Ben Gordon finally commits to Great Britain national basketball team
May 8th, 2010

Excellent news.

The only way you would not know that I am British is if you:

a) have never been to this website before today,
b) have been here before but understandably don’t read any of the words I write, or
c) know so little about vexillology that you didn’t even realise that the site’s logo had a flag in it.

Because of my nationality – English rather than British, but we’ll worry about that later – it is inevitable …

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Jay Williams attempting a comeback, sort of
August 12th, 2009

Former Bull Jay Williams plays again, for the first time in two and a half years.

Former NBA point guard Jay Williams is aiming to relaunch his career through the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA).

Williams, the second overall pick by the Chicago Bulls in the 2002 NBA draft – behind Yao Ming, almost lost his life in a motorcycle accident a year later and his promising career appeared to be over.

(more at the link)

Since his accident in …

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Some bonus Rodney Rogers
December 5th, 2008

Upset as we are about the news of Rodney Rogers’s accident and paralysis, there’s only one way to tribute the man, and that’s with a Rodney Rogers Highlight Montage.

Unfortunately, I don’t have one. But I do have this awesome clip, of Rodney Rogers scoring 9 points in 9 seconds back in his days with the Denver Nuggets. This clip has been kind of forgotten over the years, as Reggie Miller’s 8 in 18 seconds and Tracy McGrady’s 13 …

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