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Every year on December 7th, the guys at Basketbawful celebrate the greatest of all holidays: Birdmas (originally “Bird Mass”).
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Tommy Craggs at Slate focuses on the marketing genius of USA Basketball’s “Redeem Team.”
Conclusion: “Team USA is a Boy Scout troop in basketball shorts: trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean, reverent.”
The latter meaning that Kobe and friends are reverent toward God. They are faithful in their religious duties. They respect the beliefs of others.
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TIME takes you on a world tour to introduce you to the most compelling athletes you’ll be seeing in the Beijing Games. Out of their 100 we picked the most spiritual ones. Here’s our Top 4:
# 1 LeBron James, U.S., Basketball
LeBron thinks of the Beijing Games: “It’s going to be like waking up on Christmas Day.” Oh and by the way: James has already had his political baptism by fire.
# 6 Allyson Felix, U.S., Sprints
She’s the ideal savior — young and telegenic, with a smile as wide as a hurdle. She’s participating in a pilot program, Project Believe, in which athletes undergo extensive blood and urine analyses that go beyond the World Anti-Doping Agency’s guidelines. If Felix is doping, you might just as well put down the starting guns for good.
# 7 Shawn Johnson, U.S., Gymnastics
She’s the Muse of the Mats, texting poems with lines like these:
“You remember the struggles and pain you had
When all the good had turned to bad
When behind the scenes you crumbled and prayed
For it all to simply just go away”
#11 Asafa Powell, Jamaica, Sprints
The son of pastors, he is one of the few among the many famous Jamaican sprinters who has not emigrated.
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Why do the Jazz have such a home court advantage?
To answer this question ESPN NBA analyst Ric Bucher plays the ‘Mormon’ card. Bucher was kind of misled: Less than 50% of Salt Lake City‘s residents are mormons. The nonstop smilers live some miles south of SLC, in happy valley. There are no numbers available as how many Jazz fans live in happy valley, sorry.
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Str8Hoops created a list of nicknames for 240 current NBA players.
The most spiritual ones among them are:
Ray Allen – Jesus
and
Nazr Mohammed – The Prophet
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“You better watch out, you’re better not proud…”
Once you defeated Santa on court you better give him a warm huck, because
“he knows if you are good or bad, so be good for goodness’ sake!”
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ESPN reprinted the most bizzare facts about the NBA by arrangement with the publisher. Take a special look at:
First player suspended for refusing to stand for the national anthem
Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf hadn’t stood for the national anthem for most of the 1995-96 season as he claimed the anthem represented tyranny and a type of “nationalist ritualism” forbidden by his religion. Two days after being suspended, Abdul-Rauf changed his tune and agreed to stand. He said he would pray while the anthem was being played.
Longest piece of biblical scripture tattooed on a player’s body
Larry Hughes left upper arm displays Psalm 23:4
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Great fuss about DeShawn’s New Tattoo. Gilbert Arenas assesses: “That’s the name you represent. When you’re done in the NBA it’s still your uniform: this is who you are, this is your time and your place.”
So now thus says the Lord, he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine.”
But, hey, that’s just about given names. Mr. Stevenson better had DeShawn tatooed to his back.
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Dirk Nowitzki is filming a Dallas Mavericks Video. Among other things he acts as Santa Claus, shouts “Ho ho ho!” and wishes “Merry Christmas!”
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Dick Mac blogs “rantings of an unrepentant old leftist”. Concerning the “Amaechi Case” he offers a virtual match between “The Basketball Player And The Reverend”. His summary: “Thank God for men like John Amaechi!”
Hindo is “a 46 year old Christian Conservative” who believes that homosexuality is a sin. The over all answer to his question “john amaechi–how should christian conservatives react?” is “God bless John Amaechi. I hope he sells lots of books.”
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