Headlines for June, 2009

NBA Draft Meebo Live Chat Thursday Night!

Hey all, I just wanted to stop in for a second to let everyone know that Thursday night is NBA Draft night. I’ll be conducting a Meebo Live Chat throughout the entire evening. I hope those who can will stop by and add their 25 cents to the convo. I am positive there will be some seriously lively and humorous [read more...]

Chill Time……. and a Meebo Live Chat Schedule

People I have an admission to make…. I AM BURNT! To a crisp. I have tried to work through this feeling but I just cannot. Other than forced stoppages due to illness and health-related stuff I have been watching and writing sports non-stop for nearly three years.  And now it is time for a break - a real break.  This is a weird [read more...]

PEDs, The Baseball Hall of Fame and Monday Morning Armchair Racism

I, unfortunately, did not record Mike and Mike in the Morning today. Mike Greenberg and Mike Golic entered into a In a discussion about “the steroid era” and how so many baseball writers want to selectively eliminate certain players they arbitrarily feel took steroids or performance-enhancing drugs. Golic rightly said that if voters want to keep suspected PED users out of [read more...]

NBA Finals: Lakers Go up 2-0, Stan “Van Panics” in OT

ABC’s NBA Finals Game 2 telecast begins with… a Big Mac commercial. Here we go. Rafer begins the game with an ill-advised drive against Pau. KB misses a short J. Courtney Lee scores. Wow 10:43, already there’s a foul called on Bynum…  FINALLY. On the next possession a moving screen is called on the Magic - Rashard Lewis All Game 1 I [read more...]

NBA Finals: LA Plays Through; Orlando Folds

I was forced to watch Game 1 of the NBA Finals on my DVR because I went to an incredible show Thursday night (guitarist Robin Tower, if you must know - think Jimi Hendrix… dude is almost 65 and still plays his ass off!). Anyway, thank goodness for DVRs….. here’s what I saw. It was evident from the first quarter that we [read more...]

Short Note: Serena Faces Yet Another Racist French Open Slight, Loses In Quarterfinals

Today Serena Williams is playing Svetlana Kuznetsova in her continuing pursuit of an 11th Grand Slam tournament win. The Fend Federation, which puts on the event, is responsible for showing up to matches involving top or all-time great players, which Serena is both. While Serena is in her third set, Roger Federer and French player Gael Monfils took the court [read more...]

NBA Finals, Los Angeles vs. Orlando: A Champion Will Be Crowned in Six Games

The primary characters want “It” for vastly different reasons.  Yet, the primary character want “It” for the same reason. For Phil Jackson, it is to usurp legendary Boston Celtics head coach Red Auerbach and break their present tie of winning nine NBA championships each. For Dwight Howard it to be perceived as one of the greatest players of this era. For Kobe Bryant it [read more...]

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