Headlines for April, 2009

NBA Playoff Thoughts: Pierce, Rondo Help Bulls Get to Game 7; Magic, Rockets Have Close Out Sales

The Chicago Bulls organization needs to send Paul Pierce and Rajon Rondo “thank you” notes. How in whatever’s name does Ray Allen not touch the ball each time down the court? Can anyone tell me how? Pierce has now lost at least two games for Boston, missing free throws in Game 4 and an open jumper at the end of regulation of [read more...]

NFL Short Notes: Favre Returning to NFL? ESPN.com Does “It” Again

Brett Favre asked and was granted his release from the New York Jets. Will he now return to the NFL to fulfill his private wish to end his career in the NFC Central playing for the Minnesota Vikings and playing against his former Green Bay Packers team twice a year? The Vikings allegedly need a quarterback (Tavaris Jackson is apparently [read more...]

NBA Playoff Thoughts: Hornets Quit; Heat in Trouble; Can the Rockets Close? Kudos to Vinnie D. - Boo to Vinnie D.

By halftime the score was 61-29. By midway through the third quarter the game was effectively over; the New Orleans Hornets were done. What happened to New Orleans?  They quit. Before halftime of Game number four of a round one playoff game played at home, they quit. Hornets owners George Shinn and Gary Chouest should quietly fine every player who took the floor [read more...]

Today’s Lack of a Post (especially about the playoffs)

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NBA Playoff, NFL Draft Thoughts

How do you not foul John Salmons and allow him to pass to “The Commissioner”?…. “We wanted it more. Before the second overtime I said, ‘let’s stop playin’ and win this thing,’” Gordon said after the game. Gordon’s hyperbolic statement aside, how could you not foul Salmons at the end of the first overtime? And then, how you could you not be [read more...]

John Wall’s Very Special Visitor

While everyone else is either in the dark or straight fabricating stories - I won’t name names, cough cough Andrew Katz of Dime Magazine… damn did I just write that?… here is the real deal on prized high school recruit, John Wall and the latest on his recruiting experience…. …and the real deal on the moves of someone very special in [read more...]

NBA Playoffs: Baby Bulls Look Out of Place; 67 Points; Referees Get “Salt Lake Fever”

Chicago played like the young team they are. The only problem is one of the two Boston players largely responsible for their Game 3 defeat is only in his second year in the NBA. Rajon Rondo scored 20 points and dealt out six assists while Paul Pierce revived his game, scoring 24, as the Celtics jumped on the Bulls early and [read more...]

NBA Playoffs: Zo Makes a Difference; Stan Van Stay Calm; Chauncey Shows CPIII What it Means to Be an NBA PG; Steph Curry Decides; Jeremy Tyler Turns Pro

Before Wednesday night’s game in Atlanta, Alonzo Mourning flew into the southern city to have a talk with Miami Heat star, Dwyane Wade. “He talked to me about leadership,” Wade said after Game 2 of the Hawks-Heat first round NBA Playoff series. Whatever Mourning said, it worked. Wade struck early and often against Atlanta and he Heat punished the Hawks 108-93 to [read more...]

Short Notes: The, ‘Where Will John Wall Play Next Year,’ Plot Thickens

Top prep point guard John Wall (Word of God High School) is having a second visit with Duke next week. Throughout ESPNs telecast of the Jordan Classic Dykes and others at ESPN let it be known that Wall and Kentucky- John Calipari is a match made in heaven. Dykes continuously sang the praise of Kentucky and intimated that Wall would be “the [read more...]

NBA Playoffs: Mutombo’s Loss Bigger than it Appears; Cavs and Lakers Ease by Pistons, Jazz

Not only did Houston lose Game 2 if their first round matchup with Portland, they also lost their spirit guide. With 1:17 remaining in the first quarter of Tuesday night’s game against the Trail BlazersAs 42-year old Dikembe Mutombo battled for a rebound with oft-injured young center Greg Oden. The two men became entangled and Mutombo fell to the court in [read more...]

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