 Matt
Slaninka (pronounced SLAN-uh-kuh) is one of the tallest baskeball players out there
at 7'4" and 250+ pounds. He has weighed as much as 280. He grew so fast he
was over seven feet tall in eighth grade. He graduated from Dematha high school
in 2000 and led it to a no. 9 national ranking. He attended the University of Maryland
where he was redshirted. Then he transferred to Shepherd University in West
Virginia where he graduated in 2006.
After that he played in Germany, for
the Northern PA Breakers and the Palmieri Jeans Destroyers. What
they are naming teams after jeans now? First it was naming stadiums
after defunct websites and now naming a sports team after jeans?
That is preposterous. Everyone knows sports teams should only be named
after something dignified like stockings. As in the name of my
hometown's team "The Cincinnati Red Stockings." Now they just call
them the "Reds." Why? They broke a totally good underpants related
name. Shame on you Cincinnati, shame. Now they sound
like Communists!
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