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Starbucks closing store Magic Johnson brought to Lauderdale Lakes
Mayo on the Side: Broward news columnist Michael Mayo | Sun-Sentinel BlogsSo the economy has come to this: People have to give up their $4 coffees in order to afford $4 gas. Or at least that???s what I make of the widespread store closures announced by Starbucks, around 600 nationally, 59......Tags: Starbucks Corp., Lauderdale Lakes, National Basketball Association
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Minneapolis yakkers claim Magic faked HIV/AIDS
WatchdogMedia Matters, the folks who brought down Don Imus last year, this week uncovered some disturbing radio banter in Minnesota, of all places. Turns out a couple of clowns (jokingly?) wondered whether Earvin Johnson had faked getting the virus that......Tags: Minneapolis, Don Imus, Alcoholic Beverages, The New York Times, Diseases and Illnesses
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ESPN/ABC to make announcement; will it be Magical?
WatchdogESPN/ABC has scheduled a conference call for Monday to make some sort of NBA-related announcement. Hmm. The advisory didn't indicate what the news is about, but I am going to take a stab at this based on informed speculation: I......Tags: Basketball, National Basketball Association
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James Carville, Magic Johnson, Mike Fratello, etc.
WatchdogCommenter "Neil Castiglione Palin Glauber Best," which I'm assuming is not his or her real name, wondered a couple of posts down whether I am aware of a sports media conference call for journalists that attracted zero callers. I am......Tags: XM Satellite Radio, Sarah Palin, Christmas, Satellite Technology, ESPN (tv network)
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Magic Johnson believes Knicks are playoff contenders
WatchdogI participated in the ESPN/ABC call Monday with Magic Johnson, who will be joining the ABC studio crew effective Dec. 25 and who made a brief appearance in my Tuesday newspaper column. During the call he was asked for his......Tags: Jamal Crawford, New York Knicks, National Collegiate Athletic Association
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Kenny Smith says TNT crew made Magic look good
WatchdogCharles Barkley and Kenny Smith had some interesting comments Monday when asked about Magic Johnson's switch from a part-time TNT studio analyst to a part-time ABC/ESPN studio analyst. They included a gentle shot at Magic and his failed 1998 talk......Tags: ESPN (tv network), Basketball, Weaponry, National Basketball Association, Christmas
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'MSG, NY' officially is no more in existing format
WatchdogYou are forgiven if you didn't notice, because, after all, that was part of the problem in the first place, but "MSG, NY" as we have known it over the past two-plus years closed up shop Sunday on MSG. The......Tags: Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, New York Knicks, Shaquille O'Neal
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Five NBA games to be played on Christmas Day/Night
WatchdogI briefly referenced the NBA's unprecedented, Christmas quintupleheader in my newspaper column, but here's the full schedule: Orlando vs. New Orleans, ESPN, 12 p.m. Phoenix vs. San Antonio, ABC, 2:30 p.m. Los Angeles Lakers vs. Boston, ABC, 5 p.m.......Tags: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Wilt Chamberlain, Ray Allen, Government, Movies
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Jeremy Schaap is covering the Obama Inauguration
WatchdogThat's it for this week. Enjoy the conference title games, Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Inauguration Day. Once a week I serve as a writing coach for fifth graders at the local school. This week the talk turned to......Tags: National Government, United States, Ceremonies, Jimmy Connors, Bill Russell
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ESPN promotes South Dakota tourism or something
WatchdogESPN's latest "Mt. Rushmore of Sports" release doesn't make much more sense to me than the last one. It appears Babe Ruth, Jackie Robinson, Joe Namath and Manhasset's own Jim Brown will represent New York in this feature. I'm not......Tags: Edgar Martinez, Muhammad Ali, Larry Bird, Tom Brady, Jim Brown
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Illinois secures Mt. Rushmore honors from ESPN
WatchdogWe lost to Pennsylvania again! New York finished fourth in the final voting for ESPN's "Mt. Rushmore of Sports" feature, which was won by Illinois (Michael Jordan, Walter Payton, Ernie Banks, Mike Ditka) with 28.6 percent of the vote. Pennsylvania......Tags: Wilt Chamberlain, Jim Brown, Jackie Robinson, Willie Mays, Joe Namath
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Dwyane Wade in NBA???s ???Amazing??? playoff ads
The Business of Sports | Sun-Sentinel BlogsHeat guard Dwyane Wade didn???t play Wednesday night against the Boston Celtics, because of a sore hip, but he???ll debut tonight in the NBA???s new playoff ads in the latest installment of the league???s ???Where Amazing Happens??? campaign. Created by.....Tags: Larry Bird, Boston Celtics, Major League Baseball, Michael Jordan, Baseball
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