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Red Auerbach Was A Savage
Deflated footballs, sign-stealing in baseball, the city of Boston has a long and sordid history of sports scandals. But long before Bill Belichick and J.T. Watkins, there was Red Auerbach, who did anything and everything to gain a leg up on his competition. All the Bullshit Red Did This is how legendary Lakers two-guard Michael…
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Gilbert Arenas’ Groin Hygiene Adventure
Gilbert Arenas is an interesting guy. From having Western-style gun standoffs with teammates in the locker room to running 60 red lights inside a four-month timespan in 2013, and aspiring to be the black Mr. Beast. No one will ever accuse No Chill Gil of being dull. But the most interesting thing of all about…
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Qyntel Woods’ Driver’s License Was a Trading Card!?
The early 2000s Jail Blazers era in Portland was rife with a record-setting amount of technical fouls on the court, countless arrests off the court, and a lack of valid ID? 2002, 21st overall pick Qyntel Woods embodied this as much as any other player on that roster. Swingman Cited Before being charged with first-degree…
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The Time Marvin “Bad News” Barnes was Arrested in Italy
By the time Marvin “Bad News” Barnes arrived in Italy in the summer of 1980 to play for Lega Basket Serie A team Trieste, his reputation preceded him. “Bad News” had earned his nickname by among other things, robbing a bus while still in high school and attacking a college teammate with a tire iron.…
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The Story of Club 21: Money Laundering, Murder & Dominique Wilkins
In the late 80s and early 90s, Atlanta Hawks star Dominique Wilkins was flying high. Dubbed “The Human Highlight Reel”, Dominique was one of the NBA’s best and most exciting players, until a shady business deal almost cost him everything. Let’s go to the Club There was nothing quite like the 90s party scene in…
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Ben Gordon Was Cookin’ Somethin’
Ben Gordon could always cook. The stocky 6’3 guard built like a well-fed mountain goat that could headbutt its way through a reinforced steel car door was a matchup nightmare. In three seasons at UConn, he averaged 17 points per game on 44% shooting from the field and won an NCAA Division I Championship in…
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Troy “T-Hud” Hudson Should Have Shut Up and Dribbled
Undrafted point guard Troy “T-Hud” Hudson is most remembered for a brief run as a “Laker Killer” in the first round of the 2003 playoffs, a series which his team lost btw. But “T-Hud” also has three rap albums and more than 800 tracks to his name, with names such as “I’m a Gangsta” and…
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Reason #73 Not to Feel Safe in Egypt: Partially Collapsing Basketball Stands
Having recently made the pilgrimage to Cairo over the holidays a few months back and befriended a camel, I can sympathize with the sentiment this story is conveying. Crossing the street in Egypt is definitely not safe🙅♂️ and apparently, neither is attending a basketball game. At least 27 people were injured this past December when stands…
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Ron Artest Used to Hate Wearing Pants
The man formerly known as Metta World Peace and Ron Artest had a highly memorable and decorated 18-year NBA career. We all know about the time he beat the shit out of a beer-slinging Detroit Pistons fan, but he also admittedly liked to sip Hennessey during halftime as a member of the Chicago Bulls and…
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The Hick’s Quarterly List of Stuff That Doesn’t Suck – Q1 2023
A quick Google search will yield lists of loads of stuff, new stuff, useful stuff, and downright weird stuff. But I have yet to see a list of fly stuff that doesn’t suck. So here is such a list that absolutely no one asked for or wanted and the criteria used to create it. 1.…
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Kyle Kuzma