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Sunday, March 16, 2008
March Madness (NBA style)!
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
NEW YORK - You had your vacation (and I had mine, thanks to the hard work of Mr. D. Orlando Ledbetter).
Hope you enjoyed it (I know I did). Because you’re stuck with me the rest of the way.
Starting right here and right now with these Hawks and Knicks here at the Garden, we’re going to ride this thing out.
It’s March Madness NBA style. Every game for these Hawks comes with the same win-or-go-home directive that should accompany any team on the postseason bubble.
And I can admit to knowing very little about the University of Georgia’s basketball program, but I can’t say they haven’t spiked my interest in the past 72 hours.
If nothing else, you have to believe in the impossible right now. No one figured those cats for the NCAA’s this time a week ago, and now they’re preparing to try out their dancing shoes.
(Hey, I know it’s a stretch, but a few days off energized my belief in the power of positive thinking).
I’m trying to be a kinder and gentler me down the stretch so no one can say I did anything to get in the way of the progress the Hawks are trying to make, however painful it might be to watch sometimes.
Fine. Give me a day or two to get my edge back. Who knows, this Dr. Feel Good thing might stick (or not)? But I figured it’s worth a try now, since every negative angle on things has already been exhausted (the last blog was as vicious as it was long).
