Short Notes – and even shorter thoughts: NBA Trade Talk; UConn in Peril; Warrant for Landis

By hook or by crook Canada wins a Gold. A promising sports weekend with multiple events at once —- stunk. -The NBA All-Star game was a dud. Over 100,000 people – 108,713 to be exact – witnessed one of the more boring All-Star games – and weekends – in recent NBA history. Deron Williams lost track of the score with the game [read more...]

NBA Preview, Fantasy League-Style

Tonight is the opening night for the 2009-2010 NBA season. Rather than write forever, going through a bunch of predictions, I’m going to do something much, much different. This is my first season playing in an NBA fantasy basketball league, so I’m going to give you my picks and let you pick them apart – or praise me for being [read more...]

Boise State-Oregon: What Really Happened Between LeGarrette Blount and Byron Hout and Afterward (ESPN orders removal of video)

Boise State fans watch the video board as LaGarrette Blount #9 of the Oregon Ducks is shown punching Byron Hout. (I am sitting with a DVR of the event. This is an exact recounting of the Byron Hout- Legarrette Blount incident after Thursday night’s Boise State-Oregon game. And it is an exact recounting of the the nasty Boise State crowd’s reaction [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...]

NBA Playoffs: Sixers and Utah Will Be Quick First Round Outs

The Philadelphia 76ers gave us a preview of their playoff fate Tuesday night against Boston at the Wachovia Center. Boston played without Kevin Garnett yet defeated the Sixers 100-98 to fall to 40-41 and seventh place in the Eastern Conference standings. Chicago must lose at home tomorrow and Philly must travel to Cleveland and defeat the Cavaliers for the 76 [read more...]

The Anatomy of a Fishy NBA Game: How the Fix Might Go Down

Let me make this clear right up front. I am not accusing referees Eric Lewis, Tom Washington, Phil Robinson of fixing Thursday night’s Utah Jazz-Denver Nuggets basketball game. I am, though, going to show how easy it is for referees to fix games. Since this was a TNT-televised contest, I decided to choose this game to check the point spread and [read more...]

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