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I didn't know Dusty was in WWF before his 89-90 stint.

Non-wrestling obviously, since I'm retired, lol.

I guess since all the legends are slowly returning, I'll have to appear at AM IV in some capacity.

Benoit was injured for those first three, IIRC.

Hey, I lost two more Elite Eight teams tonight! Fuck you, Arizona, and you, Louisville.

They also took out the news and obituaries from past years, and only print the ones that happened that year.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=cryi...v=tsn&type=lgns I picked up a magazine at the grocery store that included the above article, and also the "All-Call" teams, as voted on by 25 players, coaches, assisants and personnel executives. Here is what they voted. The below is typed directly from Sporting News Magazine "All-Call" First Team PG: Allen Iverson, 76ers. Fearless dashes to the basket, combined with his 165-pound frame, make every hit he takes seem like a flagrant foul. SG: Kobe Bryant, Lakers. Though his image has taken some hits, defenders feel he still gets whistles with the best of them. SF: Tracy McGrady, Rockets. Opponents say McGrady has gotten better at working referees - initiating contact to force a whistle and conducting gamelong chats with the officials. PF: Tim Duncan, Spurs. One player says officials think Duncan is "a saint" because of his nice-guy image and that gets him to the foul line. C: Shaquille O'Neal, Heat. Most acknowledge that officiating games with O'Neal is almost as tough as defending him because of the amount of contact he absorbs. "All-Call" Second Team PG: Stephon Marbury, Knicks. Marbury has a strong build and good balance, which allow him to create contact, get a call and still finish a play. SG: Ray Allen, Sonics. Allen is primarily a jump shooter, but he is crafty off the dribble and able to take advantage of players who try to crowd his jumper. SF: Paul Pierce, Celtics. Another guy who's smooth to the rim when he's driving, Pierce has a knack for flipping his head backward to exaggerate the effects of contact. PF: Kevin Garnett, Timberwolves. Being the MVP has its privileges, and most defenders think that means K.G. gets away with a lot. C: Yao Ming, Rockets. Sometimes, there's no way to handle a 7-6 center other than to foul him. But Wait... The problem with the players' All-Call choices is that their picks are not supported by statistical evidence. There may be a sense that Kevin Garnett gets favorable treatment from referees, but there is no proof. In fact, Garnett gets fewer calls than Brian Cardinal and Mike Sweetney. As for the notion young players get no calls, the three power forwards who draw the most fouls per offensive touch - Amare Stoudemire, Dwight Howard, and Chris Bosh - have an average age of just over 20. Star players go to the free throw line more often because they touch the ball more than lesser players. That gives stars more opportunity to be fouled. A good way to measure which players are getting the calls is to look at how often each player touches the ball on offense in relation to the number of free throws he shoots. There is no stat for touches, but we can get a rough idea by adding shot attempts, assists, offensive rebounds and turnovers. It's not perfect, but it gives us a sense of how frequently a player touches the ball. Divide touches by total free throw attempts, and you get the number of touches a player gets for each trip to the line. A low number means the player is getting a lot of whistles. Garnett, according to this formula, goes to the line once for every 4.4 times he touches the ball. Cardinal (3.4) and Sweetney (2.8) get whistles much more frequently. So, who's really getting to the line most? Shaq, you might guess - incorrectly. He gets a free throw every 2.2 touches. Sonics center Danny Fortson is the league leader, with a foul shot every 1.9 touches. The real "All-Call" team First Team (touches per FTA) Gets more calls than... PG: Dwayne Wade, Heat (3.0). Allen Iverson, who is a second-team All-Call guy, according to the numbers. SG: Kobe Bryant, Lakers (2.9). LeBron James, who gets 4.3 touches per free throw. SF: Corey Magette, Clippers (2.3). Any other perimeter player. PF: Amare Stoudemire, Suns (2.4). Tim Duncan, who checks in at 3.4. C: Danny Fortson, Sonics (1.9). Shaq. Believe it. Second Team (touches per FTA) Gets more calls than... PG: Allen Iverson, 76ers (3.5). Fellow All-Star point guard Steve Nash, who gets just one free throw every 8.5 touches. SG: Jerry Stackhouse, Mavericks (3.2). Michael Finley (7.8), the guy Stackhouse backs up. SF: Paul Pierce, Celtics (2.8). Tracy McGrady (4.2), Vince Carter (4.6), and Ray Allen (5.4). PF: Dwight Howard, Magic (2.7). Dirk Nowitzki (3.9) and Kevin Garnett (4.4). C: Shaquille O'Neal, Heat (2.2). Anyone except Fortson. Very interesting stuff, indeed. Thoughts?

I haven't seen it, and I've definitely been on the lookout for it, as well. I thought it was usually out by the beginning for February. If it's not out in your area by now, I would doubt that it's coming out there.

The flat belt looks like a mousepad.

wtf dont post if u dont care fag

It's down to Dee Brown and Matt Bullard.

"Eagan shouldn't have been banned" "How would you know, you just registered a week ago! PBP BAN PLZ" "What are you talking about? I've been lurking here for nearly two years now!"

cawthon's site has a lot of PPV posters. As far as magazine covers, best I can tell you is just to do a Yahoo search.

Except he doesn't legitimately suck.

London had a dark match against Spike that he won with the 450. At least that's the way I interpreted it from the spoilers.

Because some of us don't possess the blind hatred of him that you do?

Here's the stat I was telling VitX about I was working on. And keep in mind, the touches stat is an approximation (although both numbers ending in 0 is a complete coincidence. Kobe Bryant 1700 touches in 53 games 1700/323 assists = 1 assist every 5.26 touches 1700/1,092 FGA = 1 FGA every 1.56 touches 42.9% from the field Tracy McGrady 1970 touches in 64 games 1970/377 assists = 1 assist every 5.23 touches 1970/1,367 FGA = 1 FGA every 1.44 touches 42.4% for the field It's not even as light-shedding as I thought it would be, because I thought I could figure out a way to factor in the number of times they passed the ball without it leading to an assist, but I can't. But I'm posting this anyway because dammit, I didn't type all this four only four replies.

Then let's see a stat that would show it. Well, there's obviously no statistical way to prove it for or against anyone, but I'm using the thread I posted last night to come up with something that may shed a tiny light on it. And for the record, that quote was just a general statement, it wasn't intended as a shot at anyone. In other news, Pacers beat the Duncan-less Spurs 100-93, with Reggie Miller reaching the 25,000-point plateau.

This is a question that needs to be addressed, for the good of the board.

Here's what I deciphered from the spoilers that were posted Velocity Jindrak vs one of the Bashams Heidenrich vs a local jobber Kidman/Akio vs Nunzio/Funaki SD! JBL vs Scotty 2 Hotty Rey/Eddie vs Holly/Haas Booker T vs Rene Dupree

Well, it was almost a great idea.

Plus, that is an extremely overrated stat. Just because you average so many assists doesn't necessarily make you more of a team player. For all we know, you could only be passing the ball those six times per game. Steve Francis averages more assists than Doug Christie does, but which one would you rather have as a teammate?

Nice to know that a 7-point lead with 23 seconds left still doesn't prevent Carter from crying like a bitch about his 6th foul.

Dermarr Johnson is looking good in highlights against Washington. It'd be a great story to see him catch on as a go-to-guy or second option somewhere after the broken neck, unfortunately he's stuck in Denver right now. I have to wonder what if Phoenix didn't let him walk in training camp last year. Pacers are about to lose to the Nets for the second time in a week. Watching Vince Carter in this game makes it obvious he was being a big baby about getting a trade and dogging it on the court.