The New York Times got it right (can’t remember the last time I said that!)… I happened to watch some Olympics while on the treadmill at the health club. Don’t have cable but I might be able to walk or jog while these Olympic swimmers are busting it for 2 minutes, right? Anyway, Phelps won […]
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NBA Playoffs Officially Over
There are still a few series to be played. Spurs and Jazz (as if that’s a better matchup than the Spurs and Suns). Pistons and Cavs. Spurs, Pistons. Who cares? What the NBA did to the Suns will remain the real story of the Playoffs, and the rest is a big yawn. Too late, doesn’t […]
NBA Screwjob of Phoenix Now Complete
No players or coaches are allowed to say much against “the league” – the gestapo of NBA basketball, for fear of getting fined or benched (or deported?) but everyone hinted around the real issue tonight as a talented Phoenix Suns team finally ran out of gas and lost game 5, after having been forced to […]
Spurs Make Mockery Of NBA Rules
NEW YORK, May 15 — Robert Horry of the San Antonio Spurs has been suspended two games without pay and Amaré Stoudemire and Boris Diaw of the Phoenix Suns have each been suspended one game without pay for their actions in last night’s game, it was announced today by Stu Jackson, NBA Executive Vice President, […]
Joey Crawford was Right!
NBA – sore loser rant begins here >> I was surprised to see Joey Crawford call 2 “T”s on Tim Duncan a few weeks ago, ejecting him from a game for essentially just laughing at the ref. But after watching game 4 of the Denver Nuggets vs. the San Antonio Spurs, I’m starting to see […]
Winner of 111th Boston Marathon Has Real Bragging Rights
To win any Boston Marathon would be a monumental achievement, but to win THIS year’s race through one of the region’s worst nor’easters in history, amidst cold rain, 40 degree temperatures, and high winds, would give a person bragging rights for decades. Congratulations to repeat winner Robert K. Cheruiyot, of Kenya, and the women’s champ […]
Joey Crawford Ejects Player For Laughing At Him
“He was laughing at me and he hurt my wittle feelings. I work hard everyday and it’s not easy to make those tough foul calls constantly, and Timmy Duncan was laughing at me. Wahhhhh.” Joey Crawford, NBA Referee (author embellishment!!) Joey Crawford called 2 technical fouls on Tim Duncan within a 3-minute time span, while […]
Rocky Based in Truth
From the “in case you didn’t know” department, the original story of Rocky was inspired by Chuck Wepner, a tough ex-marine who challenged Muhammad Ali for the heavyweight title in 1975, and in a losing effort became the only opponent to knock Ali down during his championship years. “When a young, impressionable and unknown Philadelphia […]
Tim Hardaway Comes Out of the Closet
It was time for former NBA star Tim Hardaway to finally come out… and say it. He’s a homophobe. “You know, I hate gay people, so I let it be known. I don’t like gay people and I don’t like to be around gay people. I am homophobic. I don’t like it. It shouldn’t be […]
Dungy Makes History as First Bald Coach to Win Super Bowl
Although George Seifert(Super Bowl XXIV) and Mike Holmgren(Super Bowl XXXI) both came close, their comb-overs disqualified them from actually capturing the honor of being the first bald winning coach of an NFL Super Bowl. Congratulations to Tony Dungy, whose team fought tough to overcome an early deficit, difficult weather conditions, and one of the league’s […]