This was a story I first wrote June 11th of this year, once the news cited in this article broke.  At the time I was having serious issues with WordPress, so it ended up being saved and forgotten until now.  Decided I would throw it up now that everything is running correctly again.

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I remember the exact day I stopped caring about the NBA.

It was 2002. I was living in Milwaukee, and out in Walker’s Point with a friend. We stopped at a local pub to watch game 6 of the Lakers-Kings playoff series. After watching a second half where the Kings got screwed, I sat back in my chair and took a large sip of beer.

“The NBA is rigged,” I proclaimed to my friend. “The Kings got hosed because the league wants the Lakers in the finals.” Neither her or anyone in the bar disagreed with me.

I don’t think I’ve watched an NBA game in its entirety since that day. There was no point watching game 7, because I, like the league, already knew the outcome. To this day, I feel more honest watching professional wrestling then popping on an NBA game. At least wresting admits it is rigged.

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Tony Dokoupil wrote a great article about the floundering 20-something generation of men entitled “Why I Am Leaving Guyland.”  Dokoupil discusses the changing landscape of men nearing 30, as more choose to stay single and continue to live like they did in college.   Dokoupil is the exception to the rule, choosing to settle down at the age of 27.  Best quote from the article:

According to a study released last month by the Parents Television Council, prime-time broadcast audiences are three times more likely to hear about people having sex with pets, corpses or two other people simultaneously than they are to see a blissed-out married couple between the sheets.

Read it for yourself at Newsweek.com