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Sixers Headlines - September 29, 2004
1.Phila Daily News -- Bill Conlin | Tri this look back at Philly's athletic adventures
IF WE KNOW nothing else about time, which flies, marches on and heals all wounds, we know it erodes the importance of events we consider cosmic while in their present and near-past tense. As Tug McGraw famously postulated, in a few billion years, Earth will be nothing more than a frozen snowball spinning in the cosmos. Nobody will be around to care about the curve he hung in the 1973 World Series.
Sixers Headlines - September 23, 2004
1.Phila Daily News -- Long-term deal being pursued for Dalembert
The 76ers and agent Marc Cornstein have begun discussions about a contract extension for center Samuel Dalembert, but with an unusual variable.
2.Phila
Daily News -- MacCulloch makes it official
AT 7-FOOT AND
somewhere between 260 and 280 pounds, Todd MacCulloch could defend in the
post.
3.
Phila Daily News -- Flyers say they haven't had to lay off most employees
The NHL lockout might be costing people their jobs across the
league, but not in Philadelphia.
4.Phila
Inquirer -- Sixers center MacCulloch retires
The 7-footer will
remain with the team as a broadcaster. He was plagued by foot injuries.
5.Allentown
Morning Call -- Sixers' MacCulloch finally forced to call it a career
PHILADELPHIA | The day many knew was rapidly approaching
arrived Wednesday for Todd MacCulloch.
6.Philly
Burbs -- MacCulloch gets the last laughs
PHILADELPHIA - Todd
MacCulloch mixed a healthy dose of humor in with the obvious
disappointment Wednesday.
7.Philly
Burbs -- Illness forces Todd MacCulloch to retire
PHILADELPHIA
- Todd MacCulloch always knew his career would end. He just never expected
it to come to such a sudden and mysterious stop.
8.Daily
Local -- MacCulloch officially bids adieu to Sixers
During the
76ers' center's press conference to announce his retirement from
basketball because of ongoing nerve problems in his feet, MacCulloch was
asked to reflect on his career.
9.Courier
Post -- Dreaded day comes for Sixers' big man
Todd MacCulloch
was hopeful this day would never come, the day he would have to walk away
from his career with the Philadelphia 76ers because of his health.
10.New
Jersey Times -- Sixers center MacCulloch must retire
Even
though there's nothing to laugh or smile about Charcot Marie-Tooth Disease
- a genetic disorder that disrupts balance and causes problems with feet -
which forced the 28-year-old MacCulloch to announce his expected
retirement yesterday.
11.Delaware
News Journal -- 76ers' MacCulloch calls it quits
The 76ers
center cracked jokes as he announced his retirement on Wednesday because
of continuing foot neuropathy that sidelined him for the past season and a
half.
12.Seattle
Times -- Greater feat found in MacCulloch's retirement
He saw
the end a week ago when another basketball season loomed and his feet
hadn't responded.
Sixers Headlines - September 22, 2004
1. Phila Inquirer -- Sixers continue to reach out to community
As they get ready for the Oct. 5 start of training camp, the 76ers admittedly have some ambitious goals. Unseat NBA champion Detroit? Win the newly revamped Atlantic Division? Sell out every game?
Sixers Headlines - September 21, 2004
1. Phila Inquirer -- 76ers add a shooter to roster for camp
Results of the games played in the NBA's summer leagues are seemingly insignificant, but the performances are taken seriously.
2.Phila
Daily News -- Forward added to camp roster
The 76ers
officially added 6-8 forward Josh Davis to their training-camp roster
yesterday. Davis' NBA experience - four games with the Atlanta Hawks last
season - is minimal, but in 40 games with the Idaho Stampede he became the
Continental Basketball Association's Most Valuable Player and Newcomer of
the Year.
3.Philly
Burbs -- Sixers sign CBA MVP Davis to contract
PHILADELPHIA -
Free agent forward Josh Davis signed with the Philadelphia 76ers, team
officials announced Monday.
4.The
Allentown Morning Call -- Sixers sign CBA MVP Josh Davis, a forward
Free agent forward Josh Davis, the CBA's MVP last season,
signed with the Philadelphia 76ers.
Sixers Headlines - September 18-20, 2004
1. Phila Daily News-- Gap widens between refs, NBA
As recently as last week, the NBA and its referees seemed close to a new collective bargaining agreement. Instead, the gap now seems to be widening.
Sixers Headlines - September 17, 2004
1. Daily Local News -- Dalembert reflects on eye-opening trip
PHILADELPHIA -- Samuel Dalembert knows poverty first-hand having grown up with it in Haiti.
2.
Delaware County Daily Times -- Parent: Fans aren't losing sleep over
lockout
- The Sixers: OK, it's only training camp. But in just
a few weeks, man, it'll be time to PRACTICE! We're gonna get to see all
these new guys PRACTICE. Can you stand it? Are you kidding me?
3.Bucks
County Courier Times -- Snider: I hope the fans stick with us
Throughout his 37 years as owner of the Flyers, Ed Snider has
always professed a compassion for the team's fans.
Sixers Headlines - September 16, 2004
1. Phila Daily News -- CBA's Davis close to signing deal
The 76ers are close to signing free-agent forward Josh Davis, last season's Most Valuable Player in the Continental Basketball Association.
2. Phila
Daily News -- Sixers: Doctor, Moses and Charles
Billy
Cunningham, the 76ers' coach, was heading for the 10th tee in Pinehurst,
N.C., on a lovely summer day in 1982 when owner Harold Katz summoned him
to New York that evening for the signing of Moses Malone.
3.Phila
Daily News -- Off the street
There are clips from the 2003 And
1 tour and rare footage of NBA players Jason Williams, Ricky Davis and
former Sixer Craig "Speedy" Claxton.
4. Phila
Inquirer -- Sports in Brief | Nets eye trading Kidd to Blazers
The salary cap numbers would work in a Nets-Blazers deal: Kidd
will make $14.8 million this season, while Abdur-Rahim, who has demanded
to be traded, makes $14.6 million.
5.
Daily Local -- Davis on verge of being a Sixer
Two years ago,
Josh Davis came out of Wyoming looking toward a career in the NBA.
6. Durham Herald
Sun -- Dascenzo: 76ers GM says Duke made him what he is today
Billy King couldn't shoot, but it didn't matter. He was lured
by Mike Krzyzewski to play defense for the Duke Blue Devils.
Sixers Headlines - September 15, 2004
1. Phila Daily News -- Refs close to signing new 5-year deal
It is apparently going to be OK to be a whistle-blower in the NBA this season with the referees' union close to finalizing a new 5-year contract with the league.
2.
Phila Inquirer -- 'Philly Fan' sets the stage for venting
Until this week, the Philadelphia fan - a forlorn creature
long accustomed to seeing bet-the-house victories turn into ignominious
defeats - had few places to turn in his suffering. He was reduced to
pouring yet another drink or calling WIP and joining Vic from Voorhees in
a strident demand for the head of Larry Bowa.
3.
Allentown Morning Call -- T.O.'s debut will likely mean more later
There have been other saviors across Philadelphia's long,
tortured sporting history, other guys before Terrell Owens who were
brought in to make good teams great, to put them over the top.
Sixers Headlines - September 14, 2004
1. Phila Daily News -- Dan Gross | Andrea Langi goes to 'jail'
Sixers center Samuel Dalembert was also in the house.
2.
Phila. Inquirer --'Moving In,' for sure
All-around enthusiast
Pat Croce staged a premiere bash for his new daytime TV show, Pat Croce:
Moving In, yesterday at Chickie & Pete's South Philly eatery and
pulled a surprise out of his Winnebago: supervising producer Vance
DeGeneres.
Sixers Headlines - September 11-13, 2004
1. Phila Daily News -- Double dose of reality
Pat Croce, Mark Cuban debut shows aiming to alter people's lives
2. Phila Daily News -- Pat and Mark close-up
Pat Croce; Age: 49; Grew up:
Lansdowne, Delaware County.
3. Phila Daily News -- Howard keeping in touch
HOWARD ESKIN says he's planning
to put a daily diary of how he spends his WIP suspension on his Web site,
howardeskin.com.
4. Phila Inquirer -- Fox telecast full of positive words
about Birds
Fox Sports
broadcasters Dick Stockton and Daryl Johnston heaped on the praise as the
Eagles piled up the points.
5. Press of Atlantic City -- It's the Birds' world. We
only live in it.
The
Philadelphia Eagles still were more than a month away from playing their
season opener against the New York Giants, and already they had set a
National Football League record.
Sixers Headlines - September 10, 2004
1. Phila Daily News -- WRITE WAY TO GET TO THE HALL
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - It has been 14 years, yet this memory has been etched in my mind ever since. I was a junior at Syracuse University, and I had come home for the summer.
Sixers Headlines - September 9, 2004
1. Phila Daily News -- Buckner takes buyout from Sixers
The high point of Greg Buckner's time with the 76ers came July 25, 2002, when he signed a 6-year guaranteed contract worth $18 million. After that, some brief flashes notwithstanding, things went mostly downhill.
2. Phila.
Inquirer -- 76ers buy out Buckner's deal
The tough defender
was considered surplus for the Sixers. Denver may be his next destination.
3.
Phila. Inquirer -- Inqlings | Miss N.J. going for the 'Glitter' at pageant
The Funkmaster Flex Celebrity Car Show Tour coming to the
Liacouras Center this weekend will feature some ride styles of Philly's
famous: the Eagles' Hollis Thomas is lending his '70s-era Olds 442 (orange
with white stripes) and Sixers star Allen Iverson is sending over one of
his two Bentleys.
4.
Courier Post -- 76ers announce their training camp roster
It's
hard to believe, but it is already time for NBA teams to put the final
touches on their plans for training camp, which will get under way Oct. 5.
5.
Trenton Times -- With no role in sight, Sixers waive Buckner
On the first day of the 2002 free-agency signing period,
Sixers coach Larry Brown and general manager Billy King literally camped
out at Greg Buckner's door, trying to persuade the versatile 6-foot-4
guard to join their franchise.
Sixers Headlines - September 8, 2004
1. Phila Daily News -- Pixie Pat
PAT CROCE: Motivator, author, prankster.
2. Phila. Inquirer -- The Pat Croce reality show: 'Moving
In' to shake folks up
SANTA CLARITA, Calif. - Another
laid-back day in sunny Southern California, but for 16-year-old Erik and
his mother, Stacey, this day brings a barrel of angst.
Sixers Headlines - September 7, 2004
1. Phila Daily News -- Agent hoping Sixers will deal or buy out Buckner
Agent Steve Kauffman is hoping discussions with 76ers president/general manager Billy King might lead to a buyout or trade for Sixers backup guard Greg Buckner.
2. Phila.
Inquirer -- Sports in Brief
Center Dikembe Mutombo said he has
agreed to a trade that would send him from the Chicago Bulls to the
Houston Rockets for three players.
Sixers Headlines - September 2, 2004
1. Phila Daily News --Kevin Mulligan | Celebrities want their picks to be Super
MARK YOUR calendars. Plan now for early February parties. And the city should probably begin preparing to deal with a couple of million or so long-suffering fans on Broad Street, even if it snows.
2.
USA Today -- Put a lid on pro player salaries
There's a word
for putting limits on how much whole groups of workers can earn. That
would be socialism.
Sixers Headlines - September 1, 2004
1. Phila Daily News -- Iverson gets inked
Jet lag can't stop The Answer.
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