Notes: Gang Signin’ in the NFL; Camby was a Chess Piece; More Goods on Roger the Rapin’ Roider; Jennings Signs with Italian Team

Crip signin'… right? The NFL is concerned about its image - again. The league has hired "experts" to review and identify "hand signals" thrown up by NFL players during games: "There have been some suspected things we've seen," said Milt Ahlerich, the league's vice president of security. "When we see it, we quietly jump on it immediately, directly with the team and [read more...]

Los Angeles Lakers vs. Denver Nuggets: A Repeat of Last Year’s #1 vs. #8?

Seven games separate the Los Angeles Lakers from the Denver Nuggets and some pundits believe L.A. is a clear favorite to defeat the Nuggets. Seven games separate the Boston Celtics and the Detroit Pistons and yet none of these pundits would predict that the Celtics would defeat the Pistons in anything other than a hard-fought six or seven game series. So [read more...]

How important is pace factor?

By now you should already about how important pace factor can be when filling out your team's roster. Players from the league's more hectic-paced teams--Suns, Warriors, Pacers and Nuggets--often provide better production than players from the league's slower-paced teams--Spurs, Pistons and Blazers--simply because their teams have more possessions per game. But how much of a difference are we talking about? Is [read more...]

Hart Surgery: At Long Last…

Every year growing up, I went to New Orleans to celebrate the New Year. Frolicking on Bourbon Street, seeing my friends, vomiting - all became annual staples. Another staple was walking through the French Quarter and watching all the fans there for the Sugar Bowl moseying around, intermittently screaming cheers, slapping fives, and of course - vomiting.I was always jealous [read more...]