Report: Allen Iverson Retires
by Marcel Mutoni / @marcel_mutoni
The details are very scarce at the moment, but according to Yahoo! Sports columnist Marc J. Spears, Allen Iverson’s career has come to an end.
The news broke via Twitter:
AI’s personal mgr Gary Moore tells Y! Sports AI is retiring.
Let that rattle in your brain for a moment.
More on this tomorrow, obviously.
SLAM #104
Originally published in SLAM 104
The 6th Man: Call me jaded, I guess. Like most of our staff, I’ve been at SLAM long enough that I don’t get geeked up to hang with ballplayers anymore. There are exceptions—I’m not even a Jordan fan, but sitting down for a one-on-one with Mike for SLAM 100 was still pretty crazy—but for the most part, spending an hour or two with yet another tall millionaire is just part of the job.
Every once in a while, though, there’s something next level about an interview or photo shoot that makes it worth remembering, even savoring: Something like sitting in a high school lunch room with a relatively unkno
Game Notes: 76ers at Wizards
by Aaron Kaplowitz
Hours after learning that beloved owner Abe Pollin had died, the Washington Wizards held off a late push by the visiting 76ers to pick up their fourth win of the season, 108-107. Antawn Jamison scored a game-high 32 points and collected 14 rebounds and Nick Young, filling in for the injured Mike Miller, pitched in 20 points.
“After wins, knowing you won’t hear that voice saying ‘Good job, men,’ and ‘I believe in you,’ it’s going to be tough,” Jamison said after the game. Jamison, in his sixth season with Washington, was particularly close with the late owner.
Sterling on Winning, Or Lack Thereof
Here’s the Clippers owner flat out lying talking about valuing winning over making money: “If only he could dismiss his team’s poor record so easily, the Lakers a constant reminder of what happens when things go well, and it was Sterling who bought property from Buss so Buss would have the money to buy the Lakers. ‘There are other owners who think we’re successful because we generate so much income,’ Sterling says. “We turn more than a nice profit every year. But you know what? I’d rather not generate any income — and
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