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The officiating from Game 6, won 106-102 by the Lakers in Los Angeles, still inspires eye rolls, profanity and conspiracy theories. The Lakers only made five field goals in the fourth quarter but made 21 of 27 free throws. The Kings shot nine free throws in the fourth, 25 for the game. The disparity was so bad that fans were ready for Vince McMahon to come out and explain how he’d screwed the Kings. Game 7 was at home in Sacramento. But the Kings missed 14 of 30 free throws and lost in overtime. The Lakers went on to beat the Nets for their third consecutive title. “It really hurt because you’ve really got to look at it like this,” Webber said. “I’d come to win a championship, we get as close as we can get, still should have won Game 1, got hosed Game 6, still should have won Game 7. But we didn’t do enough to do it. Didn’t hit free throws, didn’t hit shots.”
“We wanted to get people who had been there for all of these events so we would get the basics,” Hehir said. “Then we started going after our main characters. Normally, I like to do a main character right off the bat. The first person we interviewed for (HBO’s) ‘Andre the Giant’ was Vince McMahon. I usually like to see what I can get from that person so we know if a main character is going to determine where we go with the direction of the story.”
More bad decisions led to the death of the company, and in 2001 WCW was sold to Vince McMahon and the WWE. Attempts to revive the nWo have been made in the years since, but never managed to capture fans the way the original iteration did. Now a relic of a bygone era, the nWo of 1996-98 remains the most compelling era in professional wrestling, not only in terms of the larger WCW vs. WWF feud — but how it pushed the industry away from the comic book style characters of the 1980s and early 90s, instead putting more “real people” on screens that fans could identify with. Without the nWo it’s unlikely we ever would have seen the rise of Stone Cold Steve Austin and countless others. Dennis Rodman is a part of that legacy, and deciding to skip out of practicing for the NBA Finals allowed it.
Adam Schefter: Scheduled participants on call with Trump: NBA – Adam Silver; WNBA – Cathy Engelbert; MLB – Rob Manfred; NFL – Roger Goodell; NHL – Gary Bettman; PGA Tour – Jay Monahan; UFC – Dana White; WWE - Vince McMahon; NASCAR – John Middlebrook or Jim France; MLS – Don Garber. Notice: No NCAA.
Teague’s love for pro wrestling is well documented, mostly by the point guard himself. He’s said many times wrestling is the only thing he watches on television. His last two non-reply tweets center on the WWE, the most recent coming in July about how the WWE Network “low key is the best thing out.” Teague notes his favorite era came in the late-1990s and early 2000s, when Steve Austin, Vince McMahon and The Rock were the stars of the ring. His all-time favorite wrestler is either The Rock or The Undertaker, depending on the day — Wednesday he sided with the People’s Champion (The Rock). His favorite match was a triple-threat tag-team ladder match between the Hardy Boyz, Teague’s beloved Dudley Boyz, and Edge and Christian. Edge and Christian won the match — there were multiple editions of this match, so the exact one Teague is referring to is unknown.
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Memphis Grizzlies star Marc Gasol ain't worried about retribution from Conor McGregor after busting out his swag walk after hitting the go-ahead 3 pointer Wednesday night ... telling TMZ Sports, "We're cool." You know the "swag walk" -- arms out, swingin' like you don't care (McGregor actually bit the move from Vince McMahon).
That would suggest anyone listening to sports talk is a moron or a fan of WWE, although if Vince McMahon said he was walking home from Cleveland, he'd have more credibility. "I looked into it," claimed Ireland. "I figured it would take 10 weeks to walk the 2,344 miles." That's less than 34 miles a day, or a reminder we're not talking about an athlete here. Ireland is not only the star of "Mason & Ireland" but also the more likable. More sensible. Better-dressed too. Certainly not the one you'd expect to weasel out of anything.
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