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The Sixers and the Mavericks may not be the only matchup you can see at the Wells Fargo Center tonight… kinda makes me want to buy a ticket.

The 30-29 Sixers are on a four-game winning streak (and 7-3 in their last 10 games). They’re above the .500 mark for the first time this season. And they’ll face a true test tonight when they take on the Dallas MavericksĀ  at the Wells Fargo Center.

The Mavs (43-16) have the third best record in the league, and they certainly portray themselves to be a much tougher obstacle than the Rockets, Wizards, Pistons, and Cavaliers… the four teams the Sixers beat to compile their latest winning streak.

However, this may not be the only attraction you can see at WFC tonight. Controversial Mavs owner Mark Cuban and the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer, author of “Friday Night Lights”, and current Daily Beast blogger Buzz Bissinger (say that 10 times fast) could square off courtside, after a war of words over Twitter saw the two have quite the exchange. Both men will be present at tonight’s game, and there’s no way to predict what will happen.

Find out how the whole mess started after the jump. Read the rest at Crossing Broad.

Pistons

The Sixers will look to get to .500 for the first time this season when they square off against the Detorit Pistons tonight at the Wells Fargo Center.

So, yeah, there’s that storyline, but there’s also this one, which leads us to ask just how many Detroit Pistons will the Sixers be playing?

Detroit News is reporting that several of the Pistons’ players refused to attend Friday morning’s shootaround, in an apparent protest against their head coach, John Kuester. Tracy McGrady, Tayshaun Prince, Rip Hamilton, Ben Wallace, and Chris Wilcox were among them.

You thought it was bad with Eddie Jordan? At least our players showed up to practice. More commentary on “practice” from a special guest (oh yeah, you know what’s coming) and Kuester’s plans for tonight after the jump.

Continue reading the article at Crossing Broad.

Above: Jayson Werth is back to being "this cool".

Kyle and I tag-teamed this. The post, that is.

Jayson Werth spoke with the media today at Nationals camp. David Murphy of the Philadelphia Daily News blogĀ High Cheese has the transcript. You can see it all by clicking on the link, but here are a couple of noteworthy snippets you may find interesting.

Get your full dose of Werth-douchyness at Crossing Broad.

Allen-iverson-turkey
“I’m fallin’ apart here, man!”

In October, Allen Iverson signed a two-year, $4 million deal with a Turkish basketball team after no NBA squad was willing to take a chance on him. It was an opportunity for the former Sixer to put himself in a better situation professionally, personally, and financially.

Yet every time we’ve heard his name since, it’s been in a negative light… and the news continues to worsen. It began with a leg injury that forced him to return home to United States for potential leg surgery.

After visiting Dr. James Andrews in Brimingham in the beginning of the month, Iverson found out he wouldn’t need surgery, Instead, he had to rest for the next six to eight weeks before returning to his team for the playoffs.

Seems pretty simple…. take the free time to rest up and get back to work, right?

Not so much. A series of tweets compliled by Sports by Brooks this weekend tells us exactly what AI has been up to. He hasn’t been resting, that’s for sure. More after the jump.

A “tweet timeline” tells us the real story, and more than anything, it’s sad. Check out the rest at Crossing Broad.

CameronIt’s just Cameron Indoor Stadium and the #1 team in the nation... no biggie

The Duke Blue Devils have been the fifth-ranked team in the nation for the past three weeks, but that changed quickly after a crazy week in college basketball.

A loss from the top-ranked Kansas Jayhawks, in addition to Ohio State, Texas, and Pittsburgh falling apart last week, landed Duke at the top of the AP and ESPN/USA Today polls.

Why is this important?

Read the rest at Crossing Broad.

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