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with Andy Dorf and Fred Wallin

On this edition of Dorf On Sports, Fred  and Andy f talk about Jeremy Lin, the newest star in the NBA and for the New York Knicks. This is truly the best sports story I have ever seen. He has had an impact not only on his team but the entire NBA. We also talk about how weak the Pac-12 is in basketball. In addition they discuss Peyton Manning and his future. Does his legacy continue in Indy, does he take his act somewhere else or does he retire?

We also catch up with actor, comedian, writer, rapper etc. Tom Green who is at the Tempe Improv this weekend. The guys also take calls from listeners. To be part of the show listen online at 1100kfnx.com Wednesday nights from 9-10pm Arizona Time. Call in at 866-536-1100.

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Pam Shriver, on ESPN during the Australian Open, after reading the network’s promo for the Winter X Games:

“You know, I’m happy I played a sport where you’d make a mistake and the worst thing that could happen to you was Love-15.”

From the other calendar, these ‘special’ days in February, including the designation as ‘National Pull Your Sofa off the Wall Month.”

-Feb. 7:     ‘Wave All Your Fingers at Your Neighbor Day.”

-Feb. 9:      ‘Read in the Bathtub Day.’

-Feb. 11:     ‘Don’t Cry Over Spilled Milk Day’.

-Feb. 18:      ‘Thumb Appreciation Day’.

-Feb 23:      ‘Curling is Cool Day’

-Feb. 28:       ‘Public Sleeping Day’

Happy Birthday to Bob Griese!

From nightlines, Conan O’Brien:  ‘To avoid a shutdown the Government cut $39 billion from the budget.  The first thing to go was ‘real housewives of DC’.”

As mentioned yesterday, the ZERO(s) of the Week of the NC Winter Pro teams, the Hurricanes and the Bobcats.  The Hurricanes are tied for last in their conference, well on their way to missing the playoffs for the 3^rd straight season after making the Hockey ‘Final Four’  in 2009.    However they’re the BETTER sports team in NC, the Bobcats are the WORST team in the entire NBA, recently surpassed by the Washington Wizards, after a head-to-head loss.     And with the absurd roster moves the Bobcats have made in recent years, it’s difficult to see them improving any time soon.    Good thing I have a really good COLLEGE basketball team to root for!

And speaking of college teams, on a happier note, the HERO(s) of the Week are the two Greensboro Division 1 teams, UNCG and A&T.  After bad starts, both are playing much better lately, A&T has won 5 in a row.  However the more surprising story is UNCG.  In the middle of an 11 game losing streak, they ‘fired’ their Coach, Mike Dement.  (Okay, it was called a ‘resignation’.)    Assistant Wes Miller took over, becoming one of the youngest coaches in Division 1.   His first or second game was at Duke, and they hung with Duke for a half.  After another loss or 2, they’ve won SEVEN in a row, including a win AT College of Charleston.   Both of those teams have a real shot to make the NCAA tournament. (read more…)

from the NBA

-Chicago Bulls’ Derrick Rose selected to his third straight All-Star Game; third overall in All-Star voting

NEW YORK, Feb. 2, 2012 – Orlando Magic center Dwight Howard, winner of the last three Kia NBA Defensive Player of the Year awards, is this year’s leading vote-getter in the 2012 NBA All-Star Balloting program presented by Sprint with 1,600,390 votes. Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant, a four-time All-Star MVP (2002, 2007, 2009, and 2011), is the leading vote-getter in the Western Conference with 1,555,479 votes. Bryant ties Jerry West, Karl Malone, and Shaquille O’Neal for the most consecutive All-Star nods in NBA history with 14.

The 2012 NBA All-Star Game, which will air live at 8 p.m. ET on TNT and ESPN Radio in the U.S., and reach fans in more than 200 countries and territories in more than 40 languages, will be played at Amway Center in Orlando on Sunday, Feb. 26, 2012.

Joining Howard in the Eastern Conference starting lineup at the forward position are the Miami Heat’s LeBron James (1,360,680), the 2006 and 2008 All-Star Game MVP, and the New York Knicks’ Carmelo Anthony (1,041,290). The starters for the East at guard are the Chicago Bulls’ Derrick Rose (1,514,723) and the Heat’s Dwyane Wade (1,334,223), the 2010 All-Star Game MVP.

Bryant, who joins Hall of Famer Bob Pettit (1956, 1958, 1959 and 1962) as the only four-time All-Star Game MVPs in NBA history, is joined in the Western Conference starting backcourt by the Los Angeles Clippers’ Chris Paul (1,138,743). The Oklahoma City Thunder’s Kevin Durant (1,345,566) and the Clippers’ Blake Griffin (876,451), making his first All-Star Game start, are the starting forwards. The Lakers’ Andrew Bynum, a first-time All-Star, gets the nod at center (1,051,945). This marks the first time since 1997 (Houston’s Hakeem Olajuwon and Charles Barkley, and Seattle’s Shawn Kemp and Gary Payton) that two pair of teammates have been voted to start for one conference.

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with Les Grobstein, Steve Leventhal, and Alison Moran

Don Guzan from the D-Plantman show joins us for the last ever (for now) show on WKRS.  He’s filling in for Packer Dave, who still in hiding two weeks after the Green Bay loss in the playoffs.  We have a discussion of the White Sox, on the weekend of SoxFest.  Also, some talk of the Tigers signing of Prince Fielder, and of course our preview of Super Bowl XLVI.  Don’t miss the final three minutes, when the fireworks are flying.  Thanks for listening, and stay tuned to InternetFM.com for updates on the show.

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When he can’t put on a regular 82-game NBA season, David Stern just can’t win.

After the 1998-99 lockout resulted in a 50-game season, the commissioner was criticized for putting on a sham campaign. In case you’ve forgotten, Phil Jackson famously mocked it as the “asterisk season.” That still rankles some folks down in San Antonio, which won its first title that June, and they don’t want to hear that it wasn’t the genuine thing.

Now Stern is hearing from some critics that the 66-game season, necessitated by the five-month lockout, is featuring too many games.
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