December 2011
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Complete 2011-12 NBA preview
My NBA preview hits newsstands on Saturday. If you can’t wait, here’s your reading material leading up to opening tip on Sunday:
Five on five: Western Conference preview
Five on five: Eastern Conference preview
Top 2011-12 NBA story lines
Western Conference preseason power rankings and predictions
Eastern Conference preseason power rankings and predictions
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Teaser: Buy Saturday's Newsday
You should already have a subscription to Newsday. Or at least be picking it up everyday from a newsstand. If not, make sure you get Saturday’s edition. NBA preview is coming out, including analysis and predictions from yours truly. More on Saturday.
Also, each Monday, I’ll be working on NBA power rankings for Newsday.com. I’ll link here each week, of course.
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An open letter to Express on behalf of...
I sent this in am email to Express earlier today. I wanted to share with everyone, and see if others share my plight.
To Whom It May Concern,
Express makes a superb-fitting, great-looking product. I find the Extra Slim Fit 1MX shirts are the only dress shirts in all of the tristate area that fit me properly. In fact, the shirts made such an impression on me that after looking at my reflection in...
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Nine players the Knicks will target in free agency →
They don’t have much money, but the Knicks will look to add a handful of pieces in free agency. Alan Hahn gave me nine names the team will look at, and I did some research on where they’re at and what they could bring to the team.
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Curtis Granderson on his new book, and having fun →
The meat and potatoes from my interview with Curtis Granderson on Wednesday.
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Excerpts from Curtis Granderson interview
I posted in the Steel Cage at Newsday.com earlier today about Curtis Granderson’s affinity for the WWE, and tomorrow on Newsday.com, you’ll find a feature on Granderson and his new children’s book, “All You Can Be: Learning & Growing Through Sports.”
In the meantime, some of the interview didn’t make it to “print” — or whatever you’d...
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Curtis Granderson talks WWE →
I spoke with Curtis Granderson on Wednesday about his new children’s book, the Yankees and, naturally, the WWE. This is from the latter, where Granderson talks about his hypothetical finisher, and why a 12-year-old Curtis Granderson would have chosen fighting in the main event at Wrestlemania 23 over his 20-20-20-20 season in 2007.