NBA: Owners Want Salary Rollback to Include Existing Deals

Gilbert Arenas had no idea Washington Wizards management would sell him out this hard. In many private conversations it was agreed that the Washington Wizards attempt to pirate away the remainder of Gilbert Arenas’ contract was a sign that owners want to lower NBA player’s maximum salaries across the board. Well, here’s the proof: The NBA will put its marquee players on [read more...]

Sports Notes: Cuban-Steroids; Manny Gets Clean; Wilpon-Madoff; SOMM Sides with ESPN; Jeff Fisher-#18

Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban has seen the light – or at least voiced the fact that he has. Cuban returned to the University of Pittsburgh, which he attended, to participate in a forum about sports and let the audience know that he is pro-steroids when administered under the supervision of a doctor: “I’ll get killed for saying this,” Cuban replied, [read more...]

The Top 50 Head Coaches Continued: NBA and NCAA Football Coaches

So far in our top 50 head coaches we have the following hallowed team leaders: From NCAA Hoops: 1. John Wooden. 2. Pat Summit. 3. Geno Auriemma. 4. John McLendon. 5. Bob Knight. 6. Mike Krzyzewski. 7. John Thompson. 8. Jim Calhoun. 9. Dean Smith. From the NFL: 1. Paul Brown. 2. Bill Walsh. 3. Vince Lombardi. 4. George Halas. 5. Sid Gillman. [read more...]

The 2 Guys and a Mic Interview: Definitely Worth a Listen

It was a raucous evening with JD and Geno. Not long into the show, the HCIC (Head Chick In Charge) from Leave the Man Alone stopped by from her spot in the ATL to join the fray. We discussed Steve McNair’s murder, Sahel Kazemi’s suicide, the responsibilities of fathers to their sons and daughters, and McNair’s part in his own [read more...]

LA Lakers - Denver Nuggets: Old School NBA In Effect

Kenyon Martin will play a pivotal role for Denver against the Lakers. It’s the Lake Show versus to Doug Moe Nuggets, right? Well, not quite, but almost.  We have Chauncey B-B-B-Biluups as Fat Lever; Not Yellow Melo as Alex English, and….. Time for a commercial break. I knew there was something much deeper happening in the aftermath of the Mark “I scored a three [read more...]

Yao Out for Season; Denver-Dallas: A Bennett Salvatore-Led Crew Does in the Mavs Again - and ESPN ’s “Doublethink” and “Crimestop”

Yao Ming will miss the remainder of the playoffs with a broken foot. Ming suffered the injury late in the fourth quarter of the Rockets 108-94 Game 3 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers.  Ming will be out of action for eight to 12 weeks. ———————————— Here’s how Jamie Aron of the Associated Press initially reported the final play of the Denver-Dallas game [read more...]

NBA Playoffs: A Look at the 16 Teams, Two at a Time

Now that the NCAA has extracted its pound of flesh from us all it’s time to turn our attention fully to the NBA and the April 19 beginning playoffs. Though I was watching plenty college hoops I always had an eye on the “Lig.” So I’m going to spew out some observations and let the spittle fall where it may…. [read more...]

Former NFL Head Coaches to Lead UFL Teams this Fall

Former NFL coaches, Jim Fassel, Ted Cotrell, Jim  Haslett, Dennis Green have been named as the head coaches for the initial season of the in the United Football League. The teams will play Thursday and Friday nights during the NFL season with a championship game to be played during Thanksgiving weekend. How the sports media reacts to the UFL will be [read more...]

Monthly Archives

March 2010
February 2010
January 2010
December 2009
November 2009
October 2009
September 2009
August 2009
July 2009
June 2009
May 2009
April 2009
March 2009
February 2009
December 2008
November 2008
October 2008
August 2008
July 2008
June 2008