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      Duke gets nice win at Florida State

      January 17, 2008 /

      Duke lost both meetings with FSU last season, and for a moment it looked like they may lose a third straight, but some clutch play from the otherwise quiet Greg Paulus was the difference in the game. With 2:32 play and Duke up three, Paulus stole a pass and converted the layup to give the Blue Devils a five-point lead. In all, he scored six of his nine points in the final two and a half minutes, leading Duke to a 70-57 victory. The game was closer than the final score would indicate.

      Jon Scheyer scored 21 points on 9-13 shooting. It was his second highest point total this season, but he scored his last point of the game with 12:44 to play in the second half. Down the stretch, it was Paulus, DeMarcus Nelson and freshman Kyle Singler who scored most of Duke’s points. (Singler looks like he’ll be a great player, by the way.)

      The fifth-ranked Blue Devils are still a young team, but they have more depth than in years past. It will be interesting to see how this team comes together over the course of the ACC regular season.

      College Basketball

      Jessica Simpson’s plan to destroy the Cowboys

      January 17, 2008 /

      The Onion is at it again.

      Here’s an excerpt.

      Speaking to reporters she had invited into her impenetrable subterranean Texas lair on Monday, Jessica Simpson gloated over the victory she recently achieved after nearly two years of using her personal charms, her unique brand of cunning, and every resource at her disposal to meticulously plot the downfall of the Cowboys’ 2007 season.

      “Ever since I was a little girl growing up in football-obsessed Texas, it’s been a dream of mine to completely bring the evil, arrogant Cowboys organization and its boorish and cocky fans to their knees. But the suave and sophisticated players on that team are nigh-unapproachable for a nice country girl like me,” Simpson declared from her Throne of Thorns, situated in the surveillance room of her headquarters. “And then I saw Tony. Instantly I knew that he was the weak link, the keystone, the only one for me to exploit.”

      Miss Evil

      Read the rest after the jump.

      Fantasy Football, NFL, Rumors & Gossip

      Randolph to Bucks deal nixed?

      January 15, 2008 /

      Peter Vescey of The New York Post is reporting that Bucks’ GM Larry Harris apparently rejected a trade offer from the Knicks that would have sent Zach Randolph and Renaldo Balkman to Milwaukee for Charlie Villanueva, Bobby Simmons and Dan Gadzuric.

      As far as I can determine, the word got out when Harris called his Trail Blazers counterpart, Kevin Pritchard, to check out Randolph, whom the Knicks acquired from Portland last June on draft night, and someone in their organization leaked it to a reporter for The Oregonian.

      By that time, the Bucks had summarily rejected the Knicks’ proposal.

      The deal would be a no-brainer for the Bucks if not for Randolph’s considerable baggage. He was a stud (23.6 points, 10.1 rebounds) and a relatively good citizen in his last year in Portland, but he has clashed with management in New York, which has prompted this trade offer. He is a force down low and commands a double-team, something that would help the Bucks and their plethora of jump shooters.

      Simmons isn’t the same player since his foot injury and Villanueva has been decidedly average coming off the bench in Milwaukee.

      It appears that Harris was seriously considering the offer, but nixed it after talking to Portland about Randolph.

      Fantasy Basketball, NBA, Rumors & Gossip

      Bynum’s injury could derail Lakers’ terrific start

      January 14, 2008 /

      The Lakers are off to a great start this season, but the early word on Andrew Bynum’s knee injury is that he’s going to miss eight weeks. It looks like a dislocated kneecap, which won’t require surgery but will require a lot of rest.

      The team has won six straight and is 25-11, which puts them just a half game behind the Suns in the Pacific. They play in Seattle tonight and then they have the Suns, Nuggets, Spurs, Mavs and Cavs over the next two weeks. Then, after a home game against the Knicks, they play 12 of the next 13 games on the road, so if the team struggles without Bynum, things could get ugly very quickly.

      In the 25 games that Bynum started, he averaged 14.6 points and 10.7 rebounds, and shot an eye-popping 65.6% from the field. During the team’s six-game win streak, he averaged 17.3 points, 12.2 rebounds and 2.3 blocks, which are borderline All-Star numbers.

      Kwame Brown will likely be the main guy to try to fill Bynum’s shoes, and while he’s a decent defensive center, he just doesn’t have Bynum’s feel on offense.

      If the Lakers go into a major slide, Kobe may not stay quiet on those trade demands he made last summer, though you’d think that Bynum’s play would have Bryant feeling pretty good about the Lakers’ short-term future.

      Fantasy Basketball, NBA

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