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Sixers coach Larry Brown and superstar Allen Iverson, who squabbled so much last season that doubts repeatedly circulated about them being able to co-exist on the same team, are now headed to Washington together. And on the ride with them will be 6-10 Theo Ratliff, whose long…
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Read on mcall.com →While All-Star guard Allen Iverson won’t be doing what he does best during the holiday season, Rodney Buford will be opening the one gift he had been hoping for since being waived by the Charlotte Hornets on Oct. 2. That gift is the opportunity to play in the NBA again, and not…
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Read on mcall.com →Vacation time would be a welcome sight for the Philadelphia 76ers right now, but the NBA schedule affords them only today and Monday off before they must take their aching bodies and depleted lineup out West for games this week against Utah, Golden State and Sacramento. They’ll…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Nobody can say that the Philadelphia 76ers are afraid to take huge chances, even players like Toni Kukoc, who has been in the coach’s doghouse all season. Doghouse or not, Kukoc had a chance to extend a game the Sixers had well within their grasp until the Utah Jazz and their…
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Read on mcall.com →Coach Larry Brown and the Philadelphia 76ers were back together Wednesday night, on the same page, focused on building on their 18-6 record, and hoping that they could somehow keep their family business in-house. But they play and coach in the NBA, a league in which egos seem to…
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Read on mcall.com →Money, fame and highlight-reel dunks are far from what Sacramento Kings forward Chris Webber is out for these days. These are the not-so-rowdy days for Webber in Sacramento, his NBA home the last three seasons. There is no Latrell Sprewell or Rod Strickland to bring the growl…
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Read on mcall.com →Central Catholic was out of groove and down by two points when Danny Hinds broke loose, basically demanding to have the ball in his hands. He is the senior leader, the go-to player who’s on the recruiting list of several Division I men’s basketball programs. So when the game is…
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Read on mcall.com →It hasn’t become so bad at Washington Wizards home games that fans are wearing paper bags, but boos are routinely heard around the MCI Center. A sellout crowd of 20,674 packed into the Wizards’ Nov. 3 home opener against the New York Knicks, an 80-76 Washington loss. Over its…
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Read on mcall.com →You better watch out. You better not hesitate. The reason why is Theo Ratliff, the Philadelphia 76ers 6-10 center who jumps above the rim and who often comes out of nowhere to block shots. He started rejecting shots with authority in the season opener against the New York…
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Read on mcall.com →They have to watch what they say, and be careful what they do, on and off the court, otherwise NBA players, coaches and owners are subject to fines by commissioner David Stern and his discipline board. That’s the way it looks, that’s the way it has been, and that’s the way it…
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Read on mcall.com →Allen Iverson’s and Larry Brown’s relationship is far from an issue now, but in reality it never was anything more than egos clashing. Think about it. They’re both strong-willed, and both want to control the Philadelphia 76ers. Think about it. Brown, the head coach, calls all…
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Read on mcall.com →The last time the Philadelphia 76ers lost a regular-season game, the 104th Boston Marathon had just been swept by two Kenyans, Florida residents weren’t slowing up the democratic process, and guard Eric Snow had scored 20 points in a game just twice in his career. That was April…
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Read on mcall.com →For most people who admire legendary past African-American basketball players, names such as the late Wilt Chamberlain, Bill Russell, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Magic Johnson, Julius ‘Dr. J’ Erving and Michael Jordan probably come to mind first. That’s because they are revered…
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Read on mcall.com →Do you have a question concerning the Sixers? You probably want to know if they can make the playoffs three years in a row. If so, check out the 10 questions and answers below. Maybe you’ll have other questions. Maybe your answers are different. Anyway, read on and perhaps the…
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Read on mcall.com →Allen Iverson showed up in his baggy clothes, hair nicely braided and with an attitude that gained immediate notice. Then, without being asked, he said to everybody gathered around, ‘I’m the captain.’ That took place on the Philadelphia 76ers’ media day, and it was a firm…
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Read on mcall.com →No slaps on the wrist in the NBA. The commissioner’s law prohibits it, especially for the unremorseful. That point was made emphatically clear Wednesday when NBA Commissioner David Stern punished the Minnesota Timberwolves for their fraudulent contract negotiations with power…
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Read on mcall.com →The next time they play on this court and rouse the fans in the First Union Center, wins and losses will count much more. Whether 1-0 or 0-1 following their season-opening game Halloween night in New York, when the Philadelphia 76ers play host to the Toronto Raptors Nov. 1 at…
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Read on mcall.com →Jeff Van Gundy works in Gotham City where hearts are cold and where expectations are seemingly higher than the Empire State Building. But as coach of the New York Knicks, Van Gundy has not lost his decency or his respect of the men who help make the NBA the greatest professional…
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Read on mcall.com →Before Michael Jordan led the Chicago Bulls to six NBA titles in the 1990s and long before Allen Iverson entered the league, a 6-1 guard nicknamed ‘Zeke’ roused crowds with his deft passing and fearless court demeanor. Saturday in Springfield, Mass, where Dr. James Naismith gave…
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Read on mcall.com →Allentown rapper Vincent Eggleston wishes he could go one-on-one with Philadelphia 76ers guard Allen Iverson. Eggleston, whose non-explicit ‘My Life, My Love, My Music’ CD will soon be released, knows that Iverson wouldn’t be able to hang with him, or relate to the audience…
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Read on mcall.com →George Lynch has opened the Philadelphia 76ers’ training camp with an invitation to Toni Kukoc — bring it on. To Lynch, this is like his rookie season in 1993 with the Los Angeles Lakers, but with one exception. Seven years ago, Lynch had no shot at being a starter. Not so now.…
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Read on mcall.com →Allen Iverson is mad and hurt that the Philadelphia 76ers management tried to trade him. He’s also hip and hop, and to understand more about that, check out his upcoming rap album, ‘Non-Fiction,’ an X-rated album that’s loaded with profanity and lyrics about gangster life. Asked…
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