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A Sobering Reality For Some

Posted on September 18, 2013 by Nate Drexler

About a year ago I was on my last leg of covering high school basketball in Chattanooga, Tennessee. My beat was a good one, but mostly because the other writers weren’t fond of covering games in the hood. Lucky me, … Continue reading →

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Embrace The Truth. Some Teams Are Better Than Others

Posted on April 25, 2013 by Nate Drexler

A handful of tweets in the past few days have caught my attention. There appears to be a keen awareness and heavy interest in writers being surprised by both home court advantage and one-sided series’ thus far in the NBA … Continue reading →

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Two Wrongs Don’t Make a Right

Posted on March 23, 2012 by Nate Drexler

What should be done about morality in sports? Does it even matter? Should it affect the way fans and reporters view professional athletes, coaches and organizations? And if it doesn’t, then what kind of observers are we? Too many times … Continue reading →

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Things We Can Observe and Learn

Posted on March 23, 2012 by Nate Drexler

  When Lebron decides to get up and shoot baseline jump shots for a crowd of kids in London, his demeanor totally changes. You can see it all over his face and up in his shoulders. He’s nervous. He doesn’t … Continue reading →

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The last Tebow piece you need to read

Posted on January 19, 2012 by Nate Drexler

I think the lesson we learned this year was simple: Extremes are bad. All season long dudes told other dudes that Tim Tebow doesn’t belong in the NFL because he “can’t throw.” Then other dudes would fire back by saying … Continue reading →

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My Experience: Darius Miles

Posted on November 8, 2011 by Nate Drexler

I was in eighth grade, and a couple of the harder, more street savvy kids in my class started buzzing about some big showcase game at the Kiel Center (as it was called back then) between Vashon High School and … Continue reading →

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The Lockout and Our Collective Identity

Posted on October 20, 2011 by Nate Drexler

I’ve noticed an interesting shift in the conversation regarding the lockout. What started as a hypothetical situation where the owners and players might not agree on terms has turned into a strange rumor-kettle filled with whimsical speculation and, quite frankly, … Continue reading →

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Couple of college bro’s who love the NBA and text about it

Posted on June 29, 2011 by Nate Drexler

My brother John and I share a love for the NBA. Over the course of a regular season we probably meet up several dozen times to watch games, and during the playoffs we watch almost every game together (even if … Continue reading →

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The Scoring Guard Trend

Posted on June 29, 2011 by Nate Drexler

Kyrie Irving owes Derrick Rose a great deal of gratitude for setting a stage in the NBA where athletic point guards can go number one overall. After all, Rose is the reason the last two number one picks have been … Continue reading →

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Nate Drexler: Lebron James Apologist

Posted on June 15, 2011 by Nate Drexler

I will stand behind Lebron James through thick and thin, because as a fan it is what I am inclined to do. You see, we graduated high school the same year, so while my talentless, white private school team put … Continue reading →

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