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With apologies to Andre Iguodala and Quentin Tarantino, the night the Warriors won their first title since 1975, this is how I tucked my son in. By Andrew Pridgen Hello, little man. Boy, I sure heard a bunch about you. See, I’m your dad. I was in… Continue reading The NBA Finals: This jacket is the real MVP

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Premiered in February, this video of the Warriors gambling and singing along to Big Sean’s Blessings got 4 million hits in its first 18 minutes on the line mostly because it’s the most amazing portrayal of a professional athlete’s life in the middle of a historic run… Continue reading The NBA Finals: Regardless of what happens Game 6 Harrison Barnes’ video of the Dubs charter flight is the highlight of the season

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There are three reasonable reactions to the news that the Warriors Monday sold out Oracle Arena to watch Tuesday’s game six on the Jumbotron: Outrage: $15 per seat, $5 parking, full-price concessions (plus, you know, dealing with 17k strong/traffic/bathrooms) to watch TV and not be able to… Continue reading The NBA Finals: There is only one reasonable reaction to Warriors fans paying $60 to watch TV at Oracle Tuesday…

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When one text can change the course of an evening…and maybe a series. By Andrew Pridgen It’s always fun to know a super-fan, especially if they’re from a city not used to winning. Born in the Bronx and raised in pinstripes? You get treated to a Yankees… Continue reading The NBA Finals: Warriors came out to plaaaaayaaay Game 4

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-Or- if Mike Breen loves Australia so much, maybe he should move there. By Andrew Pridgen Game three in attention-starved Cleveland—where they literally used 2 million Bic lighters to make it look like the city had non-vacant buildings and moving cars on the blimp cutaways—was all about… Continue reading The NBA Finals: 24 calls and non-calls that went the Cavs’ way the third quarter of Game 3

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The Warriors woke up this morning with the sting of the worst home loss in franchise history ringing between their collective ears. For the layman, think the same feeling as rushing to your flight at McCarran, wallet a couple grand lighter, when you got to the gate… Continue reading The NBA Finals: Game two equals Trainwreck—not yet in theaters but certainly on the court

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Awwww yeah, here we go — it’s summer sports movie time 2014 edition! (!!!) Summer sports movies usually happen starting right about now, in the summertime. They feature people you often recognize from TV but doing stuff you don’t recognize like giving long speeches and trying not to… Continue reading This summer’s 4 must-see sports movies

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Free basketball for 19,000 d-bags at Oracle for NBA Finals game one as the Warriors take an extra five minutes to temporarily derail the James train 108-100. By Andrew Pridgen The Warriors took game one in spite of LeBron rolling with a Kriss Kross line in his… Continue reading The NBA Finals: Dubs take Game 1, because overtime and Rihanna’s nails