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Lipstick, Pigs & Your Sacramento Kings
The Spencer Hawes saga has been very interesting to me. On the one hand, we have a 20 year old kid with about 930 minutes to his NBA career (the equivalent of about 26 games if you were using 36 minutes per night). ...

Hampton Hawes - The Green Leaves Of Summer (1964)
This 1964 recording was Hampton Hawes's first in more than five years. It radiates the sense of freedom the pianist felt after John F. Kennedy granted him a presidential pardon halfway through a ten-year sentence for substantial ...

The Patriots
Dynasty mode completed. They have problems far beyond missing Tom Brady this season.

HAMPTON HAWES - THE SERMON
1. Down By The Riverside. 2. Just A Closer Walk With Thee 3. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot. 4. Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen. 5. When The Roll Is Called Up Yonder. 6. Go Down Moses. 7. Joshua Fit De Battle Of Jericho. 8. Blues N/C.

Hawes Struggling To Find Himself
“Um, Spencer's got to find himself right now,” Kings coach Reggie Theus said, measuring his words when asked about Hawes' performance. “He's got to figure out where he's going to be most effective. … We're expecting him to play. ...

Hampton Hawes - Spanish Steps (1968)
Recorded in Paris in 1968 while being on a world tour, featuring some achingly beautiful playing of Hawes' second post - prison phase with superb original compositions, ably accompanied by Jimmy Woode on bass and Arthur Taylor on drums. ...

Some SEC upsets too.
Arkansas over Auburn and Florida is blowing LSU out right now.

Sun shines on Cav victory
Early UVA turnovers led to a pair of field goals by visiting, Tech-beating East Carolina before today's football game got dominated by the Cavaliers. At one point, the Pirates, with 20 points, got within 8; but that was before the ...

The Spencer Hawes reality check: What did you expect?
Spencer Hawes is getting roasted. Being served up by fans after one exhibition game merely makes him the latest target of unhappy customers frustrated by a losing club and getting the Marty Mac Treatment is simply the life of a lottery ...

Hampton Hawes - For Real! (1958)
A great date, Hampton's last before he served his 5 year drug - related jail term (and was pardoned by JFK) accompanied by bass legend Scott LaFaro (who was a member of the first great Bill Evans Trio before his tragic death in a car ...