HeyJaredIre Knows Ball
A publication founded out of an increasing need to write about basketball and its culture – with a special focus on the NBA. The question is always the same: why does it matter?
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Answering the Call: Ben Shelton and the Controversial Act of Celebration (opens the original)
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Who’s Afraid of Bill Laimbeer? (opens the original)
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The NBA Summer Recap You Need: A Whole Lot To Talk About (opens the original)
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There is a specific moment between sudden changes and a fast-paced life, a season characterized by a distinctive and respectable laziness and the sudden realization that yes, perhaps we can relax for a moment. We can breathe. We can sustain the weight of an unbearable existence and we can rejoice in the freshness brought by a new season. Summer.However, this is not the occurrence in every instance. It is, in fact, common knowledge that some things never rest. The NBA is one of those. What about
Crossing the Atlantic: How Basketball Literature Found an Audience in Italy (opens the original)
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