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Tip-Off Timer: Loughery Survived 73 Losses with '73 Sixers

Tip-Off Timer counts down the days until the first game of the 2009-10 season. On Saturday, there are 73 days remaining.Kevin Loughery doesn't think about it much – he had plenty of success in his career -- but he usually gets reminded every few years when a team really goes into the dumper, and people start opening...

PJ Brown and Dr. J Talk Basketball

Elie Seckbach, the Embedded NBA Correspondent, brings his exclusive video reporting to FanHouse. Check back regularly for more videos. In this exclusive video we talk to NBA Champion PJ Brown about his 15-year career in the NBA. Among other things PJ tells us the player he most admires is Hall of Famer Julius Erving....

Barack Obama Would Rather Be Dr. J Than President of the United States

Barack Obama appeared on WIP 610 AM (you can hear the audio at the 700 Level) in Pennsylvania today and after talking about what a "terrible" bowler he is, he got into a discussion with some of the hosts -- including Angelo Cataldi, Al Morganti, Rhea Hughes and Mitch "Wild Thing" Williams -- about the good Dr. Julius...

When Defensive Gambling Pays

If a player gets a lot of blocks and steals, there's a good chance he's in my personal top ten (e.g. Gerald Wallace, Kevin Garnett, Ben Wallace before the ring). Which is why I was positively delighted by David Friedman's article on the 100-100 club.Gambling on defense is typically frowned upon; how many times have your...

Parity in the NBA? Not Really

In the wake of last year's playoffs, there were thoughts that the league office's mechanisms for parity had finally started to kick in. From the salary cap and the luxury tax threshold, to changing the rules to benefit teams without a traditional center, to creating the draft lottery, the NBA has been making an effort to...

JuliusErving News From the Web

05/23/12 Julius Erving Believes Sixers Can Still Win Series,... Source: NESN Julius Erving is one of the most well known basketball players in the history of the game.
05/17/12 CELTICS: Kevin Garnett scores 27, Boston pounds 76ers... Source: Middletown Press - Middletown CT Thaddeus Young scored 22 points and Jrue Holiday had 15 for the Sixers.
05/07/12 Julius Erving Named 76ers Advisor Source: Sports Business Daily The 76ers have hired Basketball HOFer Julius Erving as a Strategic Advisor.
05/05/12 Hall Of Famer Erving Returns To 76ers As Adviser Source: CBS - KYW CBS 3 - Philadelphia PA Julius Erving has returned to the Philadelphia 76ers as a strategic adviser.
05/05/12 PRO BASKETBALL Celtics prevail over Hawks in overtime Source: The Sun Herald - Biloxi MS Ray Allen returned for Boston after missing almost a month and scored 13 points in 38 minutes.