Homer D. Sayson
695 articles · PhilBoxing.com
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Tony Parker assists his way to history
HE came into the league at a tender age of 18, taken by the San Antonio Spurs as a lowly 28th overall pick in the 2001 NBA Draft. He is a smallish…
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Retirement No. 3 suits Phil Jackson just fine
HUNGRY for a Phil Jackson tidbit? Wait a few months, the Zen Master will have plenty to say and you can all gobble it up at a bookstore near you. The winningest…
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Bulls suffer 1st home loss
WITH an immaculate 8-0 record entering Wednesday night's game at the United Center in wintry Chicago, the Bulls stood tall and mighty as the only undefeated home team left in this abbreviated…
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Ailing Bulls claw Bobcats; keep NBA best record
DERRICK Rose not only missed his fourth consecutive game Saturday night with a bum toe, he was joined in the injured, unable to play list by teammates Joakim Noah, Taj Gibson and…
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Rush and rash of NBA games pile up injuries
AS a consequence to the 147-day lockout this past summer, all 30 NBA teams will complete the shortened season by playing 66 games each in 127 days. At some point before the…
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Bulls hold off pesky Timberwolves
WHEN the Bulls raced to a 51-27 lead with only 5:21 left in the second quarter of their game against the Timberwolves at the Target Center in Minnesota last night , it…
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Hard-charging Bulls hit brick wall in Atlanta
FORGET the 7-1 start, their best since the 1996-97 season, when some dude named Michael Jeffrey Jordan was still defying gravity. Forget the six-game winning streak, which propelled them briefly to a…
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Bulls keep marching on
TUESDAY night at the United Center in Chicago, Derrick Rose and the hard-charging Bulls pulled off a miracle on Madison St and came back from 19 points down in the third quarter…
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At last, Bulls back home after four-game road trip
THE Chicago Bulls are a tough bunch. And the only thing tougher thus far is their schedule. Derrick Rose and company started this shortened season on a four-game road trip to hoops…
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Good things do happen to good people
"DO something you like and the money will follow," talk show queen Oprah Winfrey once upon a time dispensed that advice while discussing the keys that open doors to a joyful life.…
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Divorce could cost Kobe lots of sleep and some $70 million
I FEEL sorry for Kobe Bryant these days. Not because his beloved Lakers were unable to grab Chris Paul from New Orleans. And not because the Lakers lost Lamar Odom to Dallas…
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Tyson loves the Mavs but the Knicks’ cash proved irresistible
Tyson Chandler. While mulling his options as a free agent, Tyson Chandler leaned heavily on staying on as a Maverick in Dallas. But when the New York Knicks offered him an extremely…
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Labor strife unlocked: A merry NBA Christmas
MUCH like a divorce, when love turns to hate, this labor spat was bitter, filled with bickering, name-calling and angry finger-pointing. And in its midst, a federal anti-trust lawsuit came thisclose to…
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Top Rank chief publicist Lee Samuels denies Koncz dismissal
Everytime fellow Philboxing.com columnist Manny Pinol writes, I read. And so should you. A former sportswriter turned North Cotabato Governor, Pinol pens the Braveheart columns in this website. His literary installments are…
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Barkley on LeBron: “He’s just not a cold-blooded killer”
IN THE refuge that is the Miami Heat locker room, LeBron James' stall is marked "king-size." But given how small he played in the 2001 NBA Finals, is a size-change in order?…
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“LeBust” James: A Prince not a King
ONE OF the things that LeBron James loves to do after a big play is to clench his right hand into a fist and pound it as hard as he repeatedly can…
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Dirk No-ring-ski no more: Dallas Mavericks capture NBA title
NO-RING-SKI. No-win-ski. No more. The doubters can now put all those disparaging remarks to bed. Dirk Nowtizki is an NBA champion, at last. He also has a Finals MVP award to go…
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King James or King Flop?
THE BURDEN of unmet expectations is eating up LeBron James, holding him down like the weight of unconfessed sin. A member of the fabled draft class of 2003, LeBron, then a high…
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Mavs shoot lights out, take 3-2 NBA Finals series lead
IN THE past four games of these NBA Finals, Dallas needed it's lone superstar to come up big and somehow equalize Miami's Big Three. So far, Dirk Nowitzki has never failed to…
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Big Dirk shines; ties the NBA Finals at 2-2
USING Game 4 of the 2011 NBA Finals as a canvas, Dirk Nowitzki painted another playoffs masterpiece Tuesday night at the American Airlines Center in Dallas. The Big German drilled 10 of…
