Fifty years ago next month, sports teams from New York and Baltimore met yet again this time, the Bullets vs. the New York Knicks in the best-of-seven Eastern Conference finals.
Rival in Focus: Washington Capitals by Bill Meltzer @BillMeltzer / philadelphiaflyers.com
Somewhat akin to the Philadelphia Flyers rivalry with the Pittsburgh Penguins, the Philadelphia club s clashes with the Washington Capitals were far too lopsided in the Flyers favor in the early years to be considered much of a rivalry at all. By 1982, however, the Caps began to emerge as a solid NHL club and there started to be more at stake in the standings. By the time the teams started to face off against one another in the playoffs and games between the teams became physical, chippy contests, the teams couldn t stand the sight of one another.
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I get that writing this piece on the day after a hard-fought win last night may make me sound like a “Debbie Downer.” But I still believe all of what I’m about to say has to be said.
The Washington Wizards have started the 2020-21 NBA season with much adversity. Though they won yesterday in amazing fashion, Washington still has the worst record in the NBA, traded away their long-time franchise point guard for a seemingly injured All-NBA star point guard who appears to be on the decline, lost their budding starting center to a season-ending ACL injury, and then their team had a massive coronavirus outbreak that the team ended up missing two weeks worth of games and have had to play a number of games playing short handed.
Mr. Avdija goes to Washington
December 25, 2020
Deni Avdija (center right) poses with Israeli Ambassador to the United States Ron Dermer (center left) and other officials.
(JNS) - Israel s Deni Avdija recently moved from Israel to Washington, found an apartment, met with the media at a Washington Wizards press conference and ate his first meal at Chipotle Mexican Grill. I really liked the idea of Chipotle. I like to eat healthy. And it was kind of healthy!
Avdija, the 19-year-old Maccabi Tel Aviv phenom, was taken No. 9 overall by the Wizards in the recent NBA Draft. The 6-foot-9 inch, 225-pound forward is excited to play in the NBA and understands what it means to make it to the most elite league in the sport and to represent Israel. I worked so hard.
Mr. Avdija goes to Washington
Mr. Avdija goes to Washington
The Israeli basketball star notes that he is “excited to play against the NBA greats all the guys I played against when I was little … in video games!”
(December 15, 2020 / JNS) Israel’s Deni Avdija recently moved from Israel to Washington, found an apartment, met with the media at a Washington Wizards press conference and ate his first meal at Chipotle Mexican Grill. “I really liked the idea of Chipotle. I like to eat healthy. And it was
kind of healthy!”
Avdija, the 19-year-old Maccabi Tel Aviv phenom, was taken No. 9 overall by the Wizards in the recent NBA Draft. The 6-foot-9 inch, 225-pound forward is excited to play in the NBA and understands what it means to make it to the most elite league in the sport and to represent Israel. “I worked so hard to get here. I am here to show Israelis there is no limit.”