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Great Expectations

Jamie LeSuer

NBA history explored through a cinematic lens.

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2007: Good, Bad, and Ugly

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2006: Oil and Holy Water Don't Mix

Year 10 in NBA 2K franchise mode, when the “new save file” option is looking mighty appealing

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2005: No Country For Gold Men

Josh Brolin experiments with the run-and-gun offense


I was a crew chief in this league when I was 25 years old.

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My grandfather was a referee. Father too.

`Me and him was refs at the same time, him in colleg...

9 months ago

2004: The Academy Doesn’t Take the Bait

The term “Oscar bait” carries insidious connotations. First, it implies that the Academy Awards do not in fact always reward the most deserving performances and have biases that can be played on. Second, it implies there are movies made wit...

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Introduction: Great Expectations

I’ve been an NBA devotee just about as long as I can remember, but with the minor exception of a few-odd March Madness pools for chump change, I’ve never been a sports bettor. Even in those cases, with so little at stake, the stress it adds...

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