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Your Basketblog Header Champion is…

April 28th, 2009
This is the moment we’ve all been waiting for: The Best Basketblog Header, as chosen by you, the fans.

It was quite the battle between our two juggernauts, Bust a Bucket and Basketbawful. Both mowed through the competition to reach this point, where they faced the battle of their bloggy lives. Only one blog would emerge victorious.

There were two thousand, seven hundred and seventy-eight votes, the most ever in a single poll in Pete Marasmitch history. Sixty-six percent of you have chosen this blog as having the best header in basketblogdom.

And this blog is …

… revealed, after the jump.

This is the Basketblog Header FINALE, so of course Im dragging it out! (via MSN.com)

This is the Basketblog Header FINALE, so of course I'm dragging it out! (via MSN.com)

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BHP FINALS: Vote for the best basketblog header!

April 24th, 2009

This is it: The Basketblog Header Championship Finals. From a field of sixteen beautiful blogs, your votes have whittled it down to two.

Which one will you choose as the prettiest basketball blog of the internets? Winner gets bragging rights and a Pete Marasmitch primetime special.

A quick review, the top two, and the poll, after the jump. Read more »

BHP, Round 3: The Final Four

April 22nd, 2009

What a ride. Round 2 of these Basketblog Header Playoffs is done, so we’re down to the last four blogs. Who will move on to the Championship series? YOU decide.

Let’s review the action and look at the matchups, after the jump. Read more »

BHP, Round 2: The Elite Eight Headers

April 18th, 2009

These blog playoffs have it all: upsets, blowouts, even a tie. I can say, without any exaggeration, that the BHP blows March Madness out of the water (OK, a little exaggeration).

Now we’re into Round 2, with eight basketblogs left to strut their stuff. Who will make it to the Conference Finals? Who will represent Bono and Grimes?

Check out the matchups and vote, after the jump. Read more »

BHP tiebreaker: TWolves Blog vs. Nugg Doctor

April 17th, 2009

After much discussion, bargaining, and even outright begging, we’ve come to a decision about this tie between TWolves Blog and Nugg Doctor in the Basketblog Header Playoffs (BHP): go to the video replay.

That’s right. College Wolf and Nick have each submitted a YouTube clip of a great playoff moment in Timberwolves and Nuggets history, respectively. The clip you like more will propel one of them into the BHP Elite Eight.

Watch the clips and vote, after the jump. Read more »

Basketblog Header Playoffs: Holy crap, there’s a tie

April 17th, 2009

This is not part of the plan: there’s an actual TIE in the Basketblog Header Playoffs, Round 1, between TWolves Blog and Nugg Doctor. Gotta think of something to keep the festivities going.

Got an idea for a tiebreaker? Comment below.

Basketblog Header Playoffs, Round 1

April 14th, 2009
After much nominating and deliberating, sixteen basketball blogs have been chosen for their beautiful header images. They are divided into conferences, seeded one through eight and pitted against each other using polls (no, not like this), until one winner is revealed.

Will the winner get a trophy? Naw. But they will get internets-wide recognition for their blog prettiness. And all blogdom will bow down, says Zoner.

So come and vote for your favorite header image. Polls close on Thursday, April 16, before midnight ET.

Check out the seeds and vote, after the jump. Read more »

Vote for Pete in the “Best Sports Blog Name” Tourney

March 18th, 2009

Be sure to visit Zoner Sports for Round 1 of the “Best Sports Blog Name” Tourney, and vote for Pete Marasmitch (ranked eighth in the tournament).

To review, Pete Marasmitch combines Pistol’s flash …

and Smitch’s smash.

So, please go vote for Pete Marasmitch!

And while you’re there, vote also for Pete’s friends:

Garbage Time All-Stars (#4)

And One (#6)

A Stern Warning (#11)

Thanks!

LOLRaps winner: u chooz

March 10th, 2009

With the Raptors on a five-game losing skid, they’re far more palatable in LOLCats form, wouldn’t you agree? Here are the halarryus entries from the LOLRaps contest.

First, Mookie (A Stern Warning) captures Jason Kidd’s historic game:

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Top Ten Roko Ukic Nicknames: Vote for your favourite!

February 17th, 2009

Fill in the blank: Roko “__________” Ukic. (Getty Images via NBA-Croatia.com)

Now that Roko Ukic had his one big game, he needs – yes, needs – a nickname. Below are ten suggestions for our Raptor rookie (Rokie?):

Rockin’ Roko (Matt Devlin, Raptors TV play-by-play) — just like Dad

Rokomotive — chugga chugga shoot! shoot!

Roko Uno (attributed to Jason Kapono) — Everybody sing!

You can be my Roko Uno
You can pass to me when J-Kap won’t go
Be my (be my) be my
(be my) be my Roko Uno

Hot Cocoa (Prehistoric Hoops) — My supporting argument in Haiku:

Your sweet, sweet floater
Like marshmallows in my mug
Fourth quarter goodness
RokoCop (Tim Chisholm, TSN.ca) — Part man. Part machine. All baller.

Roko Mocha Latte (U-E, Hoop Heads North) — Brings energy off the bench

The Bellboy (via Paul Jones, Joey Graham, Hassan Adams) — “No. Tonight you pack my bags.

Roko B. Ware (J.E. Skeets, BDL) — Goes to the hoop “just like a piledriver”

The Croat Poet (Tas Melas, The Basketball Jones) — Instantly quotable

The Croatian Pistol (Pištolj) — Like Maravich, driving the lane with a little behind-the-back

Now, go to the polls (top right sidebar) and vote for your favourite!

You have a better idea for a nickname? Enter it in a comment below.