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Leading Off

Posted on February 29th, 2008 7:40am by Eric Celeste
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1. Ashley Benson (left) will star in the Lifetime movie Fab Five, about the McKinney cheerleaders who supposedly ran the squad to the point the cheerleading coach who tried to discipline them resigned in frustration. (Of course, she sold the story to the network, so it only takes her side.) Based on everything I know about this, which is nothing but the photo at left, I give the project a B+.

2. Two cities in North Texas were in the top three in the nation in the category of “fastest-growing labor force.” Congratulations, Frisco (No. 1) and McKinney (No. 3), although what you’re going to do with all those babies, I have no idea. (Hello? Is this thing on?)

3 . Words cannot express how furious I am with Mavericks coach Avery Johnson, who did not play Jason Kidd in the last half-minute of the tight contest with the Spurs, which the Mavs lost, 97-94. For a link, please read the many excellent posts about this at the DMN’s Mavs blog. And then comment away. Please. Vent. For me.

Update: Read Marc Stein’s take. Also, read the take of the great Buck Harvey in San Antonio. And please don’t say this was done because Kidd can’t shoot. His 3-point shooting percentage is higher than both Josh’s and Stack’s this year.

6 Comments to “Leading Off”

Bethany @ February 29th, 2008 at 8:11 am

You forgot this one:
http://www.dallasnews.com/shar.....6a729.html

Park in the garage!
BSG @ February 29th, 2008 at 8:19 am

Tim had the cheerleader story seven day ago.

http://frontburner.dmagazine.c.....erleaders/
Bobby Ewing @ February 29th, 2008 at 8:37 am

I don’t care if it’s been reported before…with a photo like that I suggest a weekly status report.
Eric Celeste @ February 29th, 2008 at 8:45 am

Tim who?
Corwin P @ February 29th, 2008 at 10:02 am

Puhleeze with the Kidd having a higher 3 point shooting percentage than J-Ho and Stack argument. It was a *2* point game, so overall FG% is the more relevant stat here. Now how does the analysis look? Hint: Kidd’s overall shooting % is only slightly better than his 3 point - proof he CAN’T shoot.
Eric Celeste @ February 29th, 2008 at 1:45 pm

And Puhleeze don’t tell me that you thought it was a good idea to leave TBPPGOTG (The Best Passing Point Guard of This Generation) on the bench with the game on the line. Please. And that you wanted Damp out there to…to…fight for the rebound, because you expected a miss?