07/24/2008 - Oakland, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Golden State Warriors matched the contract offer the Los Angeles Clippers offered restricted free agent guard Kelenna Azubuike Thursday. Per team policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed.
The Warriors had seven days to match the terms the Clippers offered Azubuike on July 18.
The 24-year-old came to the Warriors in 2007 after spending time with the NBA Development League and has appeared in 122 games over the past two seasons, averaging 8.1 points and 3.4 rebounds per game.
"We are pleased to have Kelenna back in the fold," said Warriors executive vice president of basketball operations Chris Mullin. "He's a young and talented player who has continued to improve during his two seasons with our team. His versatility, athleticism and ability to shoot the three-pointer certainly fit our style of play."
In 84 games -- 17 starts -- last year, the Kentucky product logged 8.5 points and 4.0 rebounds an outing.
<< Cain is able! Giants sweep Nats
San Francisco, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Matt Cain threw a four-hit shutout and
Dave Roberts singled home the winning run in the eighth inning as the San
Francisco Giants completed a three-game sweep over the Washington Nationals
with a
<< Broncos' Smith announces retirement
Denver, CO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Denver Broncos wide receiver Rod Smith
announced his retirement in a Thursday press conference, marking the end of a
12-year career as one of the most consistently productive receivers in the
NFL.
<< Wright State gives Brownell new six-year deal
Dayton, OH (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Wright State University signed head men's
basketball coach Brad Brownell to a new six-year contract on Thursday, keeping
him with the Raiders through the 2013-14 season.
Brownell, the Co-Coach of the Year
<< Royals place Gathright on DL
Kansas City, MO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Kansas City Royals placed
outfielder Joey Gathright on the 15-day disabled list with a bone bruise in
his right shoulder and recalled outfielder Mitch Maier from Triple-A Omaha.
Gathrig
Yun takes out medalist at U.S. Junior >>
Shoal Creek, AL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Andrew Yun, 17, parred the third extra hole
on Thursday to eliminate medalist Jorge Fernandez Valdes in the third round of
match play at the U.S. Junior Amateur Championship.
Yun trailed 2-down with two ho
Dynamo acquire Kamara from 'Quakes for draft pick, allocation >>
Houston, TX (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Houston Dynamo acquired 23-year-old
forward Kei Kamara in a trade with the San Jose Earthquakes, the team
announced on Thursday.
"Our goal has been to add depth at forward, and this move
Pats add a little Mayo to linebacking corps >>
Foxboro, MA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The New England Patriots signed linebacker
Jerod Mayo, their first round pick in the 2008 NFL Draft, to an undisclosed
contract Thursday.
Mayo, the 10th overall pick in April's draft, recorded 236
Wood put on DL >>
Chicago, IL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Chicago Cubs placed pitcher Kerry Wood on
the 15-day disabled list Thursday with a blister on his right index finger.
The move is retroactive to July 14.
The Cubs will make a corresponding roster move
Barry Bonds Watch: Giants Slugger Says He'll Be Back
With only 21 home runs standing between him and Hank Aaron, Barry Bonds is indeed planning on coming back for more in 2007. At least, that's what his agent told the Los Angeles Times.
"Barry's going to play in 2007," Jeff Borris of Beverly Hills Sports Council told the Times on Tuesday. "I've had many discussions with Barry and he's going to play. My intentions are to see to it he's in a big-league uniform next season. Those are my marching orders."
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Trash talk has a place in every competitive endeavor (except baseball; those stirrup-wearers are too busy chewing on their sunflower seeds and their “supplements” to worry about what their opponents are doing).
Fantasy sports is no exception. Any intelligent discussion of the subject would probably start with a thesis statement or a definition of terms. Thankfully, this won’t be an intelligent discussion.
Let me just say that I am happy to take a place in this space alongside my talented colleagues, even our commissioner. (You should see how she bleats like a demented paper boy about league fees on our fantasy site).
Trash talking, I would argue, is primarily about amusing your friends, their sheeplike demeanors and sloping foreheads notwithstanding. The best place I have found for football trash talking is at www.SportsAlarm.com.
Beyond the entertainment factor, though, I would recognize that the sophomoric ritual has one advantage, when properly applied. It magnifies your fantasy triumphs and mitigates your fantasy failures by transforming the eventual point total into an afterthought. Winning makes it seem like your opponent really is a “truss-owning, lapel-pin-wearing nitwit.” And in defeat, trash talk can be the air bag to break the fall from your hyperbolic heights. “The plug-necked yahoos on your team,” you can say, “will be sacking groceries by the end of the season.”
The best trash talk, in my view, is layered and nuanced. And it doesn’t focus only on your opponent’s team. It picks apart your opponent. The idea is to create a shock-and-awe-scale blizzard of nonsense, and the goal is to make your opponent drop his hands from his keyboard in exasperation.
What team does your opponent root for? Accuse a Giants fan of having a Joe Namath pillowcase. Where’s your opponent from? Give a look of concern no matter his reply, then say, “I’ll try to type slower for you next time.” Is your opponent into politics? Label everyone a tax-and-spend corporate shill.
Cap all that with a liberal application of irrelevance. For instance, don’t just conclude by saying your opponent is a “twerp who drafts like my grandmother.” Say that your opponent is a “sweater-wearing, eyebrow-plucking twerp who drafts his team about as well as Zsa Zsa Gabor gave acceptance speeches at the Oscars.” By the time your foe makes sense of that, his starting running back will have had puppies.
But what about you? Hmm? Recall a memorable slam? Have a tried-and-true technique? Know someone who seems impervious to insult? Take a moment and tells us about it. Put together some (fit-for-publication) thoughts. You won’t be too busy returning phone messages from your friends, I’m sure, to reply.
In addition to the trash talking, the Sports Alarm has a huge gallery of high resolution pictures of beautiful women and models in bikinis. The most popular models are: Lindsay Lohan, Carrie Underwood, Alessandra Ambrosio, and Paris Hilton.
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