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Letters from a Knicks Fan: What Civil War?

February 18, 2013 |

Among the basketball fans across the city, there has been a small debate going on; check it out:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0xSlKbYVRM

 

In the city that never sleeps, there is only one sport that really matters– basketball. When the streets are … Read More

Making Nets Again: A Recent History of the Team From the 1990s – Today

February 5, 2013 |

By Wyatt Erchak

1997 marked the beginning of a new era for the Nets, and in 1998 the Nets returned to the playoffs after several disappointing years and Jayson Williams made the All-Star game. That year also saw the beginning of YES, the television network shared with the Yankees which still serves as the Nets’ primary broadcaster.

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Brooklyn Nets Turn Up The Heat: A History, Part 2

January 29, 2013 |

By Wyatt Erchak

After joining the NBA in 1976, the New York Nets lost their star player, Julius “Dr. J” Erving, to heavy-handed association politics (some would say extortion). In their first season in the new organization, the team finished with the worst record in the league after their other big player, Nate Archibald, was injured. Fortunately, new talent, particularly in the form of European star Dražen Petrović, would help the Nets reclaim some of their former glory.

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Nothing But Nets: Brooklyn Nets’ History & Why Knicks Rivalry is More Than Clash of Boroughs

January 21, 2013 |

By Wyatt Erchak

Where Brooklyn at? It’s BK, all day, currently in Nets Nation. As Barclays would have you know, sports and entertainment have been brought back to the borough after 55 long years, following the legendary Brooklyn Dodgers’ sad departure. As someone who would be a Dodgers fan if they were still residents of the Empire State, it warms my heart to see a team take up the mantle.

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