Tag Archives: NBA

In Its Current Form, NBA = Not Basketball Actually

Posted on July 9, 2021 by Campaign Outsider

So last night I’m watching Game 2 of the NBA Finals between the Phoenix Suns (rising) and the Milwaukee Bucks (buckling) and thinking, what the hell has happened to professional basketball because it sure doesn’t look like the game I … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 1984 NBA Finals, Boston Celtics, Boston Garden, Gerald Henderson, Larry Bird, Los Angeles Lakers, Milwaukee Bucks, NBA, NBA Finals, Phoenix Suns, three point mania | 2 Comments

Why Is Katie Couric Consorting with Mitt Romney?

Posted on June 12, 2015 by Campaign Outsider

This weekend former Massachusetts governor and relentless presidential candidate Mitt Romney (R-Do You Like Me Now?) is hosting his E2 Summit at an upscale ski resort in Utah, where at least six GOP presidential candidates will show up presumably to get … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Barack Obama, Carly Fiorina, Chris Christie, David Axelrod, David Stern, E2 Summit, Fox News, General Electric, Jeffrey Immelt, John Kasich, Katie Couric, Kelly Ayotte, Lindsey Graham, Marco Rubio, Megyn Kelly, Mitt Romney, Mittapalooza, Morning Score, NBA, Politico, Scott Walker, Ya-who! knows, Yahoo! News | 6 Comments

The Redoubtable Joseph Epstein Likes Xavier University!

Posted on March 28, 2015 by Campaign Outsider

As the splendid readers of our Two-Daily Town kissin’ cousin know, the hardworking staff is a proud alum of Xavier University, whose basketball team took a Brody in the NCAA West Regional semifinal. But all is not lost! The Musketeers … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Arizona, Butler, Joseph Epstein, March Sadness, Masters of the Games: Essays and Stories on Sport, Musketeers, NBA, NCAA, Rowman & Littlefield, T.S. Eliot, The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, University of Arizona, Wall Street Journal, West Regional, Xavier University | Leave a comment

Miami Vise (NBA Championship Edition)

Posted on June 26, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

Behold the Miami-Industrial Complex: That MiamiWhereWorldsMeet crowd got together to run this ad in Tuesday’s New York Times celebrating the Heat’s second consecutive NBA Championship: You know what’s really So Miami? 400,000 people turned out for the victory parade. Roughly the same … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 2008 victory parade, AlterNet, Boston Celtics, Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureaui, MIA, Miami DDA, Miami Heat, MiamiWhereWorldsMeet, NBA, NBA Champions, New York Times, Port Miami | 3 Comments

LinsADity!

Posted on March 24, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

New York Knicks phenom Jeremy Lin is the new Lindorser for Volvo, as Bloomberg New reports: Jeremy Lin of the New York Knicks signed a two-year contract to promote Volvo Cars in China and the U.S. Lin, a 23-year-old Harvard University graduate, sparked the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Bloomberg News, flash-Lin-the-pan, Jeremy Lin, Linsanity, NBA, New York Knicks, New York Times, Volvo | Leave a comment

Did NPR & PRI Rip Off WSJ?

Posted on June 10, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

It’s not a rhetorical question. It’s a real question. Here’s the Wall Street Journal’s A-Hed on Wednesday: Talking Basketball, in Spanish, Is Definitely No Slam Dunk ‘Donquear’ Would Be Spanglish; Covering the NBA Finals for Latino Fans MIAMI—Broadcasters covering the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged A-Hed, All Things Considered, Edward Schumacher-Matos, NBA, NPR, NPR Ombudsman, PRI, Spanglish, The World, Wall Street Journal, Xerox journalism | 4 Comments

Massachusetts: The ‘You’re Okay’ State

Posted on January 18, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

To commemorate Martin Luther King Day, The Daily Beast published a piece on the 20 Most Tolerant States, based on these criteria: In honor of today’s national holiday, and mindful of the debate fostered by the massacre in Tucson nine … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 20 Most Tolerant States, Charles Barkley, Martin Luther King Day, Metropolitan Diary, NBA, New York Times, The Daily Beast, the homosexuality people, TNT, You're Okay State | 6 Comments

JournoList & The NBA

Posted on July 23, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

After a weeklong slapfight between The Daily Caller and The New Republic, the so-inside-it-should-be-paying-condo-fees JournoList rumpus has officially gone mainstream now that the inexorable Fred Barnes has broached it in a Wall Street Journal op-ed. Headline: The Vast Left-Wing Media … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Chris Bosh, Dwyane Wade, Fred Barnes, Jonathan Chiat, Journolist, Larry Bird, LeBron James, Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan, NBA, The Daily Caller, The New Republic, Wall Street Journal | 1 Comment