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PepsiCo becomes official marketing partner with NBA
The following is a official release made available to Baller Mind Frame, courtesy of our friends who represent the NBA: PepsiCo and the National Basketball Association (NBA) (on April 13) announced a new multiyear marketing...
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NBA MVP Shares: Part One
Image courtesy of Keith Allison/Flickr . Back in mid-December I wrote an NBA MVP Power Rankings column. I don't have any issue admitting that there were two major problems with that piece: First, it came...
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Orlando Magic Fall to New York Knicks 80-79 in Historically Bad Game
Fresh off taking the playoff-bound Toronto Raptors down to the wire before losing Friday night, the Orlando Magic returned to Amway Center one last time to face the lowly New York Knicks. After making the...
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Live From the Couch: The Spurs are Rising
Image courtesy of Keith Allison/Flickr . BMF Contributor, Brandon Allen Harrison, brings you the most unabashedly biased basketball talk live from the couch in Los Angeles, California. The Rundown: 3:06 - Why the NCAA National...
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A Ray of Sunshine: Sports in Springtime
Image courtesy of A Healthier Michigan/Flickr . Is there a better time to be a sports fan than springtime? As the snow melts in some areas of the country and the temperatures rise, so does...
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NBPA Starts 'Players Choice Awards'
Image courtesy of Erik Daniel Drost/Flickr . Baller Mind Frame's No Layups brings you the hottest NBA stories on the web mixed with personal opinion from our very own Aaron Lanton . Check it often...
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Sorry, Phoenix Suns – The Dallas Mavericks Have Other Plans
The tone was more than set inside the American Airlines Center on a particularly humid evening: The Dallas Mavericks, who had clinched their playoff berth the night before following Oklahoma City Thunder’s loss, were looking...
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Magic Touch! Orlando Defeats Chicago 105-103 on Oladipo's Go-Ahead Bucket
The Orlando Magic returned to action Wednesday night to face the Chicago Bulls for the final time in the regular season. The two conference foes battled ferociously down to the final seconds. There, with the...
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The Cuban Effect on U.S. Sports
Image courtesy of Bob james/Flickr When U.S. President Barack Obama re-opened diplomatic relations with Cuba, there was a lot of speculation as to what impact this would have on the tiny island nation. What business...
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Omri Casspi Sets Career-High in Scoring, Sacramento Kings Beat Minnesota Timberwolves 116-111
Image courtesy of Bryan Horowitz/Flickr. The Sacramento Kings appear to have remedied some of their recent offensive struggles, as the team scored 116 in a victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves. Rudy Gay returned to the...
