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Good-bye, Big Ben; hello, Ben Wallace

By LZ Granderson
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Thursday, August 20, 2009

I have to keep reminding myself, this is a business. No matter how attached I may become to a team, regardless of my emotional investment in a rivalry, and despite the invisible bond with a particular player, at the end of the day the world of professional sports is a business, and thus the primary goal is to make money. With that said, I must reach deep within my soul and find a way to re-embrace Ben Wallace. I know it's been a week now since he signed a one-year deal with the Pistons, and I ...

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