Once the flu didn’t stop Allen Iverson, nobody could. Iverson scored a season-high 50 points, leading the Philadelphia 76ers to a 98-86 victory over the Atlanta Hawks on Saturday night. Kenny Thomas had 13 rebounds, and reserve John Salmons added 13 points for Philadelphia, which leads the Atlantic Division despite a 9-9 record. Weakened by a flu, Iverson had a season-low 12 points and missed 15 of 19 shots in a loss to Indiana on Friday night. He had 13 points in the first quarter against Atlanta, and kept scoring. “I didn’t feel better, but I was rested,” Iverson said. Jason Terry had 20 points and Shareef Abdur-Rahim had 17 for the Hawks, who are off to a 6-12 start. It was the ninth time, including playoffs, that Iverson has scored 50 or more points in his eight seasons. He had 55 in a playoff victory over New Orleans last April. “He was phenomenal,” Sixers coach Randy Ayers said. “We really needed it.” Iverson made six of his seven shots — all jumpers — in the third quarter, and finished 20-of-34, including 4-of-7 from 3-point range. He had 14 of Philadelphia’s 18 points during one stretch as the Sixers pulled away early in the fourth quarter. Consecutive 3-pointers by Iverson and Salmons gave the Sixers an 80-68 lead less than two minutes into the fourth quarter, and the Hawks didn’t threaten the rest of the way. “He wasn’t missing anything,” Hawks forward Stephen Jackson said. “When a guy is shooting like that, there’s nothing you can do.” Iverson scored 14 …
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orlando magic join the nba

The Orlando Magic joined the NBA as an expansion franchise in 1989. A contest sponsored by Orlando Magic team officials and the local Orlando Sentinel newspaper allowed the community to suggest names for their new franchise. The contest of a total of 4,296 submitted entries subsequently narrowed the names to the “Heat”, the “Tropics”, the “Juice” and the “Magic”. On July 27, 1986, it was announced that the committee chose the Magic to be the new name of the Orlando franchise in the NBA. The Magic were one of the four new expansion franchises awarded by the NBA along with the Charlotte Hornets, Miami Heat and Minnesota Timberwolves. Initially, the NBA was planning to expand by three teams, with one franchise going to Florida; however, when both Miami and Orlando ownership groups made successful pitches, the expansion committee decided to expand by four teams, allowing both to have a franchise. The Magic became the first ever major-league professional sports franchise

Taylor Swift Biography

Taylor Swift Biography

“Got the radio on, my old blue jeans, and I’m wearing my heart on my sleeve,” Taylor Swift sings on “A Place in This World,” a self-penned coming-of-age anthem from her Platinum-selling self-titled debut album on Big Machine Records. It’s an apt description of the enthusiastic, down-to-earth young woman whose original compositions about teenage life brim with poignant honesty and an infectious spirit – and have quickly made her country music’s most successful new star. In fact, Taylor recently became the first female solo artist in country music history to write or co-write every song on a million-selling debut album.

In a genre notorious for being slow to change, Taylor is considered to be the first bonafide country star of the MySpace generation. With over 20,000,000 song streams on her MySpace page and digital singles now certified GOLD, Taylor is clearly appealing to — and is the voice of — a new generation

Finally, the Toronto Raptors were able to enjoy the comforts of home Wednesday. Anthony Parker poured in 22 points as the Raptors avoided their fourth consecutive loss at the Air Canada Centre with a 109-96 win over the Philadelphia 76ers. “That’s big for us, we need to capitalize on this stretch while we have home games,” said Chris Bosh, who scored 21 points on the night. “We just need to pick up our play, we need to continue to believe in ourselves and play with a lot of energy at home because it’s definitely an advantage that we need to take.” Jose Calderon finished with 17 points and nine assists for Toronto (18-17). Carlos Delfino finished with 12 points to lead a solid performance by the bench, and Jamario Moon added eight points, nine rebounds and five blocks. “We are trying to get easy baskets which opens things up and I think Chris has just been efficient and AP (Parker) has played well, Jose has been just steady,” said Raptors coach Sam Mitchell. “We’re trying to make a conscious effort to get some easy baskets.” Willie Green had 18 points to top the Sixers (14-22), while Andre Iguodala and Thaddeus Young had 16 apiece. Sixers centre Samuel Dalembert of Montreal finished with eight points and six rebounds. The lead changed hands numerous times through the first half before Toronto broke open the game with a sizzling third quarter in front of 18067 fans. Bosh led the way with 10 points in the period as the Raptors outscored their visitors 27-16 and took …
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How Lucrative It Is To Be The MVP

New York Yankee Alex Rodriguez once said that if he could, he would be more than willing to trade in his MVP awards for a team championship. In other words, he would rather win a championship than receive an MVP award. Such claim, with all honesty, is really hard to believe.

No matter how much they deny it, every athlete’s dream is to receive the Most Valuable Player award. In professional sports, it is the ultimate individual prize. Why? Because apart from all the glamour and fame, a huge and attractive trophy, and a permanent place in the history books, being recognized as the most valuable player almost always brings an enormous bonus. In other words, being an MVP is always followed by the guarantee of earning millions of dollars.

MVPs get gigantic salary raises

To maintain a career, professional athletes need to renew their contract all the time. Having an MVP award on one’s resume is always the greatest bargaining chip. This

The Suns and the Lakers are in control of the Western Conference

After last weekend matches, the Suns and the Lakers lay joint top at the Western Conference, where each has won six matches and lost once. In yesterday’s game the Lakers ensured that the Hornets sting wasn’t going to stop them extend their winning streak to five matches. The Lakers playing at home, won 104-88 with the evergreen Kobe Bryant leading his team with 28 points. Chris Paul, for the visitors, ended the game with 15 points. The Hornets are on downward spiral managing two wins from their seven games they have played so far. For now they are outside the playoff selection bracket.

The Suns are the surprise team, who would have thought they would be at the top right now. Steve Nash seems to have regained his impressive form that had somehow fizzled out last season. Although it’s too early to start predicting how things will turn out, the Suns heat is surely deemed to burn a couple of teams along the way.

The Orlando Magic found

Suns Top Weekly NBA Power Rankings – NBA Basketball Picks

The Phoenix Suns came to the top of NBA Power Rankings this week by playing strong on road including handling the Celtics their first loss the season on Friday.

Five of Suns’ seven games have been on the road in their remarkable 6-1 season opening, who made Boston look like a bad defensive team.

The Celtics were one place down to second with a 7-1 record. Playing eight games in 12 days. Tired legs affected the defense and the three-point shooting.

The Lakers were one place up to third with Kobe Bryant leading the league in scoring again. Lakers are surviving without Pau Gasol, needing overtimes to win in Oklahoma and Houston this week.

The heat also climbed one place up, joining the Nuggets on the list of teams we didn’t think could have a better season than they did last year. But they’ve got a top-five defense and Dwyane Wade hasn’t had to carry as big of a load.

With half the league looking pretty good and

NBA Power Rankings : Nuggets Go Top ? NBA Basketball Picks

Milwaukee Bucks rookie Brandon Jennings explosive start to NBA Basketball Picks life has made the Bucks relevant again and in first place in the Central division. Meanwhile, the Portland Trail blazers have quietly won six straight, however the Boston Celtics drop back-to-back games for the first time this season to see them tumble from top spot.

What does it all mean? The week three power rankings provides the answer.

ATLANTA HAWKS – Jamal Crawford is averaging 17 points off the bench providing the Hawks with the offensive weapon that’s been missing over the last couple of seasons. Atlanta has won three straight and begins a three game homestand on Monday night against the Blazers. I love the way Josh Smith is playing right now. Mature, responsible and unselfish. PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS – Portland has won six straight, but apart from against the San Antonio Spurs, none

Taylor Swift Biography

Taylor Alison Swift was born on December 13, 1989 in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, United States.
She is an American country pop singer–songwriter, guitarist and novice actress

Taylor began learning to play guitar from a computer repairman who showed her how to play three chords.
Right after learning those three chords Taylor wrote her first song Lucky You.

She began writing songs and used it as an outlet to help her with her pain from not fitting in at high school.

Taylor became one of country-pop’s brightest and youngest faces when the 16-year-old vocalist released her first album.

Swift had been performing since early childhood, taking inspiration and encouragement from her opera-singing grandmother Marjorie Finlay.

She sang “The Star-Spangled Banner” before a Philadelphia 76ers game at the age of 11; the following year, she began practicing her guitar skills for several hours each day, only stopping

Worst Sports Teams Ever

Top Worst Teams Ever

It might be a bit embarrassing for some, yet an honor for others to make it into a list of top 10 but 1 thing is for sure, that’s being one of the worst sports teams ever has a funny side, yet an instructive aspect for some sports teams which improved massively later on.

Either an NBA team, NFL, MLB, NHL, soccer, Football or any other club, bad results and bad scores are going to happen; thus, trying to be the worst is a must for the purpose of not featuring onto the following list of the worst teams of all times:

10 – Detroit Tigers 2003 (MLB)

9 – Winnipeg Jets 1981 (NHL)

8 – Dallas Cowboys 1960 (NFL)

7 – Denver Nuggets 1988 (NBA)

6 – Washington Capitals 1975 (NHL)

5 – Philadelphia 76ers 1973 (NBA)

4 – Detroit Lions 1942 (NFL)

3 – Cleveland Spiders 1899 (MLB)

2 – Tampa Bay Buccaneers 1976 (NFL)

1 – Detroit Lions 2008 (NFL)

The main

Nba Basketball: Warriors At Magic Odds – 7:00Pm On Nba-Tv

The Golden State Warriors and the Orlando Magic will both be gunning for a victory on Wednesday night at 7:00pm EST when they meet at the Amway Arena in a game that can be seen on Sun Sports and NBA-TV. NBA basketball odds currently have the Magic listed as 15.5-point betting favorites against the Warriors at online sportsbooks while the game’s total is sitting at 216. Anthony Morrow went for 24 points and seven rebounds while C.J. Watson added 20 and Stephen Curry netted 18 for Golden State in their 110-106 loss to the Miami Heat on Tuesday night.

Miami failed to cover as 10.5-point home NBA betting favorites in sports odds while the teams played OVER the 200.5-point total posted by sportsbooks. The Warriors had a big problem on defense allowing Dwayne Wade and five other Heat players to record double-doubles in the loss. The Warriors were without Monta Ellis and Andris Biendrins who are expected to miss the next four games. Heading into

Nba Tickets – Under-The-Radar Youngsters

Each season we see young players break out and become notable contributors on NBA teams, seemingly out of the blue.  Usually that player has shown signs of development prior to their breakout season, but not many people take notice.  Here are some youngsters that are showing some signs that they could become household names sooner rather than later.

Toney Douglas, Point Guard, New York Knicks: Douglas has spent most of his rookie season toward the end of Mike D’Antoni’s bench, but he’s suddenly been given some playing time and is making the most of it.  As of March 22nd, Douglas has scored at least 19 points in five of his last six games and has shown better passing skills than advertised.  Coming out of Florida State, Douglas looked like a tenacious defensive player that wouldn’t be able to generate much on the offensive end.  While his projected defensive prowess has held true, he’s also showed much more offensive ability than expected.  He could be the