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September 19, 2012 by David Gillaspie
THE LAST WORD The exchange between coach and team is prime ground for misunderstanding, misinterpretation, and mistakes. You might call …
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Category: basketball, boomers, Oregon Sports News
| Tags: boomer generation, coaching, competition, culture, drama, high school, humor, Oregon, people, rec-league, Recreation and Sports, sports, training
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August 15, 2012 by David Gillaspie
YOU KNOW IT WHEN YOU SEE IT Coming down from the London Olympics is like the day after the Super …
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Category: basketball, Oregon Sports News, southern states, sports
| Tags: Charles Barkley, choices, college wrestling, competition, culture, deegeesbb, humor, NBA, Olympic, Olympic Games, oregon sports news, people, Shaquille O'Neal, sports writer, Super Bowl, Terrell Owens
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June 8, 2012 by David Gillaspie
A QUESTION OF VISION, OR LACK OF ANYTHING BETTER TO DO Lakers and Celtics starters from the eighties mold the …
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Category: basketball, sports
| Tags: Boston Celtics, Byron Scott, Celtics, Danny Ainge, Dennis Johnson, James Worthy, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Kevin McHale, Kurt Rambis, Laker, larry bird, leadership, legacy, Magic Johnson, National Basketball Association, NBA, Robert Parish
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May 30, 2012 by David Gillaspie
OR, WHAT A NICE OFFICE! Communities celebrate each anniversary of their pro teams whether they’re on a championship level, or …
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Category: basketball, Oregon Sports News
| Tags: boomer generation, Charlotte Bobcats, competition, David Gillaspie, Kevin Pritchard, Larry Miller, Michael Jordan, NBA, Oklahoma Thunder, Oregon, Paul Allen, Portland Trail Blazers, Rich Cho, The Oregonian
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May 24, 2012 by David Gillaspie
Sports fans around the world know the difference. Do you? A local businessman explained ‘trying’ and ‘doing.’ “I told my …
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Category: basketball
| Tags: championships, Dwyane Wade, essay, flagrant foul, Greg Oden, Indiana Pacers, Kevin Durant, LeBron James, Miami Heat, NBA, nba playoffs, sports, Tyler Hansbrough, winning
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February 16, 2012 by David Gillaspie
Make it right, not a right angle. (originally posted on oregonsportsnews.com) To misquote Denny Green while he coached the Arizona …
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Category: basketball, Oregon Sports News
| Tags: business, David Gillaspie, essay, Kevin Pitchard, Nate McMillan, oregon sports news, Paul Allen, portland, Portland Trail Blazers, Rich Cho, Rose Garden, Seattle, sports fan
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January 19, 2012 by David Gillaspie
(originally filed with oregonsportsnews.com) When you hear the word ‘window’, it usually means dirty window and you’re just the one …
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Category: basketball, sports
| Tags: Bill Walton, Blazer, Brandon Roy, David Gillaspie, Geoff Petrie, Greg Oden, history, LaMarcus Aldridge, NBA, portland, Portland Trail Blazers, Rose Garden, Sidney Wicks, sports
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November 20, 2011 by David Gillaspie
by David Gillaspie Deron Williams has a problem like no other NBA player. If a youth spent in Texas began to toughen …
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Category: basketball
| Tags: boomer generation, Brooklyn, Carmine Galante, culture, David Gillaspie, Deron Williams, essay, humor, Jerry Sloan, Mikhail Prokhorov, NBA, New Jersey Nets, sports, Utah Jazz, writer
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July 25, 2011 by David Gillaspie
ONCE, TWICE, THREE TIMES A FOGEY One: Learn to avoid competition with your kids. It might start out innocent, but …
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Category: basketball, sports
| Tags: aging, boomer generation, competition, culture, Dallas Mavericks, David Gillaspie, gym, humor, lap pool pentathlon, NBA, Shawn Marion, workout
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July 9, 2011 by David Gillaspie
President Barak Obama leads the nation, that’s the job he signed up for. Did he know what he was getting …
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Category: basketball, education, history, political
| Tags: Al Gore, Barack Obama, boomer generation, culture, David Gillaspie, economy, Harry Truman, Jimmy Carter, Manhattan Project, New Mexico, sports, stress, United States, White House
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February 14, 2011 by David Gillaspie
Don’t Blame Jerry Sloan On Deron Williams The greatest axiom in any sport is DON’T QUIT. How else …
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Category: basketball, sports
| Tags: competition, Deron Williams, essay, Jerry Sloan, Michael Jordan, National Basketball Association, Paul Westhead, Sonny Liston, sports, Utah Jazz, writer
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