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13 Jun 2011 17:24

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Culture: LeBron James isn’t (not) bothered by the haters

  • All the people that were rooting on me to fail, at the end of the day they have to wake up tomorrow and have the same life that they had before they woke up today. They have the same personal problems they had today. I’m going to continue to live the way I want to live and continue to do the things that I want to do with me and my family and be happy with that. So they can get a few days or a few months or whatever the case may be on being happy … But they got to get back to the real world at some point.
  • Miami Heat forward LeBron James • Speaking during his post-game press conference after losing the championship to the heavy underdog Dallas Mavericks in six games. This is exactly the sort of remark that feeds the public’s disdain for James, a disdain that’s been steadily growing since his decision to help form a Voltron-style superteam down in South Beach (and being not so humble doing it). What’s especially illuminating about this quote, besides the implication that the common NBA fan rooting against him is probably some tribulation-addled scrub with an unenviable life, is that it completely defeats the point he was trying to make; that he isn’t bothered by people being happy that he lost. “I don’t care what you think, cause you’re a loser with a loser life compared to mine?” Yeah, doesn’t sound like you’re quite at ease with this, man. source

12 May 2010 20:28

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Biz: Mark Cuban sued for sucking at running the Dallas Mavericks

  • $273
    million
    amount the Mavericks
    have lost in Cuban’s nine years
    of running the team
  • 76%
    share
    amount of the team Cuban owns;
    Ross Perot Jr. owns 5 percent, and
    he’s mad source
  • » Why’s he getting sued? Simply put, Perot (the former presidential candidate’s son) thinks that Cuban is putting an unsustainable amount of debt on the team, and that they’ll become insolvent over time. The famously outspoken Cuban, who bought most of the team from Perot back in 2000, has enough money in his bank account and a diverse enough portfolio of businesses to ensure that doesn’t happen, and suggests that Perot is merely looking to get out of the deal.

19 Jun 2009 09:52

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Sports: Dirk Nowitzki’s ex has a bun in the oven. He wants sole custody.

  • Our only focus in this case is to ensure the laws of the state of Texas are complied with to protect any and all rights Taylor has in delivery [of the baby] and her rights as a mother.
  • Scott Renick • Lawyer for Crystal Taylor, the ex-girlfriend of Dallas Mavericks superstar Dirk Nowitzki. Taylor is currently pregnant, and if that child proves to be his, Nowitzki wants it as his and his alone. That sounds like a very strange minefield to wade through, by the way, fraught with drama. • source

18 May 2009 21:23

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Sports: Kenyon Martin isn’t accepting Mark Cuban’s cop-out apology

  • The world got to see it before the person who it was meant for got to see it. That tells you how that goes. I ain’t never known nobody apology to somebody through other people.
  • Denver Nuggets star Kenyon Martin • Who’s still just a little pissed about how Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban treated his mom, and even more pissed about the fact that Cuban posted an apology on his Web site rather than talk to him directly. Dude, but he’s an internet entrepreneur! He’s not supposed to talk to other human beings, unless he’s insulting them. • source

18 Jan 2009 10:50

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Sports: Mark Cuban’s got a fine to pay. So he might as well make a point.

  • Why in their names? As a reminder of what could have happened, and that not every retaliation attempt misses. Tragedy can be one swing or one elbow away.
  • Mark Cuban • Dallas Mavericks owner, who has to pay a $25,000 fine after an incident involving the Denver Nuggets’ J.R. Smith. Cuban wants to give a $25,000 charity donation in the names of of Todd Bertuzzi and Steve Moore, two NHL players involved in a physical encounter during a game that led to the end of Moore’s career. • source