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Lescarpenter

  1. Yahoo column: Who says the basketball has to be pretty to have a good series? Sixers' story is a fun one: tinyurl.com/78npgdq #sixers #NBA 6:27 AM May 24th via web
  2. Yahoo column: Even at 36, KG's fire still pulling Celtics through these playoffs: tinyurl.com/c4hpso8 6:50 AM May 22nd via web
  3. Who would have expected to write : The Celtics would be dead without the offense of Greg Stiemsma...in Game 5 of an NBA playoff series? 4:27 PM May 21st via web
  4. Yahoo column: Desperate 76ers were down to final ploy against Celtics. It worked: tinyurl.com/cjmz753 6:33 AM May 19th via web
  5. Words "no hitter" and "Pirates" always make me think of Dock Ellis. They don't make ballplayers like they used to: tinyurl.com/yzv6y5m 6:06 PM May 18th via web
  6. not sure what's more humiliating: Sixers start in this one or all the Celtics fans in arena 5:21 PM May 18th via web
  7. fire displays in Sixers over the top pre game intro may have scorched my eyebrows 5:09 PM May 18th via web
  8. Yahoo column: Celts creakiness is giving young, inexperienced Sixers hope: tinyurl.com/82lunx2 7:24 AM May 15th via web
  9. @shanv22 send me a direct message 2:19 PM May 14th via web in reply to shanv22
  10. @DanWolken never compare your columns to the random typings of a 7 year old 5:43 PM May 12th via Twitter for iPad in reply to DanWolken
  11. @DanWolken kids got the iPad again 5:34 PM May 12th via Twitter for iPad in reply to DanWolken
  12. Yahoo story: Philadelphia Eagle Phillip Thomas and the mysterious man who is pretending to be him: tinyurl.com/6o37sx2 #Eagles #NFL 6:35 AM May 12th via web
  13. After giving up home runs to the first 3 Orioles he faced Colby Lewis has struck out 5 in a row. Balt and Tex has been a series of extremes 1:37 PM May 10th via web
  14. Now this is interesting, the first three Orioles have hit home runs in bottom of first. Fourth, Adam Jones, hits ball to cf fence 1:18 PM May 10th via web
  15. So on Josh Hamilton's first ab after four HRs, he strikes out. An anticlimactic moment made worse with only about 1,000 people in the stands 1:12 PM May 10th via web
  16. Good story from Yahoo's @KevinI on the huge financial impact from the failed PED test of DC's Lamont Peterson: tinyurl.com/8xant9n 7:50 PM May 9th via web
  17. Big story from @JasonColeYahoo on how Saints coaches instructed Anthony Hargrove to lie about bounty program: tinyurl.com/7sd29wb 11:49 AM May 7th via web
  18. Yahoo column: Contrary to what Donovan McNabb says, Mike Shanahan will adjust for RG III: tinyurl.com/7ggnpgv #Redskins 7:09 AM May 7th via web