Headlines for March, 2006

JC’s MLB Predictions Extravaganza, Pt. I

The 2006 Major League Baseball season starts on Sunday night, and even though Commissioner Bud Selig is doing everything in his power to overshadow one of the quintessential rites of spring with this steroid gibberish, all will be well in my little world once again.I want to talk about legged-out triples, diving grabs, 5-4-3 double-plays, suicide squeezes, and pennant chases [read more...]

Hart Surgery: RedMo

With the start of the Sweet Sixteen and the second round of the NCAA Tournament this weekend, two of college basketball's brightest stars could conceivably be taking the court for the last time.JJ Redick, the senior sharpshooter and resident Public Enemy #1 for Duke University, and Adam Morrison, the (somewhat) mustachioed offensive genius from Gonzaga, have wowed fans all across [read more...]

Bonds’ Defense Ever More Farcical

Watching the caricature of a man that is Barry Bonds, I'm reminded of the Black Knight, guarding the bridge in Monty Python's Holy Grail."This book that openly lays out systematic steroid use over a four-year period? Merely a flesh wound!" And you have to love it. It's true comedy. Barry's defense has been reduced to a farce. He is a man [read more...]

Hart Surgery: Insomnia

My roommate Will and I are competitive in everything we do. From golf to scrabble, from bowling to poker, you name it we are out to take each other down. I mention this because recently we have been trying to one-up one another in Text Twist, a game easily found on the internet that requires you to scramble six letters [read more...]

What Ever Happened To Ronnie Lester?

If you want to talk about someone who just flat out loved the game of basketball, then let's talk about Chicago native Ronnie Lester. Lester's love fest with the round ball began early in grade school. He would show up a half hour before school started to play with or against anyone who was outside on the court. Lester quickly [read more...]

Good Grief

David Fleming admits he might be a bit of a sucker for symbolism.In the sense that he's a sportswriter, that would be fitting. But this is different. Call it a coping mechanism for a mourning father who has no love for books that tell you how you should feel right now. When the first child of Dave and Kim Fleming passed [read more...]

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