My wife got the idea a few weeks back to check out a Shanghai Sharks game this season. I hadn’t been to a basketball game here in probably five years. The buddies I went with before have long since left China, and I guess I just never paid much attention to the local [...]
The Sharks Are Alive and Well
February 8th, 2010 · 2 Comments
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Doesn’t China Love the Rockets Anymore?
April 30th, 2008 · No Comments
So the Houston Rockets were playing in a playoff elimination game today against the Utah Jazz… which they happened to win. Or rather it was yesterday, technically, according to local game time in Houston - which is about 14 hours ahead of Shanghai. So it should have been on TV live, [...]
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China Prediction 1: Michael Redd Becomes Hugely Popular
November 27th, 2007 · No Comments
Okay, this one is stupidly easy.
If a horrible person like Steve Francis can become popular just because he was (and now is again) teammates with Yao Ming, hot-shooting, left-handed Redd promises to have many a jersey sold in the Middle Kingdom. (Yes I’m still bitter about Francis’ Eric Lindros-like refusal to report to the [...]
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