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Tim Hardaway - Throwback Tues.

Throwback Tuesday is becoming on of the best parts of this blog. Doing our research for the throwback athlete of the week is awesome because we here at Ballers Sports are old school to the chore. At first glance it was kind of surprising that today's throwback was even considered a throwback, I guess that's us showing our age. Todays throwback athlete is none other than Timothy Duane "Tim" Hardaway. Sit back, relax and lets take a look at #10.

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Moments in Sports That We L-O-V-E

 

 

 

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Ballers Sports would like to wish every one of our readers a very happy Valentines day. Love is a beautiful thing and if you look around you should be able to celebrate some type of love in your life, because that is what Valentines day is all about.  As sports fans we all have certain sports, teams and players that we "love". In honor of this day we wanted to put together a quick list of moments that we love in sports. After you read this and if there is anything we've left out, feel free to add what you love in our comments section.

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Ballers Sports - Week in Review

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As a sports blogger who isn't really into putting a lot of additional entertainment gossip and other things on this site we would like to keep this site for the sports purist. We are already working on some interesting and fun topics for next week but if you have an idea or would like to do a guest feature just hit us in the comments or email us at ballers.sports@gmail.com Since its going into a relatively slow sports weekend we thought we would just recap the week that was.

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My Sports Journey

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When you decide to become a blogger and write your views for others to read one thing you will soon realize is that if you don't have a network of fellow bloggers to surround you then you will  soon be a thing of the past. I have began to surround myself around some very creative writers who have carved their own niche into the blogosphere. Shout out to my homie Eddie Maisonet creator of http://www.edthesportsfan.com. He shared with me the first post he wrote back in 2008 and this post is inspired by that. Keep doing your thing bro.

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What We Learned from SB XLV

Superbowl XVL will be remembered for Aaron Rodgers catapulting himself into the upper echelon of NFL Quarterbacks. The Packers beat the Steelers in what I would call a very good but not great game, which is fine by me because not every Superbowl can be great. So, what else did we learn from the Superbowl?

Shawn Kemp - Throwback Tues.

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Shawn Kemp was known as the reign man in the NBA during the early 90's. Before his career ended Kemp was a All-star and a daily highlight on sportscenter. To the young kats out there Shawn Kemp was Blake Griffin before Blake Griffin was Blake Griffin. Kemp was on yesterday's post (Old School NBA - http://wp.me/p1hrP8-9w ) and we already had him pegged for this weeks Throwback Tuesday a week ago.

Old School NBA ...(To soothe your pain)

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Yes I know our dear football season is gone. ... And I know there is a strong possibility that there might not be football again for next year. ... Welp the silver lining is that there are still other sports going on. The violence of game day experience of football will be missed but we here at Ballers Sports have a special gift for you. To get your appetite wet for the NBA we have assembled some of our favorite NBA highlights of the past.

Class of 2011 - HoF

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Ballers Sports congratulates this years class of Hall of Fame inductees. This class includes one of my favorite players of all-time, Deion Sanders who was the definition of a shut-down corner. This guy was before his time, he was in my opinion the first athlete to successfully understand the balance needed be an entertainer and an athlete. Sanders is joined by 6 other guys who enter into football immortality.

Poll Friday 2.4.11

Each friday we are going to put up a few polls to your take and feel on some of the sports issues we talk about here at Ballers Sports. .. Take a second and vote and comment if you like.



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Ballers Sports Dunk of the Night - Blake Griffin

Mamma there goes that man! .. Blake Griffin is at it again. I will say this. I will give Kyle Korver credit for jumping though. That is a brave man. *slow applause* -- The Clippers eventually lost but hey at least we got more Blake Griffin highlights.  For more on Blake Griffin http://wp.me/p1hrP8-3h

Ballers Sports - Dunk of the Night ... Blake Griffin.

Wilma Rudolph - Ballers Sports Black History Profiles

We at Ballers Sports are dedicated to celebrating Black history month and we will be profiling notable African-American athletes all month long. Today's athlete is Wilma Glodean Rudolph, a woman who succeeded despite her circumstances and became an olympic champion. My father once told me that Wilma Rudolph was a cousin of mine but I don't quite remember the exact connection. The story of Rudolph is inspiring to say the very least and we thought that she would be the perfect athlete to kick off our Ballers Sports Black History profiles.

Lil Penny - Throwback Tues.

"Thats Tyra Banks fool!" ... I'm sure many of you that followed basketball in the 90's remember when lil Penny came on the scene. Penny and Shaq were supposed to be a dominant force for 10+ years. Unfortunately Shaq left Disney world for Disney land to get his rings and Penny became a marginal player. I think Jim Rome said it best about Penny, "He's a good player with a great doll." If you've forgotten about lil Penny, lets take a trip down memory lane.

Super Memories - My Top 5 Super Bowls

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I'm 32 years old and I haven't always been into to football like I am now. Probably around middle school was were the love affair began. I remember as a child my dad would boil peanuts, make sandwiches and we would sneak them into Bucs games. The first Super Bowl that I can remember was when Doug Williams led the Redskins over the Broncos. Since then, I have compiled a top 5  list of my favorite Super Bowls. Check it out.

All-Star Weekend - Who has the best?

I got to thinking this week with the Pro Bowl coming up and the NHL's All-Star weekend on deck, out of all the major sports which one has the best All-Star festivities? Of course all I can do is voice my opinion but what do you guys think? Are you more of a traditional person who likes how baseball does it? Do you prefer the laid back atmosphere and sunny weather that the Pro Bowl offers? Lets take a look.

Poll Friday

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Each friday we are going to put up a few polls to your take and feel on some of the sports issues we talk about here at Ballers Sports. .. Take a second and vote and comment if you like.

Not Just A Game

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Fact: There will be some people who will not be rooting for the Steelers to win the Super Bowl because of the fact that they don't like Ben Roethlisberger. Many times our "fandem" is a result of how we view athletes for what they have done off the field. It's a fine line but when it comes to sports you should always know this ... It's never just a game.

No football? ...Now What?

Before you jump out that window listen to me, just because the football season is about to end doesn't mean you have to spend your Sundays watching lifetime. There are still some good viable sports options for the well-rounded sports fan. Together we can get through this. Whoo-sah!

Cutler Tough

Let it be said ... I will never question another mans toughness. Especially in a sport like football. However, Jay Cutler quit on his team. Yep, I said it. Jay Cutler let his team down. Several things lead me to this conclusion.

Trent Dilfer said this on the post game show: "When doctors say  you can't play you have two choices. 1) not to play and 2) to say no I'm gonna fight to the death and battle. I didn't see any fight in Cutler".

This is my point exactly. This is the NFC championship game, some teams NEVER make it here and you are just gonna sit there on the sidelines with your hoodie on? .. C'mon son.  If you can walk, you can throw. That defense played too hard against that stellar Green Bay offense for Cutler not to be out there. Again, I wasn't going to say anything but once I started seeing former athletes call out Cutler on twitter I became more comfortable in assessment.

Derrick Brooks tweeted: @Dbrooks55 -"Lovie Smith job on the line and this Cutler guy sitting, at least let me see you limp,now Collins got hurt look on his face."

Deion Sanders tweeted: @DeionSanders -" I'm telling u in the playoffs u must drag me off the field. All the medicine in pro lockerooms this dude comes out! I apologize bear fans!"

I could go on and on and I'm not gonna just crap on Cutler, he helped get his team to the Championship game. Let me end by saying this. Every athlete who desires greatness has a moment and that moment can be either really good or really bad.

Today was Cutler's moment.

Celebrating 32

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In honor of the greatness that is myself on my 32nd year of awesomeness, I have devoted this blog post to the great number 32. In sports there have been many to wear the number 32 so I've selected a few of my favorites.

Salute to the great 32

Championship Weekend - I Got Your Winners

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When the season began 32 teams had their sights set on hosting the Lombardi trophy in Dallas and becoming world champs. This Sunday we take one step closer to finding out who those final two teams will be. Last week I recouped from my dreadful 0-4 wildcard weekend and went 3-1 so ya boy is feeling kinda good. This week I've got to go 2-0 and then finish the year strong by picking your Super Bowl winner. Lets go!

Championship Sunday - I Got Your Winners

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When the season began 32 teams had their sights set on hosting the Lombardi trophy in Dallas and becoming world champs. This Sunday we take one step closer to finding out who those final two teams will be. Last week I recouped from my dreadful 0-4 wildcard weekend and went 3-1 so ya boy is feeling kinda good. This week I've got to go 2-0 and then finish the year strong by picking your Super Bowl winner. Lets go!

Tiger - Don't Call It a Comeback

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*Que Music* - Don't call it a comeback, I been here for years, Rockin my peers and puttin suckas in fear. Makin the tears rain down like a MON-soon." - Todd James

I've been playing the game of golf for going on 3 years now and I usually shoot my best rounds when I"m wearing my all red golf shirt. Go figure. I don't know if  it's a mental thing or it's just my imagination but if you have ever played the game of golf you know that your success depends on your ability to focus 100% on every single stroke. With that being said, Tiger Woods tweeted the following this morning:

Greatest Sports Rants

Due to the greatness of the Bart Scott post game interview we here at Ballers Sport got to wondering about our favorite sports rants of all time. We've reached out to you via facebook and twitter and have managed to narrow the list down to 10. When you see the list, understand there is no way that we can rank them in any type of order because they all pertain a small piece of greatness.

In no order here is our top 10:

"Can't Wait"

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I would be doing a disservice to this blog if I didn't post the interview heard round the world. Yes I'm talking about Bart "I'm-angry-and-ready-to-get-in-the-ring" Scott. This postgame was EPIC! I think that I've watched it at least once a day since Sunday and I laugh, every single time.

Don't get it twisted, I love the guys passion and how he plays the game and if word got back to him that I said something about him, I'd have to pack my stuff up and move to Canada.

The best part of the video ?  ... Yep, at the end where he looks like he wants to fight Sal Palontonio, looks him in the eye WWE style and says  ....  "Can't Wait".  I love it!!





The Race Card - A King Tribute

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"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands in moments of challenge and controversy." - Dr. Martin Luther King

Why are you always talking about race? .. .Why does it always have to be a black thing?  ... Why are you always pulling the race card?

Dr. King - My Tribute

 

Seahawks & Pats Lights Out

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Well Falcons and Ravens fans, they say misery loves company and if that is true make room on the couch for the Seahawks and Patriots fans because they will not be playing in Dallas. Can we clearly say now that being a #1 seed and having a bye is not what it's cracked up to be? .. I mean really, if you look at the numbers, teams that earned the first round bye only win 50% of the time. That's hardly an advantage.

The Buc Starts Here

From ESPN ...

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ESPN is doing a series on content of character in honor of Black History month and celebrating the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King. They did a profile on Bucs coach Raheem Morris and his journey from Irvington, NJ to head coach in the NFL.  The original air of this video clip was sometime last week but its such an inspirational piece that I decided to add it to my blog for those who haven't seen it. Yes this may be a homer post, being that I'm a Bucs fan but the message and story of Raheem Morris should inspire most.

http://espn.go.com/videohub/player/embed.swf

Birds Fall from Playoffs

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Whoa!! Did y'all see the story about them birds falling from the sky? .. Well, maybe we should have taken it as a prophetic sign because two more teams with bird mascots are knocked out of the playoffs (Ravens, Falcons). The Ravens-Steelers game, or should I say Steelers - Ravens game lived up to all the hype and I believe we will not see a better game from here on out. The physicality, the hate, hard nose defense and last minute heroics - I mean what more can you ask for?

As for the Falcons- Packers game, or should I say the Packers game, the Falcons fans are going to go to sleep and dream about Aaron Rodgers. He went into the Georgia dome screaming with a spear and ready to kill and thats how you have to beat a team like Atlanta at home. Rodgers could do no wrong against a pourus Atlanta defense. To quote A-Rod "It was just one of those nights".

Congrats to the Steelers and Packers ... on to the next round.

Ballers 2011 NBA All-Stars

Yes ladies and gentlemen it is almost time again for the annual NBA All-Star festivities which will be held in Los Angeles. We got to thinking and we asked ourselves, why not do a blog about the All-Stars that we voted for? After careful deliberation we came up with 10 starters that we at Ballers Sports voted for. You know what they say, many or called but the chosen are 10. Here is our list.

Free Blake Griffin

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21 pts .. 12 boards ...shooting over 50% from the field. These are the numbers from one Mr. Blake Griffin.. One of my favorite hashtags on twitter is #MoreBlakeGriffinHighlightsPlease.

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This weekend the Steelers and Ravens will go into battle and it has me thinking a lot about sports rivalries. The thing about sports rivalries is, it's all about where you're from. Growing up in Florida it was all about Florida vs Florida State. The sport could be basket weaving but as long as it was a Gator vs a Seminole hate was involved.

Dear AI

 

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So word on the street is AI is about to call it quits. I wrote this last year but I thought i would repost. This is for all my AI fans.

In the beginning ...

It was the year 1994 and as a Freshman in High School I instantly became a fan with #3 for the Georgetown Hoyas. As a lifelong Hoyas fan I was drawn to them because "I liked their colors".

Easy's NFL Awards

Bump the Oscars, forget the Emmy's it's time to lay out my picks for the 2010-11 NFL season. We are going to look at; Coach of the year, Offensive and Defensive Rookie of the Year, as well as Offensive and Defensive players of the year. Here at Ballers Sports we want to hear from you so let us know in our comments section who you like and dislike. We are the people's blog and we want to connect with you.

Easy's Divisional Picks

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 Disclaimer: Save your money though because last week, the kid was 0-4. .. Who knew?

The Saints - Who knew? .. Yea they were away but you can't tell me 90% of america didn't pick them.

The Eagles - Who knew? .. Yea this game was a pick em and I picked wrong.

The Colts - Who knew? .. Peyton at home? I took my chances

The Chiefs - Who knew? .. My surprise upset pick, but once Seattle came through on their upset, I knew I was in trouble with this pick.

Ok so here we go, 0 for 4 last week, if I go 4 for 4, I'm back at .500. I'm going with my gut,  no analysis, no breakdown,  no nothing, so here go your winners for this week.

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Packers

Bears

Patriots

Steelers

Money in the bank! ... Shawty what ya drank?

Easy

 

The Mike Vick Experience

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I've lived in Atlanta for over 5 years now and I have experienced many things in my time being here, among those is "The Mike Vick Experience".  You all remember the commercial with the kid riding the Vick rollercoaster. From the moment Mike got to this city he could do absolutely no wrong. ... unfortunately.

SEC Bias - The Drive for Five

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I wrote an article last year entitled "SEC Bias" in which I was beating my chest in that teams from the SEC hold the last 4 BCS Championships. Welp ... This year what do ya know, a SEC team is going for their 5th consecutive title. Those who know me know that I'm a Florida Gators fan all day and its all about that Gators chop. However, I am southern boy born and bred and I got to let the world know when it comes to football in south there is nothing else that tops it. ... Nothing!

In the south Saturdays are for football, Sundays are for God and if you ask southerners which is more important, you might not like the answer. There is just something different about football "round these parts". Kids are born to hate Auburn, love Alabama and vice-versa. The southern rivalries go deep but behind the hatred is a respect for each other that few will admit. So tonight I'm gonna be pulling for Auburn, but best believe when they play Florida next year, .. It's on!

WAR EAGLE - Keep it in the family boys.

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Turn out the lights ...

Saints Fan ... Colts Fan ... Chiefs Fan ... Eagles Fan

"... The party's over. They say that all good things must end, call it a night the party's oveeerrrrr."

Shoutout and Rest in Peace to the greatness that is Don Meredith



Well congrats on making it to the playoffs .. NOW GO HOME!  hahahah ... The only good thing about your team  not making the playoffs is that you can hate on all the teams that make it and get bounced. Yep I did terrible on my picks but at least I didn't get TRUCKED like Tracy Porter of the Saints. Like the homie Bomani Jones says, BEATEMDOWN!!!!!

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Another weekend in the books, who will be the casualties of next weeks playoffs? Will your team be the next to go fishing?

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Heres a question I want to know.  Are you ok with your team being 2nd place at the end? Or is it all or nothing? Vote & Comment.

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Who's on your Sports Rushmore

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When you think about the history of sports and all that you know it to be and I told you to give me 4 athletes for your own Mount Rushmore, could you do it? A while back we had a discussion about this on my radio show and this is actually one of the hardest questions to answer. Here are the rules; any era, any athlete but you only get four?

Easy's Picks for Wildcard Weekend.

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There are a few things in life that you can count on, death, taxes and playoff football!!! .. I'm geeked so here are my locks for the wildcard weekend. And by locks I mean, you may win and you may not, either way I'm not responsible for your gambling habit.

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Ballers Sports (Formely Ballers Radio) is back in effect for 2011. Yeeaaahhh Boy!.. We are doing big things this year and we want you to come along for the ride. We are going to be talking sports 24/7 just for all your sports lovers out there.  Join our mailing list and subscribe to our blog because we want to hear from you.  We're also on Facebook & Twitter (follow us @Ballers_Sports).

Aspiring sports writers if you want to submit an entry or contribute to the site just email us at ballersradio@yahoo.com.