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BEST BASKETBALL LEAGUE FOR NERDS: WORD Basketball League
Presumably tired of having to endure ceaseless jock banter for the sake of getting a game in, the Greenpoint bookstore organized a basketball league for its patrons and other book-lovers; teams like "The Virginia Wolves" and "The Purple Pros" play on courts across Brooklyn, and then (we presume) retire to the White Horse Tavern for whisky shots and bawdy recitals of verse.

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Congrats Tommy. Well deserved

Posted by West Coast Fan on August 6, 2009 at 3:01 AM | Report this comment

Congrats, Tommy!

Posted by skepticism on August 6, 2009 at 2:35 PM | Report this comment

Way to go Tao!!!

Posted by sonny p kidd on August 11, 2009 at 5:26 PM | Report this comment

In my opinion, Tao Lin must be understood through the lens of his obsession with the music of Pneumershonic and the writing of the late Matt Jasper.

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