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Sixers Headlines - September 30, 2005
1. Philadelphia Daily News-- NBA said to be on verge of
formalizing dress code
If the NBA is focused on making sure
the quality and style of play is perceived as blue-collar, there is now
also a movement that could mean the players - at least in certain
instances - might also have to wear them.
2. Philadelphia Daily News -- WPEN's sports-talk format
ready to tackle WIP
For nearly two decades, sports-talk radio
in Philadelphia has been dominated by one station.
3. Philadelphia Inquirer -- Powerful praise sports fans'
passion
In a forum in which the talk often runs to power,
three of the most powerful figures in Philadelphia sat side by side last
night to talk about the city's great passion:
Sixers Headlines - September 29, 2005
1. Philadelphia Inquirer -- Preseason roster for Sixers at
Duke
The 76ers open training camp Tuesday at Duke University
in Durham, N.C., and are scheduled to play their first preseason game Oct.
11, against the Houston Rockets, at the Wachovia Center.
2. Delaware County Daily Times -- King optimistic his team
is ready to compete
Billy King can spin almost anything. Last
season, as his Sixers team struggled under head coach Jim O'Brien, King
maintained everything would work out in the end.
3. Burlington County Times -- Sixers tickets on sale Friday
The Sixers will put single-game tickets on sale for all
2005-06 regular-season contests on Friday at noon.
4. Bucks County Courier Times -- On the air
WPEN 950-AM debuts its sports talk format Monday.
Sixers Headlines - September 28, 2005
1. Philadelphia Daily News -- Sixers add five free agents
to roster
The 76ers added five free agents to their
training-camp roster yesterday, but the brightest prospect to visit the
team's practice facility won't be ready to play for at least several
months, if not longer.
2. Philadelphia Inquirer -- Sixers add five to camp roster
The 76ers have invited five players to participate in their
training camp, which begins Tuesday at Duke University in Durham, N.C.,
the team announced yesterday.
3. Camden Courier-Post -- Sixers unveil roster
Mullica Hill native Steve Castleberry, a former center at
Rider University, is one of five invitees who will be attending the 76ers'
training camp, which opens Tuesday at Duke University.
4. Trenton Times -- Sixers add a pair of local players for
camp
Allen Iverson, Chris Webber and the rest of new coach
Maurice Cheeks' Sixers will start training camp Tuesday in Durham, N.C.
Sixers Headlines- September 27, 2005
1. Daily News -- Cause for hope, concern
HERE'S
WHAT the 76ers have done right:
2. Philadelphia Daily News -- With Green down, King hopes
Nailon can help fill the void
Exit, almost certainly at least
for the coming season, Willie Green.
3. Philadelphia Inquirer -- Cheeks wiping the slate clean
After watching hours of his new team on videotape, Maurice
Cheeks is preparing for the good stuff - getting the 76ers into training
camp and watching them in the flesh, competing for playing time.
4. Delaware County Daily Times -- Cheeks becoming a quote
machine as the coach
As a player, Maurice Cheeks didn't
exactly qualify as the go-to guy for the media.
5. Burlington County Times --Rehabilitated Webber key
player for Sixers
When training camp opens next Tuesday at
Duke, Chris Webber will figure prominently into the Sixers' plans.
6. Courier Post -- Cheeks feels like a rookie as Sixers get
set for camp
The 76ers open training camp one week from now at
Duke University and for the third year in a row, they'll have a new head
coach at the helm.
7. Trenton Times -- Cheeks eager for camp's start
Exactly a week from now in Durham, N.C., all the questions
start getting answered.
8. Wilmington News Journal -- Cheeks ready to evaluate his
players
The start of training camp is just a week away, and
Maurice Cheeks is already bleary-eyed from watching more than enough game
tape of the 76ers players that he'll have to coach.
9. ESPN Online -- Brevin's stats like Knight and day
Ever look at a player's season and think "no way he does that
again this year"?
Sixers Headlines - September 25-26, 2005
1. Philadelphia Inquirer -- Inqlings | The fright role for
this actor
Pizza, burgers, funnel cake - mussels?
2. Philadelphia Business Journal -- Wachovia Center food
area aims to score with the fans
Philadelphia Flyers fans will
be treated to more than hockey when the season starts next month.
Sixers Headlines - September 23, 2005
1. Philadelphia Daily News -- Sixers, Nailon agree on deal
Lee Nailon once scored 53 points for Texas Christian
University against Mississippi Valley State.
2. Philadelphia Inquirer -- Sixers arrive at a deal with
free agent Nailon
Looking to improve their depth in the
frontcourt, the 76ers yesterday agreed to terms with free-agent forward
Lee Nailon.
3. Wilmington News Journal -- 76ers sign Nailon to deal
Free agent forward Lee Nailon agreed to terms with the 76ers
on Thursday.
4. Trenton Times -- Sixers add Nailon
After
watching a number of teams around them make significant moves to improve
their lineups, the Sixers finally joined the party yesterday, coming to
terms with five-year veteran forward Lee Nailon.
5. Calkins Newspapers -- Sixers, Nailon agree to terms
The Sixers addressed one of their backup concerns Thursday by
agreeing to terms with small forward Lee Nailon.
Sixers Headlines- September 22, 2005
1. Daily News -- Hornets to play 35 games in Oklahoma City,
6 in Baton Rouge
Chased from their home by Hurricane Katrina,
the New Orleans Hornets have found a temporary refuge and a fresh start.
Sixers Headlines - September 21, 2005
1. Daily News -- Kevin Mulligan | Good news on 2 fronts for
'Andy Doc'
Allen Iverson, accompanied by Comcast SportsNet
76ers play-by-play man Marc Zumoff, is off today for a promotional tour in
Tokyo and Shanghai through Sept. 26.
Sixers Headlines - September 20, 2005
1. Daily News -- Webber eager to prove critics wrong
Chris Webber couldn't help himself.
2. Daily News -- Sixers' Q & A With Mo Cheeks
Maurice Cheeks first came to the 76ers in 1978, as a somewhat
obscure point guard from a West Texas State team that neither ran nor won
very much.
3. Philadelphia Inquirer -- Charity event today in S.
Philly for storm victims
This is The Day Philly Remembers.
Again.
4. The News Journal -- Webber: Iverson, knee not issues
There are two things that Chris Webber wanted to make clear as
he approaches his first training camp with the 76ers: His knee is not, and
hasn't been, an issue, and neither is his relationship with Allen Iverson.
5. USA Today -- NBA unveils team affiliations for
minor-league assignments
C.J. Miles learned Monday that
Albuquerque may be his detour destination if the road to the Utah Jazz
includes a stint in the minor leagues.
6. Detroit Free Press -- KATRINA AFTERMATH: NBA's Chris
Webber leads a squad of helpers
Whether it was the attraction
of a basketball star or the idea of assisting those in need, dozens of
metro Detroiters turned out Sunday to support victims of Hurricane
Katrina.
7. ESPN.com -- Up close and personal in Mississippi
A word of warning: There's nothing in this column about
basketball.
Sixers Headlines - September 18-19, 2005
1. Daily News -- Webber: donations for Katrina victims 'incredible'
By early yesterday afternoon, Chris Webber believed he had enough Hurricane Katrina relief contributions to fill two large trucks.
2. Philadelphia Inquirer -- Webber: Don't blame his woes on
his knee
Though he didn't have the smoothest of beginnings
with the 76ers, Chris Webber is looking forward to his first full season
with the team.
3. Philadelphia Inquirer -- Inqlings | Love Bird: A wedding
for T.O.?
Buzz in Eagles circles points to major postseason
plans for wide receiver Terrell Owens, besides playing in the Super Bowl:
Sixers Headlines - September 16, 2005
Doug Overton completed his La Salle University career in 1991.
2. Burlington County Times -- Iverson: Sixers have players
to win
Allen Iverson gets the point.
Sixers Headlines - September 15, 2005
1. Philadelphia Daily News -- Katrina benefit effort moves
Iverson
ALLEN IVERSON knew that, because of inflammation in
his right elbow, he couldn't play in the NBA Players Hurricane Relief Game
Sunday night in Houston.
2. Philadelphia Daily News -- Dalembert can relate to
hurricane victims
Samuel Dalembert called from Atlanta
yesterday, en route to Mississippi, where more than a dozen NBA and WNBA
players were taking a caravan of more than 20 truckloads of supplies to
victims of Hurricane Katrina.
3. Philadelphia Inquirer -- Iverson credited with an assist
in helping Katrina's victims
Allen Iverson finally found a
situation that could whip him one-on-one. When the 76ers star visited
survivors of Hurricane Katrina in Houston, his heart was touched.
4. Philadelphia Inquirer -- A 'new ride' for arena fans
When the Flyers open their regular season at home Oct. 5, the
construction site now alongside the Wachovia Center arena will be an
8,000-square-foot food-and-entertainment zone that owner Comcast-Spectacor
is calling "the largest bar inside any sporting arena in the United
States."
5. Delware County Times -- Iverson doing what he can to
help survivors
When former NBA player Kenny Smith organized a
basketball game in Houston recently to raise money for Hurricane Katrina
relief efforts, a veritable who’s who from the league showed up. Allen
Iverson was one of them. He arrived just 10 minutes before the game, and
didn’t play, but he was thrilled to be there nonetheless.
6. Courier Post -- Sixers' Iverson itching to get back to
the court
Allen Iverson said the season can't get here fast
enough for him.
7. Detroit Free Press -- Paulding goes west for shot NBA
76ers forward Chris Webber has set up two donation drives to
help children displaced by Hurricane Katrina.
8. Fairfield Mirror -- Ex-stag Gai signs with 76ers
All year, the question came up at Fairfield and throughout the
MAAC: Will Deng Gai get drafted?
Sixers Headlines - September 14, 2005
1. Philadelphia Daily News -- Sixers' Dalembert among players offering relief to hurricane victims
Samuel Dalembert, the 76ers center, will be in Mississippi tomorrow with more than a dozen NBA and WNBA players as part of a caravan of 20 tractor trailers packed with supplies for victims of Hurricane Katrina.
2.
Phialadelphia Daily News -- Are you kidding me?
RECENTLY, THE
SIXERS have earned the reputation of being innovative and smart when it
comes to promoting the team and the experience of coming to a game.
3.
Philadelphia Inquirer -- Seats for the Sixers
Group tickets
and partial season-ticket plans for the 76ers' season will go on sale
today, the team announced yesterday.
4. Sixers.com
-- Reebok and NBA Star Allen Iverson Launch The 2005 Iverson “I Am What I
Am” Asia Tour
Perhaps best known for his true “I Am What I Am”
original personality, Allen Iverson, one of the biggest names in the sport
of basketball, will embark on a tour throughout Asia this September.
Sixers Headlines - September 11-12, 2005
1.
Philadelphia Inquirer -- A.I. among NBA stars bringing smiles to Katrina
evacuees
Chris LaRoche doesn't have any clothes, toys or a
place to go home to, but yesterday the 12-year-old's dream came true when
he played basketball against LeBron James, Kevin Garnett, Chauncey
Billups, Ron Artest and a host of other NBA stars.
2.
Philadelphia Inquirer -- Inqlings | Goodbye to dining-travel show
An era in Philly radio will draw to a close in three weeks
when Frank and Mary Jelinek, who've talked dining and travel for three
decades, step aside.
Sixers Headlines - September 8, 2005
1. Philadelphia Inquirer -- Quite a birthday present for Campbell
In the 1940s, an up-and-coming young broadcaster named Bill Campbell did a Philadelphia sports show on Channel 3 with his mentor, Stoney McLinn, who used to be Ty Cobb's ghostwriter.
2. ESPN.com -- NBA Rookies
Nate Robinson is
being Nate Robinson, talking fast and often, to no one and anyone.
Sixers Headlines - September 7, 2005
1. USA Today -- NBA players pledge further support to Gulf Coast
The NBA Players Association increased its pledge of financial support for victims of Hurricane Katrina by $1.5 million Tuesday.
Sixers Headlines - September 2, 2005
1. Philadelphia Daily News -- Pistons fan gets 5 days in jail for throwing coin at Iverson
A Detroit Pistons fan who threw a coin at the 76ers' Allen Iverson, hitting him in the back of the head, received a five-day jail sentence and a lengthy list of other punishments yesterday.
2. USA Today -- Pistons fan who threw coin at 76ers'
Iverson gets jail time
A Detroit Pistons fan who threw a coin
at the Philadelphia 76ers' Allen Iverson, hitting him in the back of the
head, received a five-day jail sentence and a lengthy list of other
punishments Thursday.
Sixers Headlines - September 1, 2005
1.
Philadelphia Daily News -- Webber fined $100,000 in Michigan booster
scandal
DETROIT - Sixers forward Chris Webber was ordered to
pay a $100,000 fine yesterday, nearly 2 years after he pleaded guilty to a
federal criminal contempt charge in the University of Michigan booster
scandal.
2.
Detroit Free Press -- Webber's fine for contempt is $100,025
Few people have the resources to write a personal check for
$100,025.
