Day 34: BALLIN'

(The NBA in London...and me)

LONDON - For the second year in a row, the NBA is coming to London. This year will be better though. Beacuse I'm going to be there.

In the press box. I got a gig covering the game from my semi-hometown paper, the Palm Beach Post - a paper that includes one of the best sports section's in the country*. It's thrilling.

The sold out preseason game between the Miami Heat and the New Jersey Nets will take place at the 18,000 seat O2 Arena. Watch the game on NBA TV* at 2 p.m. Oh wait, you don't have that channel? Damn.



Miami Heat*

VS.


New Jersey Nets

Updates on the food, atmosphere and the game itself to come later.


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Foot notes

*Unfortunately, the paper did recently cut its Florida Panthers. Not sure if the axing of the Panthers beat says more about the state of hockey or the state of newspapers. Likely the perfect case of a little from Column A and a little from Column B. (Although the Post did write this article today). But perhaps we're underestimating the far-reaching influence of one of the worst NHL franchises. In the supermarket the other day, I saw a kid wearing a Florida Panthers t-shirt. It was bizarre.

*Except maybe Austin Barimo, an obsessive fan of the Orlando Magic. A shout out to him on his birthday.

*For those who aren't Parrotheads, that's Jimmy Buffett, an obsessive fan of the Miami Heat (Jay-Z is co-owner of the Nets). Hey, loyal readers, can somebody put together a mash-up of "99 Problems" and "Cheeseburger in Paradise."