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Okay, if you get on a bus out of the arena about 1:30 a.m. and then find refs to sit and tell stories with at Mike’s until the bright lights go on just after 3 and then there’s more stories... Continue reading
Posted 17 hours ago at Doug Smith's Sports Blog
Please read this instead of the disjointed gamer that’s in the paper. And I plan to perhaps stop by Mike’s when I’m done here; the regular fare might not be there ‘til 9 or so. What an epic night. -... Continue reading
Posted yesterday at Doug Smith's Sports Blog
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Ana Julia Torres owns an eight-acre animal refuge north of Cali, Colombia, where she takes in animals no one else wants. Here, she exchanges a hug with Jupiter, a 13-year-old former circus lion. (Chris Kraul/Los Angeles Times/MCT) Continue reading
Posted yesterday at The Daily Beast by Wanda Goodwin
Well here we are, Game 6 in what has to be the most confounding NBA final of any of the 12 or so that I’ve seen at least part of. Four games you’d probably consider blowouts in the first five... Continue reading
Posted yesterday at Doug Smith's Sports Blog
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White Swiss Shepherd dogs 'Kenai', left, and 'Yasu', right, jump into the water during the dog diving competition at the International pedigree dog and purebred cat exhibition in Erfurt, central Germany, Sunday, June 16, 2013. 4,000 dogs and 150 cats from 20 countries re shown at the exhibition. (AP Photo/Jens... Continue reading
Posted yesterday at The Daily Beast by Wanda Goodwin
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Manager Don Mattingly (right) of the Los Angeles Dodgers pushes down coach Alan Trammell of the Arizona Diamondbacks during a bench-clearing brawl in the seventh inning at Dodger Stadium on June 11, 2013 in Los Angeles, (Photo by Stephen Dunn/Getty... Continue reading
Posted 2 days ago at Blue Jays baseball blog
Well, if Tim Leiweke wanted to make significant changes to get away from the Raptors past, he’s picked the right guy to fire. In what I think is a terribly short-sighted move that will rankle as many people as anything... Continue reading
Posted 2 days ago at Doug Smith's Sports Blog
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Selma, the turtle grabs the attention of a stray cat, while on her daily walk out, near Taksim square, in Istanbul, Turkey, June 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) Continue reading
Posted 3 days ago at The Daily Beast by Wanda Goodwin
Well, here we go again. Enjoy, folks. Continue reading
Posted 3 days ago at Doug Smith's Sports Blog
Sorry I’m a bit late, folks. Was enjoying a loafing morning here for a change. Long day ahead; don’t forget to be back around 8 p.m. for the IGBT and a Happy Father’s Day to all. - Q: I'm upset... Continue reading
Posted 3 days ago at Doug Smith's Sports Blog
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A beagle mother and pups look through the kennel of the tracking team out of Staton Correctional Facility in Elmore, Ala., on June 6, 2013. The Department of Corrections maintains eight teams of dogs for tracking purposes across the state and one K-9 drug-detecting team at Easterling Correctional Facility in... Continue reading
Posted 3 days ago at The Daily Beast by Wanda Goodwin
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AP Photo/dpa, Christian Charisius Fisherman Gernot Quaschny rescues a deer from the floods near Schoenhausen, central Germany, Wednesday, June 12, 2013. Due to a broken dike at the river Elbe several villages in the area were flooded. Continue reading
Posted 4 days ago at The Daily Beast by Wanda Goodwin
A mailbag worthy of an NBA Finals, folks. And enough left over to meet back here tomorrow; in fact, room for lots more if there’s stuff on your mind. Going to be a quiet day in San Antonio with some... Continue reading
Posted 4 days ago at Doug Smith's Sports Blog
Oh yeah, crazy late today. And I’d like to tell you I was sleeping like a baby for hours but I can’t. Funny how time gets away from you when you’re in a hospitality suite and all of a sudden... Continue reading
Posted 5 days ago at Doug Smith's Sports Blog
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A tiger is pictured in the zoo in Frankfurt/Main western Germany on June 11, 2013. FRANK RUMPENHORST/AFP/Getty Images Continue reading
Posted 5 days ago at The Daily Beast by Wanda Goodwin
It didn’t make the paper because of deadlines but it made it here, we’ll be back with the usual fare later this morning. - SAN ANTONIO – The response was emphatic, a tour de force of aggressive defence and varied... Continue reading
Posted 6 days ago at Doug Smith's Sports Blog
Well, here we go again. Enjoy, folks. Continue reading
Posted 6 days ago at Doug Smith's Sports Blog
CHICAGO--A few bits and pieces got lost along the way. Such is usually the case in triple overtime hockey games. The winning goal by Andrew Shaw in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final was the most important moment, of... Continue reading
Posted 6 days ago at The Spin
If nothing else, you have to give Billy King, Mikhail Prokorov and the Brooklyn Nets credit for taking a shot. Jason Kidd, head coach? It’s a bold move, taking a franchise icon who was playing for a rival team less... Continue reading
Posted 6 days ago at Doug Smith's Sports Blog
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Hungarian guardian dog Susha sits for a photo in Berlin, June 8, 2013. AP Photo/dpa,Stephanie Pilick Continue reading
Posted 6 days ago at The Daily Beast by Wanda Goodwin
I imagine there were very smart people sitting around late last night, maybe reading entertaining notes and half watching the NBA final who were thinking: How does this happen? How do the two best teams in the league play two... Continue reading
Posted 7 days ago at Doug Smith's Sports Blog
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DIBYANGSHU SARKAR/AFP/Getty Images A mother giraffe licks her 20-day old baby giraffe calf and stays close to him at the Alipore Zoological Garden in Kolkata on June 10, 2013. Continue reading
Posted 7 days ago at The Daily Beast by Wanda Goodwin
Here’s a new gamer if you’d like; we’ll be back with the normal fare sometime later this morning. Enjoy. SAN ANTONIO – It was one of those nights of dreams, unexplainable, unexpected, wonderful. Gary Neal and Danny Green have years... Continue reading
Posted Jun 11, 2013 at Doug Smith's Sports Blog