As soon as American basketball fans had come to terms with the loss of
the likes of Josh Childress, Carlos Delfino and Earl Boykins to Europe
this summer, we started hearing about the unthinkable.
LeBron James suiting up for Olympiacos of Greece in 2010?
Kobe Bryant becoming player-owner of a team in Italy? Teammates on the
U.S. Olympic squad heading to Russia?
Interviews with some of the league's elite players certainly
suggested that this summer's trickle of talent to Europe could become a
full-blown torrent over the coming years, with annual salaries of $50
million a year tax-free being thrown around.
Just one small problem.
Nobody in Europe -- where execs, agents, fans and media are
still trying to get their heads around the $20 million, three-year deal
Childress inked with Olympiacos -- is close to offering that kind of
contract.
DENVER, Colorado (CNN) -- Sen. Hillary Clinton, who lost a
bitter battle for her party's nomination for the presidency, on Tuesday
night called for her fellow Democrats to unite behind Sen. Barack Obama.
"My friends, it is time to take back the country we love," she told
delegates at the Democratic National Convention. "And whether you voted
for me, or you voted for Barack, the time is now to unite as a single
party with a single purpose.
"We are on the same team, and none
of us can sit on the sidelines. This is a fight for the future. And
it's a fight we must win."
She also touched on a common
message of the night -- that Sen. John McCain, the Republicans'
presumptive nominee, would offer more of the same types of policies of
the Bush administration.
"You haven't worked so hard over the
last 18 months, or endured the last eight years, to suffer through more
failed leadership," Clinton said. "No way. No how. No McCain."
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