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Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2219310
what ever happened to not pissing off the other team if you can help it?
- AUBURN HILLS, Mich. -- The Sacramento Kings bought full-page ads in two newspapers to apologize for showing derogatory images of Detroit on video screens prior to their home opener against the Pistons.
When the Pistons were introduced Tuesday night, the Arco Arena scoreboard flashed pictures of abandoned buildings, burned-out cars, piles of rubble and other negative images of Detroit. The Pistons won the game 102-88.
First of all, much of that brings to mind Paris, not Detroit. Second, you've got the "3rd best team in the East" playing your suddenly mediocre team. Why stir the pot?
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When you're Sacramento, you gotta slam what you can slam. There's ain't much else. Besides, at least they don't have an 18 yo mayor.
American politics can still favor the underdog, as resoundingly proved by Hillsdale, Mich., high-school senior Michael Sessions.
The 18-year-old, after having lost last year's race to be elected to his school council, won another post this week: that of mayor of his hometown. Once his victory is certified, he'll be sworn in during a ceremony set for Nov. 21.
"I just thought I'd give it a shot," Sessions, told the Detroit News after giving the boot to Ingles, the incumbent who owns a local roller-skating rink and served his town for the past four years.
"I hoped I'd win. But I didn't really know what would happen," says the teen, who was too young to register for the election at the time of the filing deadline, so he relied on being written in. He also says that he joined the race because he was tired of hearing complaints that city government was stale because the same old leaders kept being re-elected.
