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Semi Pro 2008

Jackie Moon is one-hit wonder who used the profits from the success of his chart-topping song "Love Me Sexy" to achieve his dream of owning a basketball team. But Moon's franchise, the Flint Michigan Tropics, is the worst team in the league
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ABA basketball - BurlingtonFreePress.com

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia -- The Vermont Frost Heaves erased an 11-point halftime deficit and breezed to a 104-83 American Basketball Association win over the ...
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Semi-Pro semi-brings the ABA back to life - Newsday

Casual basketball fans and the younger generation of fans know of the ABA through the legend of Dr. J. What they don&39t know is that the Julius Erving who ...Semi-Pro review Flick Filosopher
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Will Ferrell stars in Semi-Pro, an outrageous comedy set in 1976 against the backdrop of the maverick ABA ?? a fast-paced, wild and crazy basketball league that rivaled the NBA and made a name for itself with innovations like the three-point shot and
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LIBERTAS REVIEW: Semi-Pro

LIBERTAS REVIEW: Semi-Pro Filed under: Movie Reviews ?? Dirty Harry 4:52 pm Semi-Pro was probably pitched as Will Ferrell meets Slap Shot 1977. Like Slap Shot, which was shot in Philly, Semi-Pro is set?in 1976 Flint, Michigan with that polluted,
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Ken??s Movie Review

SEMI-PRO The first thing you may notice about this movie is that Will Ferrell stole one of Phil Spector??s wigs. You know, the blonde afro one, he wasn??t wearing that his last trial, so he didn??t need it anyway. Will Ferrell is the latest Jim Ca
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Todd Jorgenson / Sports on Film - Denton Record Chronicle

When the financially fledgling ABA merged with the NBA in 1976, it left behind plenty of basketball tales from a bygone era. Kent Alterman has heard more ...The master of comedic slam-dunks Globe and Mail
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Movie Review: Semi-Pro- Fully awful

+1 for the Tropics girls Semi-Pro is the unfunniest comedy since Delta Farce and Will Ferrel's worst movie to date. He plays Jackie Moon, a one-hit wonder who purchases an ABA basketball team, the hapless Flint Tropics. When the ABA commisioner inf
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Jackie Moon, Semi-Pro and the ABA

SI.com's Steve Aschburner has an excellent piece on the American Basketball Association, which Will Ferrell's making fun of in his new movie, Semi-Pro. For those of you too young to remember the ABA, read the whole thing. You'll get an appropriate persp
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Manchester Millrats Infest Jersey Express, Win 117-109 - ABA - The Raw Feed

... only alternative professional sports magazine, SZ, with original features and great action photography in baseball, hockey, basketball, and football. ...
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Movie Update

Since I haven't blogged regularly lately, I have a few movies to review. I get a mixed reaction to the movie reviews. Some people really like them and some people just want knitting content. If you fall into the latter category, move on - just movies toda
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Ferrell??s Semi-Pro Suffers from Comic Skits-ophrenia

Ferrell??s Semi-Pro Suffers from Comic Skits-ophrenia Friday, February 29th, 2008 Will Ferrell trades in his ice skates and NASCAR for a sleight stab at slightly-pro basketball By Melissa Michaels HOLLYWOOD, CA Hollywood Today 2/29/08 ?? Guns
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Sorry, Will Ferrell, ABA was no clown league

Sorry, Will Ferrell, ABA was no clown leagueSeeded on Sat Mar 1, 2008 8:05 AM EST CNN sports, basketball, aba, will-ferrell1
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Basketball flick fouls out - UI The Daily Iowan subscription

When the ABA decides on a merger, the top four teams in the league enter the NBA, while the others are dissolved. It&39s up to the ragtag lovable losers, ...
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SEMI-PRO Ferrell shoots and scores

SEMI-PRO Ferrell shoots and scores FILM In the early 1970s, America housed two basketball leagues: the original American Basketball Association and the well-established NBA. With explosive style and sensational showmanship, the frenetically-paced AB
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Movies Opening Today February 29, 2008

Semi-Pro - R Jackie Moon is one-hit wonder who used the profits from the success of his chart-topping song ???Love Me Sexy??? to achieve his dream of owning a basketball team. But Moon??s franchise, the Flint Michigan Tropics, is the worst team
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Sports in Film: The Best and Worst Basketball Movies of all Time

"My practices arent designed for for your enjoyment." -Coach Normand Dale, Hoosiers 1986 With the release of Will Ferrell new comedy Semi-Pro, dealing with the antics of the Flint Tropics in the crazy days of the ABA, i began thinking about a
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Semi-Pro

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Movie: Semi-Pro - Wave Magazine

In his latest film, Semi-Pro, Ferrell plays ??70s ABA basketball star Jackie Moon. When the NBA absorbs their league, Moon fights to keep his team, ...
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Funnier than fiction - Denver Post

I covered the ABA for Memphis and Denver newspapers for its last six seasons, wrote The Sporting News&39 weekly ABA column and co-authored three basketball ...
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This Is NOT Sadie Hawkins Day

Sadie Hawkins Day is in November. Somehow, the 20th century Dogpatch invention of Al Capp's Li'l Abner has gotten blended with a much earlier tradition. It is, however, Superman's birthday. Which begs the question, "What do you get for someone who c
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Movie Set Travel: Semi-Pro

Movie Set Travel: Semi-Pro Where: Flint, MI, United States 2/29/2008 at 9:21 AM Tags: Movie Set Travel, Will Ferrell all tags Get out your sweatbands and tube socks. You'll need them for this week's pick, "Semi Pro," starring one of ou
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This article has been published at RLSLOG.net - visit our site for full content. Will Ferrell is back to entertain you in Semi-Pro. Face it, you either love or hate the guy. You also either love or hate CAM releases. Quality looks pretty ghastly to me, b
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Movie Review: Semi-Pro - Blogcritics.org

Semi-Pro is the story of Jackie Moon, owner, player, and coach of an ABA basketball team, the Flint Tropics. In addition to his involvement with a sport he ...EUR FILM REVIEW: Semi-Pro Eurweb.com
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Weekend Box Office: The Other Uday-Qusay Hussein Girl, Silly Will Ferrell Flick, Anti-American Abu Ghraib/Gitmo Diatribe, Etc.

By Debbie Schlussel I didn't particularly like any of the new releases at the box office, this weekend. Of them, the best is "Penelope," but even that is a chick flick that had a lot of shrieking in it. Interestingly, it and "The Other Bo
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Basketball transactions - The Canadian Press

American Basketball Association ABA-Granted an expansion franchise to Nashville, Tenn. to begin play in the 2008-09 season.
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Movie Review: Semi-Pro

Movie Review: Semi-Pro Posted by The Rub March 1st, 2008 at 7:18 pm Semi-Pro Directed by Kent Alterman Starring Will Ferrell, Woody Harrelson, Andre ???Andre 3000?? Benjamin, Jay Phillips, Will Arnett Rated R Release date: February 29, 2008
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Theater Releases for February 29th

Theater Releases for February 29th Posted under: Movies, TV and Anime, Theater Releases By: Johnny Manf on February 29, 2008 at 10:08 am A 70??s basketball star. Sisters battling for a dude. Those are the only 2 major releases hitting the theaters t
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Taking Care of Business: Cavs Tame Timberwolves, 92-84

It was not particularly pretty and--except for a few sensational dunks by LeBron James--it was not particularly exciting but Cleveland played solid defense to earn a 92-84 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves. James finished with 30 points, 13 assists and
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ACC lauds Tech standouts - Roanoke Times

Christiansburg resident Amy Wetzel Doolan and Roanoke resident Glen Combs are part of the ACC&39s annual basketball "legends" classes, which were announced ...
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