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		<title>Will Ferrell/Skynyrd Close out Conan</title>
		<link>http://www.zagsblog.com/2010/01/23/will-ferrellskynyrd-close-out-conan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jan 2010 17:55:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Zagoria</dc:creator>
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If you haven&#8217;t seen this, it&#8217;s pure magic&#8230;And you gotta love that Will&#8217;s rockin&#8217; the Neil &#8220;Tonight&#8217;s the Night&#8221; shirt.
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If you haven&#8217;t seen this, it&#8217;s pure magic&#8230;And you gotta love that Will&#8217;s rockin&#8217; the Neil &#8220;Tonight&#8217;s the Night&#8221; shirt.</p>
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		<title>Report: Jeter Getting Hitched</title>
		<link>http://www.zagsblog.com/2010/01/11/report-jeter-getting-hitched/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 15:40:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Zagoria</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Derek Jeter&#8217;s days as a bachelor appear to be numbered.
The New York Post reported Sunday that the Yankees shortstop  and girlfriend Minka Kelly will be married Nov. 5 on Long Island.
Kelly, 29, stars in the NBC series &#8220;Friday Night Lights.&#8221;
Acting on a  tip, a reporter posing as a bride-to-be spotted an entry reading [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.midwestsportsfans.com/wp-content/gallery/minka-kelly/derek-jeter-minka-kelly.jpg"><img class="alignleft" src="http://www.midwestsportsfans.com/wp-content/gallery/minka-kelly/derek-jeter-minka-kelly.jpg" alt="" width="340" height="468" /></a><strong>Derek Jeter&#8217;s</strong> days as a bachelor appear to be numbered.</p>
<p>The New York Post reported Sunday that the Yankees shortstop  and girlfriend <strong>Minka Kelly </strong>will be married Nov. 5 on Long Island.</p>
<p>Kelly, 29, stars in the NBC series &#8220;Friday Night Lights.&#8221;</p>
<p>Acting on a  tip, a reporter posing as a bride-to-be spotted an entry reading &#8220;JETER wedding&#8221;  on the calendar for the Oheka Castle in Huntington, N.Y. Sales manager <strong>Rick  Bellando</strong> insisted that a celebrity wouldn&#8217;t be listed under his real name when  the reporter pointed it out.</p>
<p>The Oheka Castle is the second-largest private residence  in the United States and recently hosted the wedding of one of the<strong> Jonas  Brothers.</strong></p>
<p>(The AP contributed)</p>
<p>(Photo courtesy Midwestsportsfans.com)</p>
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		<title>Barkley Talks &#8216;Freaky White Girls&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.zagsblog.com/2010/01/10/barkley-talks-freaky-white-girls/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jan 2010 19:42:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Zagoria</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NBA]]></category>
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Classic line by Chuck: &#8220;Come on, you&#8217;re a freak. I&#8217;ve been in the NBA a long time. I know a freaky white girl when I see one.&#8221;
And this segment on Barkley golf was also very entertaining&#8230;.

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<p>Classic line by Chuck: &#8220;Come on, you&#8217;re a freak. I&#8217;ve been in the NBA a long time. I know a freaky white girl when I see one.&#8221;</p>
<p>And this segment on Barkley golf was also very entertaining&#8230;.<span id="more-27288"></span><br />
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		<title>Letterman: &#8216;I was blackmailed over affairs&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.zagsblog.com/2009/10/02/letterman-i-was-blackmailed-over-affairs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 18:52:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Zagoria</dc:creator>
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“Late Show” host David Letterman admits to having affairs with women on his staff and says someone at CBS had been trying to blackmail him.
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<p>“Late Show” host<strong> David Letterman</strong> admits to having affairs with women on his staff and says someone at CBS had been trying to blackmail him.</p>
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		<title>Starbury Needs Help</title>
		<link>http://www.zagsblog.com/2009/07/30/starbury-needs-help/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 15:14:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Zagoria</dc:creator>
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Here&#8217;s the infamous video of former Knick Stephon Marbury listening to gospel music and crying&#8230;During the full video, taking in some entertainment room in his house, he reportedly gave shout outs to Knicks GM Donnie Walsh and Anucha Browne Sanders, the Knicks official who won a sexual harassment suit against Isiah Thomas and the Garden. [...]]]></description>
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<p>Here&#8217;s the infamous video of former Knick <strong>Stephon Marbury</strong> listening to gospel music and crying&#8230;During the full video, taking in some entertainment room in his house, he reportedly gave shout outs to Knicks GM <strong>Donnie Walsh</strong> and<strong> Anucha Browne Sanders,</strong> the Knicks official who won a sexual harassment suit against <strong>Isiah Thomas</strong> and the Garden. It&#8217;s pretty bizarre&#8230;Steph clearly needs some help and we hope he finds it.<br />
And here&#8217;s a spoof that&#8217;s equally disturbing&#8230;.<span id="more-19890"></span><br />
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		<title>The Nooner Covers the Minaya-Rubin Saga</title>
		<link>http://www.zagsblog.com/2009/07/29/nooner-covers-the-minaya-rubin-saga/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 18:56:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Zagoria</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[New York Mets]]></category>
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Today&#8217;s Nooner is quite clever and covers the Omar Minaya-Adam Rubin Saga and manages to link Brett Favre to one of the funniest movies ever made, &#8220;Dazed &#38; Confused.&#8221;
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<p>Today&#8217;s Nooner is quite clever and covers the <strong>Omar Minaya-Adam Rubin</strong> Saga and manages to link <strong>Brett Favre </strong>to one of the funniest movies ever made, &#8220;Dazed &amp; Confused.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>Brooklyn Decker Visits DNL</title>
		<link>http://www.zagsblog.com/2009/07/27/brooklyn-decker-visits-dnl/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 18:56:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Zagoria</dc:creator>
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Mrs. Andy Roddick talks about how the SI Swimsuit calendar is now available online and discusses her husband&#8217;s epic loss to Roger Federer in the Wimbledon final.
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<strong>Mrs. Andy Roddick t</strong>alks about how the SI Swimsuit calendar is now available online and discusses her husband&#8217;s epic loss to<strong> Roger Federer</strong> in the Wimbledon final.</p>
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		<title>McCartney Plays Citi Field; Cronkite Dead at 92</title>
		<link>http://www.zagsblog.com/2009/07/18/mccartney-plays-city-field-cronkite-dead-at-92/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 04:41:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Zagoria</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pop Culture]]></category>
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Forty-four years after The Beatles played Shea Stadium in 1965, Paul McCartney returned to Citi Field for the first of three sold-out shows.
First off, the man looked great. I&#8217;m sure he dyes his hair and has had a face lift, but if I look half that good at 67 I&#8217;ll feel pretty good.
The place was [...]]]></description>
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<p>Forty-four years after <strong>The Beatles</strong> played Shea Stadium in 1965,<strong> Paul McCartney</strong> returned to Citi Field for the first of three sold-out shows.</p>
<p>First off, the man looked great. I&#8217;m sure he dyes his hair and has had a face lift, but if I look half that good at 67 I&#8217;ll feel pretty good.<span id="more-19312"></span></p>
<p><a href="http://assets.nydailynews.com/img/2009/07/16/alg_beatles.jpg"><img class="alignleft" src="http://assets.nydailynews.com/img/2009/07/16/alg_beatles.jpg" alt="" width="360" height="230" /></a>The place was packed and McCartney alluded two or three times to the Aug. 15, 1965 show and how bad the sound system was and how the Fab Four couldn&#8217;t hear a thing &#8220;because of all the screaming girls.&#8221;</p>
<p>He flashed a grin, cupped his hand to his ear and awaited for the ladies to scream once again. They faithfully obliged.</p>
<p>&#8220;Long time since I was here,&#8221; McCartney said. &#8220;I&#8217;ve got a feeling that we&#8217;re  going to have a little bit of fun tonight.&#8221;</p>
<p>He played a ton of Beatles, Wings and solo stuff, dedicating one song to his late wife, <strong>Linda</strong>, and another to <strong>John Lennon</strong>. He also played <!--more-->&#8220;Something&#8221; in honor of<strong> George Harrison.</strong></p>
<p>A diverse musician, he played bass, guitar, mandolin, ukulele and piano.<strong><!--more--></strong></p>
<p>I thought I was leaving 3 or 4 times, but he kept coming out again and again.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s the full setlist:</p>
<p>“Drive My Car”<br />
“Jet”<br />
“Only Mama Knows”<br />
“Flaming Pie”<br />
“Got To Get You Into My Life”<br />
“Let Me Roll It”<br />
“Highway”<br />
“The Long and Winding Road”<br />
“My Love”<br />
“Blackbird”<br />
“Here Today”<br />
“Dance Tonight”<br />
“Calico Skies”<br />
“Mrs. Vanderbilt”<br />
“Eleanor Rigby”<br />
“Sing the Changes ”<br />
“Band on the Run”<br />
“Back in the U.S.S.R.”<br />
“I’m Down”<br />
“Something”<br />
“I’ve Got a Feeling”<br />
“Paperback Writer”<br />
“A Day in the Life”/”Give Peace a Chance”<br />
“Let It Be”<br />
“Live and Let Die”<br />
“Hey Jude”</p>
<p>Encores<br />
“Day Tripper”<br />
“Lady Madonna”<br />
“I Saw Her Standing There (with Billy Joel)<br />
“Yesterday”<br />
“Helter Skelter”<br />
“Get Back”<br />
“Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)”/”The End”</p>
<p><strong>CRONKITE DEAD AT 92</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://col.stb.s-msn.com/i/92/E527488E5B5A8F285F9D53FAA01F24.jpg"><img class="alignleft" src="http://col.stb.s-msn.com/i/92/E527488E5B5A8F285F9D53FAA01F24.jpg" alt="" width="195" height="170" /></a>I got home from the show after midnight to learn that legendary anchorman <strong>Walter Cronkite </strong>had died at 92.</p>
<p>My wife Jen and I actually shared a small plane from New York to Martha&#8217;s Vineyard with Cronkite a few years back. He looked the same as he always did, but was frail and needed a wheelchair once we got off the plane.</p>
<p>I only remember the end of the Cronkite Era on television, but every journalist knows Cronkite was the gold standard in reporting and broadcasting.</p>
<p>Known as &#8220;the most trusted man in America,&#8221; millions of Americans welcomed him into their living room each night to tell them about the Vietnam War and other historic events like the moon landing, Watergate and the Mideast peace process.</p>
<p>He was the man who informed most of American that <strong>John F. Kennedy</strong> had been assassinated in Dallas in 1963.</p>
<p>Times have changed and we&#8217;ll never see another man like this one.</p>
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		<title>Jessica Simpson Dumped, Back on the Market; Vetrone Wants to Name FDU Court After Green</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 12:27:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Zagoria</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jessica Simpson is back on the market after Cowboys QB Tony Romo dumped her on the eve of her 29th b-day. Harsh.
In hoops news, Knicks guard Nate Robinson could be headed to Greece. Newsday reports that Olympiakos, the Athens-based team that last summer lured Josh Childress away from the NBA, has offered Robinson a two-year [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong><a href="http://www.news.com.au/common/imagedata/0,,6137540,00.jpg"><img class="alignleft" src="http://www.news.com.au/common/imagedata/0,,6137540,00.jpg" alt="" width="255" height="334" /></a>Jessica Simpson </strong>is <a href="http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20290944,00.html">back on the market</a> after Cowboys QB <strong>Tony Romo </strong>dumped her on the eve of her 29th b-day. Harsh.<strong></strong></p>
<p>In hoops news, Knicks guard<strong> Nate Robinson </strong><a href="http://www.newsday.com/sports/basketball/ny-spnate1512970069jul14,0,2422631.story">could be headed to Greece</a><strong>.</strong> Newsday reports that Olympiakos, the Athens-based team that last summer lured <strong>Josh Childress </strong>away from the NBA, has offered Robinson a two-year deal worth $10 million.<strong>..Tobias Harris</strong> had 27 points and 11 rebounds to lift the Albany City Rocks to a 75-73 victory over the Louisiana Select in Peach Jam action on Tuesday&#8230;Pittsburgh guard<strong> Jermaine Dixon</strong> broke the fifth metatarsil in his right foot and will be out eight weeks. He will return in mid-September. It&#8217;s the same injury former Pitt guard <strong>Levance Fields </strong>and former Marquette guard <strong>Dominic James</strong> had&#8230;The semifinals of the<strong> Joe Brown </strong>Memorial tournament (formerly the Playaz Ball) will take place today at the Hoop Zone in Englewood, N.J.  The New York Panthers meet Team NJABC on one semi, and the Playaz take on Team Philly in the other. Semis at 2, championship at 3:45&#8230;Former Seton Hall big man <strong>Mike Davis</strong> is transferring to Coastal Carolina..<strong>.Javon McCrea</strong>, a 6-6 wing from Newark, N.Y., <a href="http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20090714/SPORTS08/90714030/Adviser++Newark+s+McCrea+hasn+t+committed+to+college+yet">has not committed to Georgetown</a>, despite an Internet report to the contrary. A source close to the New England Playaz club said the Hoyas had not offered McCrea, who visited campus unofficially last week.</p>
<p><strong>VETRONE WANTS TO NAME FDU COURT AFTER GREEN</strong></p>
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<p><strong>NEPTUNE, N.J.</strong> &#8212; It isn&#8217;t often that a basketball coach wants to dedicate his school&#8217;s court to the guy he replaced.</p>
<p>But that&#8217;s exactly what&#8217;s going on at Fairleigh Dickinson University in New Jersey.<span id="more-19221"></span></p>
<p><strong>Greg Vetrone, </strong>who replaced fired coach <strong>Tom Green</strong> (pictured)<strong>,</strong> wants to name the court at the Rothman Center after his predecessor.</p>
<p>&#8220;My goal one day, my dream is to play on Tom Green Court one day,&#8221; Vetrone said last week at the Reebok Summer Classic. &#8220;I wish they would name the court after him. The guy&#8217;s the winningest coach in the history of the school and he&#8217;s the winningest coach in NEC history. They should name the court after him.&#8221;<!--more--></p>
<p>Under Green, Fairleigh Dickinson failed to make the Northeast Conference tournament for the second consecutive season in 2008-09, finishing with a 7-23 record. Green&#8217;s career mark was 407-351.</p>
<p>He was fired in June after 26 seasons on the job &#8212; and he wasn&#8217;t happy about it.</p>
<p>“I’ve been a coaching ambassador for this university for 26 years. I don’t call this place work, I call it home,” Green told <em>The Record of Hackensack</em> (N.J.). “Firing me right now shows a total lack of respect for me as a person, as a coach and as a loyal employee over the last 26 years.”</p>
<p>Vetrone, who has known Green for 26 years but had been on his staff just one year as an assistant in his second go-round with the program, was hired on an interim basis.</p>
<p>Asked what Green was up to now, Vetrone said he didn&#8217;t know. Presumably he&#8217;s looking for work.</p>
<p>“This decision kills my career. To get fired in June of year 26 kills a career. I’d hoped to coach another five or six years before I even thought about retiring,” Green told<em> The Record</em>. “It not only affects me, but I’ve got three assistant coaches and two of them have families. There are no Division I college basketball head coaching jobs available in June.”</p>
<p>Vetrone said the transition to head coach hasn&#8217;t been easy  because of his friendship with Green.</p>
<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s tough because coach Green and I are such great friends,&#8221; Vetrone said. &#8220;I worked for him 1988. I came back last year, so I love the University. It&#8217;s my second time there.</p>
<p>&#8220;I love Tom Green. It&#8217;s been difficult. Hopefully, in time he&#8217;ll get back with the administration.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>Kate Hudson Watches A-Rod Make History; Bill Simmons and Mike Dunleavy Still Going at It</title>
		<link>http://www.zagsblog.com/2009/06/27/kate-hudson-watches-a-rod-make-history-bill-simmons-and-mike-dunleavy-still-going-at-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 08:47:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Zagoria</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kate Hudson watched from the second row next to the Mets dugout at CitiField Friday night as A-Rod hit a historic two-run homer in the Yankees&#8217; 9-1 victory over the Mets.
She should show up to more games. I&#8217;m sure Yankee fans would appreciate it, and it can only help Alex get out of his slump. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong><a href="http://www.google.com/images?q=tbn:gocU4YdrVsNGzM::img2.timeinc.net/people/i/2006/celebdatabase/katehudson/kate_hudson1_300_400.jpg"><img class="alignleft" src="http://www.google.com/images?q=tbn:gocU4YdrVsNGzM::img2.timeinc.net/people/i/2006/celebdatabase/katehudson/kate_hudson1_300_400.jpg" alt="" width="93" height="124" /></a>Kate Hudson</strong> watched from the second row next to the Mets dugout at CitiField Friday night as <strong>A-Rod </strong>hit a historic two-run homer in the Yankees&#8217; 9-1 victory over the Mets.</p>
<p>She should show up to more games. I&#8217;m sure Yankee fans would appreciate it, and it can only help Alex get out of his slump. Oh by the way, Rodriguez passed non-steroid-using Yankee great <strong>Reggie Jackson</strong> and now has 564 career dingers, good for 11th all-time.</p>
<p>&#8220;You&#8217;re so focused on playing the game and playing it right every day that I&#8217;ve never stopped to see [who he's passing],&#8221; Rodriguez <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/2009/06/27/2009-06-27_passed_on_hr_list_reggie_jackson_wont_.html">told the Daily News</a>. &#8220;But when you see Reggie &#8211; Reggie is such a huge name in our game and he&#8217;s also Mr. October and a close friend &#8211; it&#8217;s big.&#8221;<span id="more-18451"></span></p>
<p>Jackson, who unlike Rodriguez has never been liked to steroids, was on hand for the milestone.</p>
<p>&#8220;Today is a day for me to come and tip my cap and say congratulations and keep hitting home runs for the Yankees,&#8221; Jackson <a href="http://www.nypost.com/seven/06272009/sports/yankees/passes_reggie_on_hr_list_176355.htm">told the New York Post</a>. &#8220;I&#8217;m a fan of Alex&#8217;s. . . . The negativity that surrounds the steroids is certainly not something that I carry over to him. I do appreciate the fact that he admitted his mistakes, and so from here we move forward. Judgment on him will be passed with his next 7½ years with the Yankees.</p>
<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t vote [for the Hall of Fame],&#8221; Jackson added. &#8220;If he doesn&#8217;t make it on the first 15 years of the ballot, I get a chance to vote [on the Veterans Committee], but here is a guy who is going to wind up with 700 or 800 home runs.</p>
<p>&#8220;He works as hard as any player I&#8217;ve ever seen around the game. They used to say about me, &#8216;Reggie Jackson, love him or hate him, you cannot ignore him.&#8217; Alex Rodriguez goes to the post every day, unless he goes to the hospital, and that you have to tip your hat to with all the adversity he has gone through.&#8221;</p>
<p>**This ongoing verbal battle between <strong>Bill Simmons</strong> and Clippers coach <strong>Mike Dunleavy</strong> is really getting entertaining.<!--more--></p>
<p>Dunleavy went on <strong>Colin Cowherd&#8217;s</strong> show and said Simmons was a &#8220;joke writer&#8221; who had &#8220;no credibility.&#8221;</p>
<p>That sparked the following tweets from Simmons:</p>
<li id="status_2328442370" class="hentry status u-sportsguy33"><span class="status-body"><img src="http://assets1.twitter.com/images/white.png" alt="White" width="1" height="50" align="left" /><span class="entry-content">Mike Dunleavy saying someone has no credibility is like <strong>Michael Richards</strong> calling someone a racist.</span></span><span class="actions"><a id="status_star_2328442370" class="fav-action non-fav" title="favorite this update"> </a><a class="reply" title="reply to sportsguy33" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=@sportsguy33%20&amp;in_reply_to_status_id=2328442370&amp;in_reply_to=sportsguy33"> </a></span></li>
<li id="status_2328222079" class="hentry status u-sportsguy33"><span class="status-body"><img src="http://assets1.twitter.com/images/white.png" alt="White" width="1" height="50" align="left" /><span class="entry-content">Ok, 1 more: Q: &#8220;What do you get when you cross cheap suits, booing, 35-point losses + players mailing it in?&#8221; A: The Mike Dunleavy Era.</span></span><span class="actions"> <a class="reply" title="reply to sportsguy33" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=@sportsguy33%20&amp;in_reply_to_status_id=2328222079&amp;in_reply_to=sportsguy33"> </a></span></li>
<li id="status_2328172242" class="hentry status u-sportsguy33 hover"><span class="status-body"><img src="http://assets1.twitter.com/images/white.png" alt="White" width="1" height="50" align="left" /><span class="entry-content">1 more joke: Q: &#8220;What do you call a coach who decimated 40% of his team&#8217;s season ticket holders base?&#8221; A: &#8220;Mike Dunleavy.&#8221;</span></span><span class="actions"> </span></li>
<li id="status_2328144965" class="hentry status u-sportsguy33"><span class="status-body"><img src="http://assets1.twitter.com/images/white.png" alt="White" width="1" height="50" align="left" /><span class="entry-content">Here&#8217;s a joke: &#8220;What do you call an NBA coach who&#8217;s 194-298 with the Clips?&#8221; A: &#8220;Still employed!!!&#8221; Now that&#8217;s a funny joke.</span></span></li>
<p class="hentry status u-sportsguy33"><span class="status-body"><span class="entry-content">**Speaking of Twitter, <strong>Shaquille O&#8217;Neal</strong> has more than 1.4 million followers. That&#8217;s higher than the circulation of<em> The New York Times</em>. Think newspapers are in trouble?</span></span></p>
<p class="hentry status u-sportsguy33"><span class="status-body"><span class="entry-content">**Despite speculation that the Warriors will trade<strong> Stephen Curry</strong> to Phoenix for<strong> Amar&#8217;e Stoudemire,</strong> Warriors coach <strong>Don Nelson</strong> says he has no intention of trading Curry, whom Golden State chose at No. 7 in the NBA Draft.</span></span></p>
<p class="hentry status u-sportsguy33"><span class="status-body"><span class="entry-content">&#8220;He can unpack his bags, go look for a house and relax,&#8221; Nelson said. &#8220;He ain&#8217;t going anyplace.&#8221; </span></span></p>
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