STRANDED AT SECOND BASE

“Culling the thoughts that occur when you’re standing around waiting for something to happen…”

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The Dallas Mavericks and Miami Heat appear to be on a collision course to meet every five years in the NBA Finals.

The Heat ensured that with a come-from-behind, Game Five victory over the Chicago Bulls on Thursday night.

Let’s just hope a rematch of the 2006 Finals — won by the Heat — doesn’t reanimate retro ’06 fads such as Thom Browne shrunken suits, a Brittany-Kevin reunion and/or a “Cars” sequel.

Uh oh…

The NBA Finals begin May 31 in Miami.

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What do you think Bengals owner Mike Brown, who still has to shill out $6 million to Chad Ochocinco in the 2011 season, feels about the Cincinnati wide receiver recently Tweeting this picture of himself…

Responded Brown via the Cincinnati Enquirer:

“The issue is, does he at this stage of his life have that focus? Next maybe he’ll be a snake wrangler and we’ll watch to see if he gets bit. They amuse me in a way, but they concern me because, let’s face it, we want a football player. We aren’t hiring a bull rider, a dancer or a soccer player.”

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When Jason Terry looks back on his career, two superfluous points will be missing from his post-season stat line.

The former Sixth-Mnn of the Year award winner threw down a dunk as time expired in the Dallas Mavericks’ Game Five, series-clinching win over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Wednesday night.

How close was Terry’s dunk from beating the buzzer? You decide.

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Free advice to the Winnipeg Sun, a daily tabloid newspaper in Manitoba, Canada: If the city lands a relocated NHL team, I’ll be disappointed if you don’t use the headline:

“#Winnipeg-ing!”

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Bear Down…and Blog!

Current and former University of Arizona athletes are always making news and not always in traditional mediums. We scoured the Internet and found Wildcats online by visiting these lynx

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NEWS

UPDATE: WEARING UNIFORM No. 0, MIKE BIBBY WENT 1-4 FROM THE FLOOR, SCORING 3 THREE POINTS, IN HIS MIAMI HEAT DEBUT ON THURSDAY NIGHT. MIAMI, HOWEVER, WAS FELLED BY IN-STATE RIVAL ORLANDO 99-96.

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Mustafa Shakur has bragging rights over his fellow University of Arizona alum Mike Bibby. The former (Shakur, 20 points) is higher than the latter (Bibby, 2) on the Washington Wizards’ all-time points-scored list.

Bibby’s tenure in Washington was a brief one — shorter than Shakur, a player who’s playing in D.C. via a 10-day contract.

Bibby joined the Miami Heat on Wednesday after accepting a buyout of more than $6 million to divorce himself from the lowly Wizards after just two games. He’ll add depth to a franchise that looks to contend for an NBA championship. He’s been praised as a team-first guy for leaving that much money behind, especially with a potential league-wide lock-out on the horizon.

An NBA championship for the 13-year-, 5-team-veteran will give Bibby titles at every level, including the ones he earned at Phoenix’s Shadow Mountain High School (1996) and at the University of Arizona (1997).

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WEB

Don’t believe us? Read the news on the official Mike Bibby website.

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TWITTER

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“Almost 100% healed… Been 4 weeks. Finally almost back and actually have both my hands.”

- Arizona forward Derrick Williams with the news that Wildcats fans have been longing to hear, especially after the team’s two-game skid in Los Angeles

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“Brooks Reed just made himself some money..4.6, 30 reps.. AZ”

- Senior Wildcat safety Anthony Wilcox on former his former teammate and defensive counterpart Brooks Reed, whose 4.6-second time in the 40-yard dash was tied for the third best among defensive ends at this week’s NFL scouting combine in Indianapolis 

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“Hitting stripped range balls off matts ….yes I’m spoiled on tour with tm penta and perfect grass!”

- Thank you, LPGA pro Natalie Gulbis. It’s a fact: Naked golf balls do fly further than clothed ones

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“Aces best random ? Of the day- Did Jesus wear underwear?”

- Yes he did, UA softball star Jennie Finch…but never while he hit stripped golf balls

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