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London 2012: Women Be Dunkin’!
Australia’s Liz Cambage threw down the first dunk in Women’s Olympic history this afternoon finally justifying being out of the kitchen to the immediate delight of both her team-mates and the crowd. I’ll be honest with you,
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Promotion: Always Ballin’ – BE PROUD
Always Ballin’ is one of the best up and coming basketball brands out there right now and just in time for London Olympics, they have launched the #BE PROUD campaign. Upon the release of
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New NBA Themed Chinese Movie Wants You To Sh*t Your Brains Through Your Eyes
Well, well, well. What a surprise to see Dwight Howard and Carmelo Anthony in a basketball-themed chinese movie. I guess you’ve got plenty time to spare when you’re never competing for a championship. On
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Steve Francis Has The Finest Things, You Guys
Hey, remember Steve Francis? Remember ‘Franchise’? Remember Yao and Steve? Remember refusing to sign with the Grizzlies (the team he was drafted to)? Stomping his feet like a petulant child until the Grizzlies had
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Finding Basketball around Europe and the ’30 Home Games’ mission
Loz is a traveller, writer and baller, currently at home in Sydney after a year spent experiencing basketball around Europe. In his debut article on The Facial, he shares some of his highlights so
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The Luckiest Player in the World
This being an Olympic Year, and in London no less (tell the truth – you had forgotten, yes?) means that ESPN, CBS, NBC, BBC, Slam Online, the Facial and other noteworthy media corporations will
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JR Smith in China: Americans Haven’t Been This Harsh On Asians Since Vietnam
I can’t figure out who is a better ambassador for American/Chinese relations, the Smith family or Clint Eastwood in Gran Torino. Had the NBA season not started, i’m confident JR Smith’s adventures in China would
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Dikembe Mutombo Involved in…WHAT?!
We all know Dikembe Mutombo as the guy who spent most of the nineties and early 2000′s waving his finger in your face and murdering the english language. Since then he has been a
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Does J.R Smith’s Sister Have To Choke a Bitch?
Former Nuggets guard JR Smith is currently playing in China for the Zhejiang Golden Bulls, having been unable to escape his Chinese Basketball Association contract when the NBA lockout ended, even after he tried
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Hey, Remember That NBA Legends Tour? Um…Yeah.
If you remember a few months back we highlighted someones bright idea of taking many of the 90′s NBA stars, plus Mark Blount and touring Asia to showcase the crippling ravages of time. Do
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