grizz Gaming through road-weary NBA 2K League season
Here are my failsafe tips for traveling, with a few thrown in from the Grizz Gaming guys. Ignore them at your own peril…
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Lang’s World: Grizz Gaming Eager To Build On Solid Start 5.17.18
The Pacers were swarming the ball, looking for a steal, so the Grizz Gaming guys whipped the ball around, finding open players, before the ball ended up in the hands of one of our guards, Threat, who was standing all alone on the left wing. There were still eight seconds left on the shot clock…
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Lang’s World: Valuable Lessons In Winning and Losing 5.10.18
I’ve thought a lot about winning lately, especially in the context of sports. My son is five years old, and recently began playing in his first youth sports leagues. A few weeks ago, he scored his first goal in a soccer match – a thunderbolt from 20 yards out, like he was Zlatan or someone.
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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.