Archive for the ‘Alex Jackson’ Category

Help for LeBron…?

Posted: 22nd May 2008 by alex-jackson in Alex Jackson, NBA Ball
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This article has been submitted by Alex Jackson. I’ll admit it, Lebron James is pretty good. There, finally someone said it. Clearly I am not the first person to utter that sentiment and I definitely will not be the last. If there was even a modicum of doubt (did anyone really have any?) that Lebron [...]

Who Will be the Next Coach of the Phoenix Suns?

Posted: 20th May 2008 by alex-jackson in Alex Jackson, NBA Ball
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This article has been submitted by Alex Jackson. Suns owner Robert Sarver, for the most part, is cheap. While cap management is admirable and the Spurs have shown a winner can be put together while remaining under the cap, the Spurs have also shown that good chemistry and continuity produces winners. Continually trading away draft [...]

Basketball in Croatia

Posted: 5th May 2008 by alex-jackson in Alex Jackson, NBA Ball, Other Topics

This article has been submitted by Alex Jackson. (Photo of the walled city of Dubrovnik) I’ve been away from the internet for almost a week, and boy, did that time away feel good! I was down in Croatia, enjoying beautiful weather and a marvelous country. As I was riding into Dubrovnik from the airport, something [...]

Unfinished Blog Ideas

Posted: 29th April 2008 by alex-jackson in Alex Jackson, Other Topics
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This article has been submitted by Alex Jackson. There’s a lot more to blogging than just mad bling, off-the-hook parties, 18-inch rims and doing lines off of strippers. No, blogging is a hard-knock-life; despite what Blake might have told you, blogging is not glamorous. Honestly, it’s hard. Not everyone is cut out to do it.

What an Email…

Posted: 29th April 2008 by alex-jackson in Alex Jackson, NBA Ball, Other Topics
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This article has been submitted by Alex Jackson. I will keep this nice and short. The other day I got an email from an organization affiliated with the Phoenix Suns, Downtown Live. As a “favored member,” this organization alerts me about Suns ticket deals, wishes me happy birthday, gives me access to playoff presales and [...]

Derek Jeter's Other Game – A Photo Essay

Posted: 21st April 2008 by alex-jackson in Alex Jackson, Other Topics

This article has been submitted by Alex Jackson. I had two ideas about starting this piece. I couldn’t decide which would be better, so I’m trying to incorporate both. The first, just below, involves Jack MacBrayer from 30 Rock and a music video. The second involves “words.” [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZ2HB2b_xpQ&hl=en] I’m not afraid to say it- I [...]

This article has been submitted by Alex Jackson. “Chemistry is a class you take in high school or college, where you figure out two plus two is 10, or something.” – Dennis Rodman So a quick backstory. I’m supposed to be working very hard right now; I have a research deadline coming up for my [...]

Interview with Cody Kennedy

Posted: 15th April 2008 by alex-jackson in Alex Jackson, Football

This article has been submitted by Queen’s Grad Alex Jackson. The question is, can we tailgate Cody’s future CFL games? -Yafa Sakkejha, October 22, 2006 Yes. -Alex Jackson, February 20, 2008 Cody Kennedy, a product of Glenelg, Nova Scotia, is a fifth year mining engineering and economics double major at Queen’s University. For many soon [...]

Who's Who?

Posted: 14th April 2008 by alex-jackson in Alex Jackson, Other Topics

This article has been submitted by Alex “No Twin” Jackson. So I was watching Perfect Strangers, obviously dubbed in German, the other day, and I couldn’t help but notice the distinct similarities between Balki Bartokomous, played by Bronson Pinchot, and Spurs guard Manu Ginobilli. After this epiphany, I’ve decided to try and gather some of [...]

EuroSport Experiences

Posted: 7th April 2008 by alex-jackson in Alex Jackson, Other Topics
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This article has been submitted by world traveler Alex Jackson. While most of you were savoring the Elite Eight match-ups recently, I was sleeping. It’s not that I dislike college hoops, it’s more I just can’t justify staying up late enough to watch them on an unreliable internet connection. So when 17:15 GMT Saturday evening [...]