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http://www.nba.com/tntovertime... started this years ago. Very fun.

You can watch MLB, NHL, or NBA, if you don't mind paying for it.

I suspect that all of these sports have the same rules (which I know MLB has) that you cannot watch your local team live over the Internet...you must watch them on local TV (either OTA or the regional sports network).

Note that this means that if you live in Chicago and buy the MLB.tv package because you are a fan of the Cleveland Indians, you will not be able to watch over the Internet when Cleveland visits either Chicago team, or vice-versa. In some years, that would mean that out of 162 games, as many as 25 will not be available to you.

You can watch MLB, NHL, or NBA, if you don't mind paying for it.

NBA CBS, Toyota, Bears, Obama, etc. care! [grin] ;)

I remember when this happened. The argument was that some countries raised athletes specifically to compete in the Olympics (like the USSR) who would if there was professional events would be considered professional by all means and measures but because the state sponsored them and kept them from competing professionally, they were considered amateur.

anyways, that was the Olympics they had the dream team basketball where the US took all the best players from the NBA teams and put them on the court together as the US Olympic team.

If you ask me, I would say that almost all of the Olympic games are meaningless after the 1936 Berlin games. But it is especially so today as it seems to be a means to inject trivial politics into our living rooms. I guess it is good that Jamaica qualified for the bobsleigh this year. They didn't make the cut the last two games.

This system of play is real old, it goes back to Frank Keaney's "Firehouse Gang" system at Rhode Island State College (now URI) in the '30s and '40s. Basically it was the ultimate fast break, five guard-size players sprinting up court after each change of possession to wear out and demoralize larger opponents. They generally got open shots and a surprising number of rebounds, even at the defensive end, because the other team was back on their heels.

I read about it in a layman's guide to hoops (now out of print) written by Celtics' Hall of Fame coach Red Auerbach about 40 years ago. Auerbach said that the system was often wildly successful in Division II, but could be defended relatively easily by the more talented teams in Division I ball.

NBA, CBS, Care Bears, etc. do! [grin]

Last night's NBA semifinal game was not shown OTA.

$900 is still much more than an NBA League Pass...

Most sports now I think offers some way to get videos of the games outside cable systems.

Or maybe the Phoenix Suns. ;)

"Unrelated note: For some reason, I mis-read the slashdot headline as "What To Do When the Raptors Come?"
what do you do when the raptors come?"

Nothing. I'm not much of a fan. The season is over for now.

Oh, wait, you mean the other raptors. Sorry. I usually watch them on a webcam. They're here now, and usually fledge later in the summer.

Umbrella. Raincoat. Rubber boots. If you're cheap, garbage bag. Umm.. This thing.

It just makes the jock-dominant culture more courteous and community minded.

Perfect example of this right here in PDX... the Rasheed Wallace, Bonzi Wells old-style Jail-Blazers is gone The "new" Brandon Roy-led "make-it-better" Portland Trail Blazers 2.0 is now the standard.

http://www.nba.com/blazers/makeitbetter/

Don't even try to pretend the Blazers won't own PDX for a long time into the future, but very public bad behavior isn't tolerated by the fans anymore. The fans have learned they can demand of their team players/staff a certain standard of behavior, and the team management made sure they brought in players who would positive community assets.

At last we can explain wherefore Celtic people are who they are!

Most, but not all Celtics are African descent.

Fear these Toronto Raptors because they can hold basketballs, dribble, and sometimes shoot!

This leads to a "tragedy of the commons", though, where athletes can no longer compete on their own merits without using (potentially harmful) performance enhancing drugs because everyone else is using them. I don't think we want to go down that road.

Who cares? Honestly. It's a bazillion dollar industry of children's games.

It's not like the status quo is egalitarian (the average NBA player is 6'7"). It's not like some sports aren't inherently dangerous (football, boxing). It's not like athletes decline competitive advantages that stunt their body's development (gymnastics, weightlifting).

Let them take drugs.

Last Tuesday I went to a Sacramento Kings game. The Kings were ahead one run and my boyfriend left to use the restroom. As soon as I put his glove on (as a defense against the crapload of fouls they were hitting at us) the other team scored two runs. When he left again to get a beer, I again put on his glove and the other team got another run.

The Sacramento Kings are a basketball team. Why were they playing baseball at a basketball game? :)

Two questions:
1) What is a "fan center"? Google gives an NBA web site as it's top result.
2) As already pointed out above, if you are putting power out on to the grid wouldn't the "fan center" be getting it's power from you when the grid is down?

I think the easiest thing a hobbyist can do is store his power for personal use. Charge batteries during the day and use them to power your (DC powered) lights at night. At some point you save enough on grid charges to pay for the equipment.

Making solar, wind, or hydro power a profit center is a bit more ambitious.

Lucky was last seen in Boston in TD Banknorth Garden Arena supporting the Celtics.

Lucky was last seen in Boston in TD Banknorth Garden Arena supporting the Celtics.

Lucky was last seen in Boston in TD Banknorth Garden Arena supporting the Celtics.

... or Toronto. http://www.nba.com/raptors/

What does A in A.I. stand for again?

Allen

And Boston Celtics screwed up this season. Look at their standings. Ick! [grin]

And Boston Celtics screwed up this season. Look at their standings. Ick! [grin]

geez....now this is proof that he's a nut case.
he's gonna waste his time and money on something as stupid as this?

why doesn't he spend it on his Dallas Mavericks?
According to the NBA Conference scores page, his Mavericks are getting creamed by the LA Clippers... (3:4 for the Mavs, and 5:2 for the Clippers)

"Also, on the subject of "amateurs", you can't be a "professional" in the sport you're competing in."

I will have enought money to finish building my "real" woman.

I run this "real" site, and dumb men give me money.
http://www.moneyslave.fetishfantasygirl.com/
Well, not really, but I could do something like that.

Just like the dumb men that give money to the ppl here.
http://www.playboy.com/

or here.
http://www.nfl.com/
http://www.nba.com/
http://www.mlb.com/
http://www.nhl.com/

Yah, I said Christmas. Not Happy Holidays.

• College bowl games (at least anything semi-major) are all between December 20 to January 4.
• College basketball playoffs aren't until March (you know, the part where everybody in the office makes brackets). Conference playoffs are in February.
• NBA playoffs don't start until late April.

The fact that you would use the ONE Chinese person in the NBA as proof of the opposite is not only retarded, but should be clear evidence that your argument is based entirely on what is politically correct rather than "what is".

Apparently you aren't aware of the evidence either. While I do attempt to be non-offensive and non-judgmental, my argument isn't based on being "politically correct" it's based on actual knowledge. Okay, currently Yao Ming is an anomoly. Between him and Wang Zhizhi (I think he was last seen playing for the Miami Heat?), China is probably not as well represented in the NBA. (ooooo, now I'm up to TWO! Chinese players in the NBA!) But before I finish breaking up the myth that "black people are just naturally better at basketball," let me state two facts - 1. Basketball has been a popular sport in this country (the USA) for decades, but is only becoming relatively popular in China now. 2. Chinese players are not allowed to declare themselves eligable for the NBA draft until they turn 22. Both of these things can account for why there are fewer Chinese players in the NBA - although the talent pool is there, it's not accessible and the people are interested in other opportunities at this time.

To a lesser extent, the same holds true internationally as well. Given the number of international players is increasing in the NBA, I think you'll begin to see more and more of a parity of race in the NBA. I'd happily take an all-star team of Steve Nash, Yao Ming, Dirk Nowitzki, Jason Kidd, Paul Gasol, Peja Stoyackovic, Carlos Arroyo, Hedo Turkoglu and Vladimir Radmanovic. So stop already with the myth that black people are better at basketball, there are plenty of non-black people who are excellent too.

Do game designers need to refute the idea that they are role models?

A few more:
- Garbage (the band)
- The Zucker Brothers (and Jim Abrahams)
- Cray Compter
- The Dells
- The Marquette Golden Eagles... Uh... Gold... Uh... Warriors? Hilltopers? Uh... Dwyane Wade went to school here!
- Fighting Bob La Follette
- Sewer Socialists
- Harley-Davidson
- They brought Arnold Schwarzenegger to America
- Douglas MacArthur
- Bratwurst
- Numbered Highways
- Birthplace of The Republican Party
- Svetlana Alliluyeva (Stalin's Daughter)
- Frank Lloyd Wright
- Heather Graham

All that aside, Cuban is an idiot in the basketball world as well.
He paid this guy (the dallas goofball being scored on) more money than what the league's current Most Valuable Player wanted to stay in Dallas.

SUNS in 6 !!!

Most hilarious post evar. Don't worry about those who will call you "idiot", for sometimes I wonder who Dirk Nowitzki et al. are also. Well, actually, I don't...but I Sig'd(TM) it anyway.

Cuban has a very interesting blog, even more so for NBA fans. (For those who don't know, he's the owner of the Dallas Mavericks, an NBA team. He made his billions selling Broadcast.com to Yahoo! back in the dot com bubble.)

The Finals have always been in June.

Well there is a huge difference between the jumping power of you (an average human being) and, say, China's genetically engineered super soldier so a more precise definition might be needed.

He was good in LoTR, but otherwise Pippen has sucked without Michael Jordan.

Plenty of teams are worse or even with the Clippers: Utah.

Yeah?

... choosing a logo that isn't an obvious rip off of the logo of the Toronto Raptors. Uncanny similarity, don't you think?

I'm shocked and awed that the Raptors haven't filed a suit against them yet.

It's more like NBA forwards asking Slashdot for relationship advice.

"Don't commit sexual assault?"

(OK, he's a guard, not a forward, but I think you get my point.) ;-)

first place in the Western Conference = going somewhere.

W:54
L:17

Maybe if you stick Yao Ming in the oven, you'd get Verne Troyer?

I was thinking more like this.

And an NBA team

I've been waiting forever to read the news that the Toronto Raptors are filing a lawsuit against Mozilla for (what in my opinion) is a blatent infringement of the Raptor logo.

As a side note, I didn't realize Iverson was such a big anti-spam proponent. That must be what is keeping him from going to practice.

ROTFLMAO!

For those Slashdotters who do not follow US Sports, Allen Iverson is a guard for the Philadelphia 76ers.

As a side note, I didn't realize Iverson was such a big anti-spam proponent. That must be what is keeping him from going to practice.

ROTFLMAO!

For those Slashdotters who do not follow US Sports, Allen Iverson is a guard for the Philadelphia 76ers.

Allow me to explain.

Alan Cox; Richard Stallman; Bruce Perens; Wichert Akkerman; Miguel DeIcaza.

What do you see in this list of names? Are there any African-Americans on it? Absolutely not, none of those names sound like one a self-respecting black person would have! No Maurice, no Luther, no Lil' Kim. There are many other lists such as this, you can see one here. Flip through each page, do you see anything other than white faces? Of course you don't, because Open Source and its adherents are ardent racists and they absolutely forbid access to the sacred 'kernel' by any person of color.

Lets look at another list, this time a compendium of the companies using Linux. Are there any black owned companies on that list? Nooooooo. How about these companies? They all have something to do with Open Source software, any of them owned by an African-American? No again. Here is an extensive collection of photographs from a LUG (Linux User Gathering) meeting, more can be viewed at that link. What is odd about these pictures, and every other photograph I have ever seen of a LUG meeting, is that there is not one single black person to be seen, and probably none for miles.

More racist overtones can be found by examining the language of Open Source. They often refer to 'white hat' hackers. These 'white hats' scurry about the Internet doing good, but illegal, acts for their fellow man. In stark contrast we find the 'black hat' hackers. They destroy the good works of others by breaking into systems, stealing data, and generally causing havoc. These two terms reflect the mindset of most Linux developers. White means good, black means bad. Anywhere there is black, there is uncontrollable destruction and lawlessness. Looking further we see black lists that inform other users of 'bad' hardware, Samba, an obvious play on the much hated Little Black Sambo book, Mandrake, which I won't explain except to say that the French are notorious racists. This type is linguistic discrimination is widespread throughout the Open Source culture, lampooned by many of its more popular sites.

It is also a fact that all Unix 'distros' contain a plethora of racist commands with not so hidden symbolism.

It can hardly be coincidence that the prime operating system of choice of the 'open source supremacists' - Linux, features commands which are poorly disguised racist acronyms. For example: 'awk' (All White Klan) , 'sed' (shoot nEgroes dead), 'ln' (lynch negroes), 'rpm' (raical purity mandatory), 'bash' (bring a slave home), 'ps' (persecute sambo), 'mount' (murder or unseat nubians today), 'fsck' (favored supreme Christian klan). I could go on and on about the latent racist symbolism in Linux, but I fear it would take weeks to enumerate every incidence.

Is there a single unix command out there that does not have some hidden racist connotation ? Suffice it to say that the racism pervades Linux like a particularly bad smell. Can you imagine the effect of running such a racist operating system on the impressionable mind ? I don't have to remind you that transmitting subliminal messages is banned in the USA, and yet here we have an operating system that appears to be one enormous submliminal ad for the Klan!

One of the few selling points of Open Source software is that it is available in many different languages. Browsing through the list I see that absolutely none are offered in Swahili, nor Ebonics. Obviously this is done to prevent black people from having access to the kernel. If it weren't for the fact that racism is so blatantly evil I would be impressed by the efforts these Open Sourcers have invested in keeping their little hobby lilly white. It even appears that they hate the Japanese, as some of these self proclaimed hackers defaced a web site with anti-Japanese slogans. Hell, these people even go all the way to Africa (South Africa mind you, better known as White Africa) and the pictures prove that they don't even get close to a black person.

Of course, presenting overwhelming evidence such as this is a bit unfair without some attempt to determine why these Open Sourcers are so racist. Much of the evidence I have collected indicates that their views are so deeply held that they are seldom questioned by the new recruits. This, coupled with the robot-like groupthink that dominates the culture allows the racist mindset to continue to permeate the ranks. Indeed, the Open Source version of a Klan rally, OSDN (known to the world as Open Source Developer's Network, known to insiders as Open Source Denies Negroes) nearly stands up and shouts its racist views on its demographics page. It doesn't mention the black man one single time. Obviously, anyone involved with Open Source doesn't need to be told that the demographic is entirely white, it is a given.

I have a sneaking suspicion as to why their beliefs are so closely held: they are all terrible athletes.

Really. Much like the tragedy at Columbine High School, where two geeks went on a rampage to get back at 'jocks', these adult geeks still bear the emotional scars inflicted upon them due to their lack of athletic ability during their teen years. As African-Americans are well known for their athletic skills, they are an obvious target for the Open Source geeks. As we all know, sports builds character, thus it follows that the lack of sports destroys character. These geeks, locked away in their rooms, munching on stale pizza and Fritos, engage in no character building activities. Further, they interact only with computers and never develop the level of social skill that allows normal people to handle relationships with persons of color.

Contrasted with the closed source, non-geeky software house Microsoft, Open Source has a long, long way to go.

Join me in my next article where I will lay bare the rampant anti-semitism in the Open Source community.

That's the great thing about the Constitution - it's always evolving, based on the decisions and judgements handed down by the Supreme Court.