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  Historic Local Court Slated for Demise

  The New Orleans Athletic Club, the second oldest health club in the US, is sacrificing its basketball court (pictured above) in order to provide other equipment upgrades. The NOAC is a...

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  New Orleans: Keystone of (Team) USA

  I live in America I live in America You may not be looking for the promise land But you might find it anyway Under one of those old familiar names Like...

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  Pelicans’ Monty Williams to Join Team USA Coaching Staff

  Per the AP: A person with knowledge of the details says Tom Thibodeau and Monty Williams will join the returning Jim Boeheim as assistant coaches for the U.S. Olympic men’s basketball...

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  Laying a Foundation

  Dry your eyes my little friend Let me take you by the hand Freddie get ready Rock steady When Johnny strikes up the band – Warren Zevon, Johnny Strikes Up the...

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  Spurring Some Heated Discussion

  With the 2013 NBA Finals on our temporal doorsteps, with the present and past colliding like fists two Chuck Norris fists, with silent power and grace slamming into furious flash, with...

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  Fine Details of New Orleans Arena Renovations

  The New Orleans Pelicans are just that . . . the New Orleans, not Seattle . . . Pelicans, not Supersonics, in part thanks to the current and upcoming renovations to...

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  Cutting Loose

  You’re playing so cool Obeying every rule Dig way down in your heart You’re yearning, burning for some Somebody to tell you That life ain’t passing you by I’m trying to...

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  Quiescent Quotidian Quandaries

  But I won’t cry for yesterday There’s an ordinary world Somehow I have to find And as I try to make my way To the ordinary world I will learn to...

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  Reports Indicate Vasquez Will Have Surgery on Both Ankles

  Multiple reports from Venezuela indicate that New Orleans Pelicans point guard Greivis Vasquez will undergo a cleanup procedure on both ankles in the coming days. Loose material in his ankles bothered...

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  Getting the House in Order

  Our house it has a crowd There’s always something happening And it’s usually quite loud Our mum she’s so house-proud Nothing ever slows her down And a mess is not allowed...

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  Practice Makes Normal

  Today the New Orleans Pelicans gave a tour of their practice facility to be. While it’s not much to look at today, it is indicative of not only the changes that...

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  It Just Doesn’t Stop

  ‘Cause you can’t, you won’t and you don’t stop Oh, ’cause you can’t, you won’t and you don’t stop Oh, but you can’t, you won’t and you don’t stop Mike D,...

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  The Times, They Are A-Changin’

  Come writers and critics who prophesize with your pen And keep your eyes wide, the chance won’t come again And don’t speak too soon for the wheel’s still in spin And...

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  LIVE Call With Dennis Lauscha, Dell Demps, and Monty Williams (Live Updates!)

  The New Orleans Pelicans are hosting a live interactive fan conference call.  It will be moderated by Pelicans play by play announcer Joel Meyers and will feature Pelicans President Dennis Lauscha, General Manager...

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  Jason Collins, “I’m Gay.”: What This Means to Me

  On a historic day in professional sports, some of the writers here at Hornets247.com take time to reflect on  Jason Collins’ story. Michael McNamara: I have had a different reaction to today’s...

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  Season in Review: Al-Farouq Aminu

  On the court, no Hornet has caused as much vacillation of opinion as Al-Farouq Aminu in the 2012-2013 season. The New Orleans Hornets de facto starting small forward has not only...

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  Against the Wind

  Against the wind We were runnin’ against the wind We were young and strong, we were runnin’ Against the wind – Bob Seger, Against the Wind News Greivis Vasquez came in...

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  Season in Review: Brian Roberts

  Brian Roberts signed as a rookie free agent with the New Orleans Hornets in August 2012 after performing well with the team in Summer League. Signing with the team for an...

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  This is the End

  This is the end Beautiful friend This is the end My only friend, the end Of our elaborate plans, the end Of everything that stands, the end No safety or surprise,...

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  Goodbye, Hornets247

  Letting go of you was so hard to do And I thought that it would kill me But I made it through somehow And I’m so much stronger now – Warrant,...