Ibrahim Abdul-Matin appears in the following:
[Web Special] Kobe in Disneyland
Monday, June 15, 2009
My aunts and uncle called me from L.A. just as the game was ending. All I could hear was a loud buzzing from my phone – it was them cheering, hooting, hollering, letting the world kno...
[Web Special] Magic and the Penguins: The Night of the Underdog
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Underdogs had their night. In the NHL, the Pittsburgh Penguins stole game 6 in Detroit and the Orlando Magic won an NBA Finals game for the first time in franchise history...
Score! The NBA and NHL Finals with Ibrahim Abdul-Matin
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
In hockey and basketball, the finals continue. The Pittsburgh Penguins grabbed a 2-to-1 victory over Detroit on the ice, forcing a Game 7 in the NHL's Stanley Cup finals. Meanwhile ...
[Web Special] The NBA Finals: Seven Pillars of Wisdom
Friday, June 05, 2009
Tonight, while many in the world will still be buzzing over President Obama’s visit to Egypt, a great many of us will be watching a whole other drama unfold – the NBA Finals.
De...
Muslims React to Obama's Cairo speech
Thursday, June 04, 2009
There are more than seven million Muslims in the United States, and they overwhelming supported President Obama in the election. To learn about what they anticipated, and what they he...
The LA Lakers and the Orlando Magic Head To the NBA Finals
Thursday, June 04, 2009
Game on! The NBA Finals start tonight, with the Lakers facing off against the Orlando Magic in what should be a great NBA series. The Takeaway’s sports contributor Ibrahim Abdul-Matin...
[Web Special] For the NBA, Disneyland or Disney World
Monday, June 01, 2009
You gotta love hockey players - especially hockey players from Detroit who have the heart of champions. Some people are saying they're an old team, an aging lion. But you can't discou...
NBA Finals: Can Kobe Stop the Magic?
Monday, June 01, 2009
It was a big weekend in sports: an unknown sprinter at track-and-field's Reebok Grand Prix; the NBA playoffs, where Dwight Howard stopped LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers. Did...
[Web Special] NBA Finals: Will Kobe See LeBron There?
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Like every other sportswriter — and fan — I've spend the past few weeks drooling at the prospect of a Kobe-LeBron playoff in the NBA finals. But it looks like the Denver Nuggets and O...
Who'll Take the Title? The NBA and Stanley Cup
Thursday, May 28, 2009
We're getting into crunch time for both the NBA and the NHL. It's the conference finals for the NBA, with LeBron James and his Cleveland Cavaliers on the brink of elimination; they tr...
Beyond Yao Ming: China and the NBA
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
In the middle of the Eastern Conference playoffs, the Cleveland Cavaliers are making news, and not just for their three-point shots and MVP LeBron James. Over the weekend, the Cavalie...
Will Michael Vick Go to The Dogs?
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Michael Vick was released from prison in Leavenworth, Kansas yesterday morning after being locked up for 19 months on charges related to running a dog fighting ring. He will spend...
Picks and Pans: Why Can't the NBA Draft Work Better?
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
The NBA had a busy night last night. First, the Draft lottery was held. There are 30 teams in the league and 16 make the playoffs. Of those that don't make the playoffs, the ones wit...
Game On: This Week in Sports
Monday, May 18, 2009
The Boston Celtics and the Orlando Magic played Game 7 of their NBA series last night, and the Magic played themselves to a 101-82 victory and a trip to the Eastern Conference fin...
The Five Keys to the NBA's Final Four
Monday, May 18, 2009
The best team generally wins.. A 7-game series makes it very tough for the underdog team to come out on top. The length of the playoff tends to compensate for flukes or temporary stre...
LeBron vs The Neutralizers
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Last week LeBron James was crowned King of the NBA in his Akron, Ohio court, accepting the honors on the grounds of his high school. But the rest of the NBA apparently didn't get the ...
The NBA finals with Ibrahim Abdul-Matin
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
It was a big night in basketball. LeBron James led Cleveland to an NBA Playoff-record eight straight wins by double digits with an 84-74 victory over the Atlanta Hawks to advance to t...
Takeaway sports wrap: From the NBA to the NHL
Monday, May 04, 2009
Imagine this: It's Game Seven of the most hyped NBA playoff in recent memory...and your TV goes out. Takeaway Contributor and sports blogger Ibrahim Abdul-Matin fled to the nearest sp...
Highlights and lowlights of the NFL draft
Monday, April 27, 2009
The NFL Draft took place this weekend. The focus was on the big spending Detroit Lions, who after going 0 and 16 last season, ponied up a guaranteed $41.7 million for Georgia quarterb...
A sudden death close at the Masters
Monday, April 13, 2009
The Masters Tournament in Augusta, Georgia came to an extraordinary close yesterday with a sudden death victory by Angel Cabrera, the first Argentine in history to win the tournament....
