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So Prince is blocking YouTube clips of his “Creep” performance at Coachella, even though he doesn’t own the copyright in the song. And I don’t buy the Clapclap interpretation at the end.
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Mets are playing Ryan Church while he has concussion symptoms. Not good.
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More fun slo-mo videos from that Casio cam I posted about recently. Battlebots!
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Interesting to see that Game 3 of the NHL Cup finals beat out the concurrent Pistons game in Detroit.
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Nice interview with James Edwards. Weird to see him in the recent photo without the Buddha beard.
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May 30th, 2008 § 2
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May 29th, 2008 § 0
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Questions whether the Tigers’ intentional walk strategy makes sense. A Baseball Prospectus analysis said that it rarely makes sense to intentionally walk someone.
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Awesome.
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Interesting survey. SF ranks 8th best.
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Making the case for Rasheed.
Walter Hermann, dream boat
May 29th, 2008 § 2
If you haven’t been following the Pistons this year, you may have missed Walter Hermann’s fabulous sense of style. Whenever he’s not dressed for the game (not in uniform), he wears these hilarious suits with huge flowing shirt collars, and lets his hair out like my friend Thu used for formal dances when he had hair down to his shoulders in college. This site has a nice overview of Hermann’s fashion sense during the 2008 playoffs. Must see.
Here’s a photo of Hermann in his Charlottle uni (he was acquired from Charlotte earlier this season):
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May 28th, 2008 § 0
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Coming to SF in early September. Kick-ass.
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Interesting photos and diagrams.
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May 27th, 2008 § 0
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Analysis of whether Osgood deserves the playoff MVP if he keeps up his play. Conclusion is no, based on Detroit’s dominant defense and puck possession, which results in low shots against Osgood.
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Read it if you’re interested in some exploration of arguments on both sides of the college football playoff debate.
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May 26th, 2008 § 0
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New verb: “jeterate”