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Ro Frac joined September 2008

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First of all, damn David Stern for moving franchises around. Bad boy. Ro is a graduate of U.B.C. with a B.A. in English and a B.Ed. , a former player, and current coach... he's been studying the NBA and its ups and downs for over 25 years, but only the last 15 or so with any degree of insight. He has no personal allegiance to any current NBA team, (now that the Sonics are gone) although his first love (other than the Sonics) was the Larry Bird led Celtics of the 80's.... they were incredible.... until that damn hook shot ruined everything. He likes the Sonics too. Well, liked.... but they're gone.... which leads me back to my original point. Damn David Stern.

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Favorite Athletes

1. Dino Zoff 2. Roberto Baggio 3.Larry Bird 4.Derek Jeter 5. Pavel Bure 6. Shawn Kemp
Favorite Sports Teams

1. Gli Azzurri 2. Vancouver Canucks 3. Seattle Sonics 4. Boston Celtics 5. New York Yankees 6. Chicago Bears 7. Juventus 8. Real Madrid 9. Liverpool 10. Jamaican Bobsled
Favorite Coaches

1. Marcello Lipi 2. Joe Torre 3. Phil Jackson 4. John Calipari 5. Mike D'Antoni
All Time Sports Moment

1. Fabio Grosso's goal against Germany in Germany, World Cup 2006 2 Jordan's Last Shot 3. Jim Robson's call on Messier's cheap shot on Linden
Most Memorable Game Attended

Watched the Vancouver Grizzlies play the Chicago Bulls, in Vancouver. Derek Martin calls out Jordan while Grizz are up by 12 in the fourth... Jordan lights Vancouver up for like 20 points in 2 minutes, game to Bulls, Jordan barely breaks sweat.
Most Unbreakable Sports Record

Dale Ellis' 69 minutes played in one NBA game.
Ruth or Mays?

Joe DiMaggio.
Unitas or Montana?

Montana all the way.
Jordan or Russell?

Jordan would have put so many dunks down on Russell that he would have created a new logo for the NBA.
Gretzky or Orr?

Orr was way better than Keith Gretzky. Come on!
Pele or Maradona?

Neither. Zidane then Roberto Baggio as players... Pele as an icon. Maradona as a douchebag.
Federer or Sampras?

Sampras. Federer almost lost to Pete when Pete was 40.
Tiger or Nicklaus?

Nicklaus for precision, Tiger for power.
Petty or Earnhardt?

Earnhardt because he was on "King of the Hill"
Schumacher or Senna?

Aryton Senna was a racing God.
Pac 10, Big 12, Big 10, SEC, ACC, or Big East?

Big East. Pac 10 close second. (for Basketball)

Latest Articles »

As The Ink Dries Part 2: NBA Free Agent Signings 2009 Off-Season Rankings

07/25/2009

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As The Ink Dries: Rating the NBA Free Agent Signings 2009

07/10/2009

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If I Had a Million Dollars -- NBA Free Agency 2009

06/20/2009

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Looking Backward: The All-Seattle SuperSonics Starting Five (That I've Ever Seen)

06/13/2009

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micheal malcolm said...

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Hello Ro

Here is my latest, the REAL story on Gilbert Arenas along with some breaking news that you may not be aware of!

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/256325-atlantic-division-showdown-raptors-versus-76ers

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/256410-here-is-what-really-happened-to-gilbert-arenas

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/256423-breaking-news-kings-to-sign-mason

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/256429-breaking-news-blazers-sign-howard-to-a-one-year-contract

-Mike

69 days ago

Jay King said...

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Ro,

Jason Williams just signed with the Orlando Magic. Here's a look back at his career and his alter-ego, White Chocolate.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/239202-white-chocolate-is-dead-but-jason-williams-signs-with-magic

98 days ago

Richard O'Neal said...

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Breaking News: Powe to sign with Cavs!

See my brief report here and tell me what you think.

ro

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/234192-breaking-news-cleveland-cavaliers-to-sign-leon-powe?just_published=1

106 days ago

Jay King said...

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Ro,

Check this one out, a little humor piece about athletes' tweets inspired by the Big Baby Twitter fiasco.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/233067-athletes-tweets-humor

109 days ago

Patrick Cwiklinski said...

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Are sports heroes really dead? Find out in my latest article whenever you get a moment. Thanks.

Patrick

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/232245-no-more-heroes-whatever-happened-to-just-plain-amazing

110 days ago

Richard O'Neal said...

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What is Joey Dorsey's real height? I talk about that and his status with the Houston Rockets in my latest article.

Please check it out and provide your comments. Much appreciated!

ro

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/231323-joey-dorsey-what-is-your-real-height

111 days ago

FreeDurant.com said...

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Hey,

I know you are a big NBA fan and if you are a true NBA then you know of the travesty that is currently happening in Oklahoma City. I am not talking about the Sonics moving there, I am talking about Kevin Durant being held captive on that team.

The team is stuck in a perpetual cycle of rebuilding. How are they going to resign all those high draft picks? They can’t offer everyone one of those guys over $10M a year and if they sign Durant to the max offer of $14M a year, which they’ll have to, then they cannot afford to sign a good supporting cast to help him win.

So, what I am asking for you is to come help me out with FreeDurant.com and write little posts about why it would be great for Durant to come to your city and help your team win a championship.
If you are interested go here: http://www.freedurant.com/about there is an email link on the bottom of that page.

Let’s create a storm to get Durant out of OKC to a place where he can win a championship!

And the site is going to be going through some revamp soon, just taking a while to get the graphics done.

115 days ago

Patrick Cwiklinski said...

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Hey I wrote an article about my take on the Erin Andrews video scandal. Take a look when you get a minute. Thanks.

Patrick

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/223849-thanks-for-nothing-espn-the-exploitation-of-erin-andrews

124 days ago

Keith Schlosser said...

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Are NBA teams finally going to stop the spending?

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/220107-shrunken-salary-cap-forcing-teams-to-put-away-wallets

128 days ago

Jack M said...

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Ariza/Artest Swap? Who got the better deal? I would love your opinion!
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/211445-ariza-and-artest-swap-teams-who-got-the-better-deal

Thanks,
Jack

145 days ago

Shady Botros said...

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breaking news
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/210979-ron-artest-headed-to-la?just_published=1

146 days ago

Shady Botros said...

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breaking news
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/210315-ben-gordon-and-charlie-villanueva-both-agree-to-deals-with-pistons?just_published=1

147 days ago

Shanan H. said...

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Hi, I'm writing an article about Cheney Stadium in Tacoma and wondered if you had any good storys that take place there. Leave me a post if you do!
Shanan

147 days ago

VSN Writers said...

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www.virtualsportsnetwork.com/forum

Great articles...Your work is great and I wanted to invite you to my sports/sports gaming forum. We have a great forums to discuss sports and everything else. Great place to post articles for more exposure too! I hope you join! Posting your articles on VSN's forum bring a ton of reads. That is how most of my articles get 2,000+ reads.

By you posting, our NBA Forum will really improve!

148 days ago

Shady Botros said...

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the winners and losers of the draft
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/207201-the-winners-and-losers-of-the-2009-nba-draft?just_published=1

152 days ago

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If I Had a Million Dollars -- NBA Free …

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Looking Backward: The All-Seattle Super…

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A Matrix of Championships: Can Mitch Ku…

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