Michael Beasley in Drug Treatment (find out which league has a drug treatment problem)

What’s up with Michael Beasley? Despite the sports news reports that Beasley is suffering from a social anxiety disorder which he relieves with marijuana (see Ricky Williams), Dr. Drew Pinsky, of radio and television fame who has been seen in capacities as varied as co-hosting a comedy question and answer show revolving around teens and sex to hosting his own, [read more...]

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...]

Cutler Traded to Chicago

Jay Cutler did not go to NFL Siberia - Detroit - after all. Cutler was traded to Chicago for Kyle Orton, two first round, and a third round draft choice. The first and third round choices will be dealt in this year’s NFL Draftand the Broncos will gat the Bears 2010 first round choice. According to Associated Press and NFL.com [read more...]

Jay Cutler - Jason Campbell: A Telling NFL Tale of a Tale of Two Men

Just yesterday I wrote A Defense of Jay Cutler. This morning I reposted Why Athletes Do What They Do…. Now, call me confused.In the “defense” I laid blame for the Cutler conflagration at the feet of the Denver Broncos management, especially head coach Josh McDaniels and team owner Pat Bowlen. The second commentary I mentioned aboive deals with how the [read more...]

NCAA Hoops: Packaging Self-Hate through “Package Deals”

I was writing something  long and winding but needed to take a break because of an Outside the Lines (OTL) piece I watched Sunday morning… ———————————- Sunday OTL and its impressario, Bob Ley, gave us a report about an NCAA basketball practice called, “package deals.” A package deal is one where a high school - or younger - recruit is further wooed [read more...]

Weekend Think Links: Manny Being Slammied; Olympic Swimmers

Some quick hits on the events of the past weekend: Adding a bit to D-Wil’s early post on the Manny Ramirez trade, and Boston Red Sox management’s general habit of tarnishing or diminishing the character of their former players almost immediately after trading them, here is a recap of the stories out of Boston, and LA, since the trade. Almost immediately after the [read more...]

The NBA: Now With 30% Less Euros

With the NBA Draft occuring tonight, here are some last minute thoughts and questions on what’s going on: What are the Blazers going to do with all them picks? Really, the Blazers just went out and brought the 27th pick yesterday from the Hornets? Sidenote:  What the hell is with the Hornets being so cheap?  They now have no picks this draft, and [read more...]

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