DBR Mentioned In Slate Article About Web Archives

[brlftz]

Slate has an article up about someone who is building a sort of virtual museum showing how major websites have evolved over time. It's interesting overall, but I was surprised to see DBR get a mention. The article posts a link to an archived article on DBR from November 2012. I'd forgotten about that era of DBR and how it looked. Really took me back.

[BLPOG]

Slate has an article up about someone who is building a sort of virtual museum showing how major websites have evolved over time. It's interesting overall, but I was surprised to see DBR get a mention. The article posts a link to an archived article on DBR from November 2012. I'd forgotten about that era of DBR and how it looked. Really took me back.

2002, not 2012!

But the earliest Wayback has for DBR is Nov. 28, 1999.

[OZZIE4DUKE]

2002, not 2012!

But the earliest Wayback has for DBR is Nov. 28, 1999.

Oh my gosh! I'd forgotten how much I used to enjoy FITS! https://web.archive.org/web/20000818...port.com/fits/ Even more amazing is how relevant this still is today!

FITS Stops By! 10/12/2000 This year's race for The Warden's Cup tightened up just a little bit this week as Damon "Hat Trick" Thornton logged his third arrest as a member of the Wolfpack, thereby slicing into UNC's still daunting lead as the school with the most athletes arrested during the "school" year.
FITS overheard one local defense attorney saying "If I were Thornton's attorney I'd seek a change of venue to Chapel Hill where they wouldn't convict an athlete if he attacked a baby with an axe."
Your airborn arbiter of etiquette had a good chuckle when he recently read that Philly 76er coach Larry Brown has decided not to accompany his team to Chapel Hill for its annual pre-season appearance. Claiming that he was "tired" after coming back from Australia (drinking those Martinis in first class CAN be hell) where his "dream team" barely scraped past a raggamuffin squad of souffle' making, horsemeat eating Frenchmen, Brown evidently wasn't up to facing Basement Dean after having declined the opportunity to coach in The Strip Mall on the Piedmont.
And speaking of the Tar Heels, FITS certainly wouldn't dare miss this weekend's Midnight with Matt (It's All About Me!) and the Tar Heels, marking the coaching debut of the eighty inch ego himself!

[Truth&Justise]

2002, not 2012!

But the earliest Wayback has for DBR is Nov. 28, 1999.

The 2002 version linked to on the front page has a link titled "Dukies Taking Over The Grizzlies?" from November 2002. Funny to me how that's coming around again. Just this summer, the Grizzlies promoted a new Duke-graduate GM who has hired a former Duke player as an assistant coach and acquired not one, not two, but three Duke players.

Everything old is new again.

[Edouble]

2002, not 2012!

But the earliest Wayback has for DBR is Nov. 28, 1999.

Nay, sir.

The earliest from Wayback is April 13, 1997.

https://web.archive.org/web/19970413...n.com/dbr.html

[Reilly]

Nay, sir.

The earliest from Wayback is April 13, 1997.

https://web.archive.org/web/19970413...n.com/dbr.html

That's a neat recap of Battier in h.s. And here's a John Flynn update (mentioned as going against Shane): https://www.petoskeynews.com/feature...89271993d.html

[BLPOG]

Nay, sir.

The earliest from Wayback is April 13, 1997.

https://web.archive.org/web/19970413...n.com/dbr.html

Huh, I totally missed that one. Also, I can now say with certainty that I first read DBR after 1997, because that is a site layout I do not remember.

[devildeac]

Huh, I totally missed that one. Also, I can now say with certainty that I first read DBR after 1997, because that is a site layout I do not remember.

Y'all are all wrong. DBR has been around much, much longer that ~22 years. Evidence below:

161px-Labels_from_the_tomb_of_Menes.jpg

I even found a translation on Google translator:

Clearly, it means/signifies: Go To Hell, c*rolina, Go To Hell!!

[weezie]

Wow!

Lots of exclamation points back in the olden days!!!

[rocketeli]

Wow, this post really got me going down an internet rabbit hole. I started out reading old "FITS" posts on the Wayback machine. Snark about Cryolina is evergreen.
One topic that came up a lot was one Jason Parker. Whodat? Turns out he was a 6-8, 260ish power forward parade HS all-american and Mr. Basketball for NC. He attempted to join the UNC basketball program for the Fall of 1999, but couldn't qualify academically (I know, right?) and went for a post graduate year at Fork Union Military Academy. After that he was either over UNC or Kentucky was even less selective, and he ended up signing with their team. He had a good freshman year, starting all the games, making the SEC all-freshman team, and was the bright spot (22pts/13 rebounds) in Kentucky's season ending loss to USC-California in 2001. However in June 2001 he injured his ACL, and then famously (if your a KY fan) re-injured it horsing around in the locker room prior to their midnight madness in October 2001. He then red-shirted to rehab, but either the devil finds work for idle hands, or the team poobahs figured his knee was never going to get better, and he was dismissed from the team in August 2002 for violating team rules. He then contacted Dave Odum at USC-South Carolina, and apparently enrolled as a regular student, with plans to eventually get a scholarship and play basketball when eligible in 2003. (At this point he hadn't played in a while as he was rehabbing two knee surgeries.) However, he flunked out (although he left KY in good academic standing apparently) in the Spring of 2003. He then enrolled in Chipola Jr college in 2003, with plans to possibly transfer to Florida State at some point, but left school in the Spring of 2004 to enter the NBA draft. Unsurprisingly, he was not drafted. He eventually played two seasons of pro ball in Greece around 2006. After that the Internet grows confused...

Because, when you google "Jason Parker basketball" you also get this guy. https://johnjayathletics.com/coaches...08&mobile=skip
He was/is a student/slash assistant coach at John Jay, majoring in "deviant behavior (why, oh why, didn't they have this major when I was at Duke) and uh, social control, so I guess it's a sensitive renaming of criminal justice. Anyway, according to his bio, he once played college ball for the Fashion Institute of Technology in NYC. And now I have so many more questions. FIT (not FITS) has sports? They play basketball? The answer, is yes, and no not now. https://fittigers.com/ Who knew? Go Tigers!

On the NC J Parker
https://gamecocksonline.com/news/200...ls_at_USC.aspx
https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news...326-story.html

[Mtn.Devil.91.92.01.10.15]

Wow, this post really got me going down an internet rabbit hole. I started out reading old "FITS" posts on the Wayback machine. Snark about Cryolina is evergreen.
One topic that came up a lot was one Jason Parker. Whodat? Turns out he was a 6-8, 260ish power forward parade HS all-american and Mr. Basketball for NC. He attempted to join the UNC basketball program for the Fall of 1999, but couldn't qualify academically (I know, right?) and went for a post graduate year at Fork Union Military Academy. After that he was either over UNC or Kentucky was even less selective, and he ended up signing with their team. He had a good freshman year, starting all the games, making the SEC all-freshman team, and was the bright spot (22pts/13 rebounds) in Kentucky's season ending loss to USC-California in 2001. However in June 2001 he injured his ACL, and then famously (if your a KY fan) re-injured it horsing around in the locker room prior to their midnight madness in October 2001. He then red-shirted to rehab, but either the devil finds work for idle hands, or the team poobahs figured his knee was never going to get better, and he was dismissed from the team in August 2002 for violating team rules. He then contacted Dave Odum at USC-South Carolina, and apparently enrolled as a regular student, with plans to eventually get a scholarship and play basketball when eligible in 2003. (At this point he hadn't played in a while as he was rehabbing two knee surgeries.) However, he flunked out (although he left KY in good academic standing apparently) in the Spring of 2003. He then enrolled in Chipola Jr college in 2003, with plans to possibly transfer to Florida State at some point, but left school in the Spring of 2004 to enter the NBA draft. Unsurprisingly, he was not drafted. He eventually played two seasons of pro ball in Greece around 2006. After that the Internet grows confused...

Because, when you google "Jason Parker basketball" you also get this guy. https://johnjayathletics.com/coaches...08&mobile=skip
He was/is a student/slash assistant coach at John Jay, majoring in "deviant behavior (why, oh why, didn't they have this major when I was at Duke) and uh, social control, so I guess it's a sensitive renaming of criminal justice. Anyway, according to his bio, he once played college ball for the Fashion Institute of Technology in NYC. And now I have so many more questions. FIT (not FITS) has sports? They play basketball? The answer, is yes, and no not now. https://fittigers.com/ Who knew? Go Tigers!

On the NC J Parker
https://gamecocksonline.com/news/200...ls_at_USC.aspx
https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news...326-story.html

I still hope for a FITS report every time I log into DBR.

[JohnJ]

Nay, sir.

The earliest from Wayback is April 13, 1997.

https://web.archive.org/web/19970413...n.com/dbr.html

I remember this format.

The one question I have - Was there a DBR newspaper in the mid-1990’s I remember getting this and I think it was called Duke Basketball Report. Was it related?

[AGDukesky]

That trip down memory lane for Jason Parker reminded me - how many more years till Tony Parker commits?

[sagegrouse]

I remember this format.

The one question I have - Was there a DBR newspaper in the mid-1990’s I remember getting this and I think it was called Duke Basketball Report. Was it related?

What was Devilirium?

[Mtn.Devil.91.92.01.10.15]

That trip down memory lane for Jason Parker reminded me - how many more years till Tony Parker commits?

Yeah, and who-si-what-zit is still announcing his college decision on skyoe...

[Newton_14]

I have this version bookmarked. kind of cool. (Hopefully the link works this time)

http://www.mindspring.com/~mhemmerich/welcome.htm

[Newton_14]

I have this version bookmarked. kind of cool. (Hopefully the link works this time)

http://www.mindspring.com/~mhemmerich/welcome.htm

Wrong again...

try this
http://web.archive.org/web/199901290...ch/welcome.htm

[Edouble]

Wow, this post really got me going down an internet rabbit hole. I started out reading old "FITS" posts on the Wayback machine. Snark about Cryolina is evergreen.
One topic that came up a lot was one Jason Parker. Whodat? Turns out he was a 6-8, 260ish power forward parade HS all-american and Mr. Basketball for NC. He attempted to join the UNC basketball program for the Fall of 1999, but couldn't qualify academically (I know, right?) and went for a post graduate year at Fork Union Military Academy. After that he was either over UNC or Kentucky was even less selective, and he ended up signing with their team. He had a good freshman year, starting all the games, making the SEC all-freshman team, and was the bright spot (22pts/13 rebounds) in Kentucky's season ending loss to USC-California in 2001. However in June 2001 he injured his ACL, and then famously (if your a KY fan) re-injured it horsing around in the locker room prior to their midnight madness in October 2001. He then red-shirted to rehab, but either the devil finds work for idle hands, or the team poobahs figured his knee was never going to get better, and he was dismissed from the team in August 2002 for violating team rules. He then contacted Dave Odum at USC-South Carolina, and apparently enrolled as a regular student, with plans to eventually get a scholarship and play basketball when eligible in 2003. (At this point he hadn't played in a while as he was rehabbing two knee surgeries.) However, he flunked out (although he left KY in good academic standing apparently) in the Spring of 2003. He then enrolled in Chipola Jr college in 2003, with plans to possibly transfer to Florida State at some point, but left school in the Spring of 2004 to enter the NBA draft. Unsurprisingly, he was not drafted. He eventually played two seasons of pro ball in Greece around 2006. After that the Internet grows confused...

Because, when you google "Jason Parker basketball" you also get this guy. https://johnjayathletics.com/coaches...08&mobile=skip
He was/is a student/slash assistant coach at John Jay, majoring in "deviant behavior (why, oh why, didn't they have this major when I was at Duke) and uh, social control, so I guess it's a sensitive renaming of criminal justice. Anyway, according to his bio, he once played college ball for the Fashion Institute of Technology in NYC. And now I have so many more questions. FIT (not FITS) has sports? They play basketball? The answer, is yes, and no not now. https://fittigers.com/ Who knew? Go Tigers!

On the NC J Parker
https://gamecocksonline.com/news/200...ls_at_USC.aspx
https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news...326-story.html

That's not exactly what happened with Jason Parker.

Parker was a huge, huge recruit who committed to UNC, but did not qualify academically, and was set to play an extra year of prep school. Essentially, according to UNC, he did not have enough credits to play college ball.

Kentucky, who had been recruiting Parker too, looked over his high school transcripts very late in the process (like maybe early August), found a loophole or somethingorother that UNC had missed, and Parker immediately enrolled at UK for the fall semester.

I'm sure there is someone out there who remembers this with more detail than me, but that is the gist of what went down.

[Edouble]

Huh, I totally missed that one. Also, I can now say with certainty that I first read DBR after 1997, because that is a site layout I do not remember.

You probably didn't miss it, but I searched through juliovision.com, the original landing page (if you can call it that) for DBR, on Wayback.

[Rich]

I seem to remember a version of DBR that had a parquet floor as the background. Can anyone confirm or negate that recollection? Am I mis-remembering?