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Archive for May, 2009
Wednesday, May 20th, 2009
I think it would be a bit disingenuous to say that the Houston Rockets made a monumental mistake by trading Rafer Alston to the Orlando Magic at this year's trading deadline. Both the Rockets and Magic benefited from the three-team trade in all actuality. But that doesn't mean there's not ...
Posted in NBA, Orlando Magic | No Comments »
Wednesday, May 20th, 2009
As the General Manager of the Houston Rockets, Daryl Morey has got to be walking with a pretty puffy chest right now. To lose your two highest paid players and still advance to the second round in a tough Western Conference where you took the Lakers to the brink is ...
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Tuesday, May 19th, 2009
2008 Defensive Player of the Year James Harrison has declined to accompany his teammates to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington D.C. to meet with President Obama. As most sports fans know, the President of the United States hosts the Champions of the major professional sports leagues in America each year. ...
Posted in NFL, Pittsburgh Steelers | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, May 19th, 2009
The Bengals are going to be featured on HBO's "Hard Knocks" and no one really knows why. After all, they're the freaking Bengals: a disappointing pile of a franchise full of people who consistently get arrested or awkwardly change their names to incorrect Spanish numbers.
Okay, one person does know: Ross Greenberg, ...
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Tuesday, May 19th, 2009
Similar to the General Manager of last year's champions, Danny Ainge, many people mocked Danny Ferry coming in to this season, claiming he didn't know how to build a winner, and it was generally assumed LeBron was on his way out. What a difference a year makes: the Cavs won ...
Posted in Cleveland Cavaliers, NBA | No Comments »
Tuesday, May 19th, 2009
Looking at the four remaining teams in the playoffs, each key guy on the semi-finalists played for USA Basketball last summer. To me, the one of the four that sticks out the most is Carmelo Anthony. Forever lumped in with LeBron James and Dwyane Wade because of the '03 draft ...
Posted in Cleveland Cavaliers, Denver Nuggets, Los Angeles Lakers, NBA, Orlando Magic | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, May 19th, 2009
Much was made about Greg Oden's mental state after suffering injuries this past season. He was harshly criticized in the media for being a downer in the locker room - someone no one wanted to be around. Listening to this interview below, the mental state of the game is where ...
Posted in NBA, Portland Trail Blazers | No Comments »
Tuesday, May 19th, 2009
Kobe Bryant has been a model of consistency in the playoffs averaging 27.4 points and 5 rebounds in both the first and second rounds of the playoffs. Pau Gasol has been tremendous in the playoffs too for the Lakers. And that's where it ends. Every other player on the Lakers ...
Posted in Los Angeles Lakers, NBA | 2 Comments »
Tuesday, May 19th, 2009
Jon Gruden may or may not be a "rental announcer" (I actually discussed this on air today; hello, irony) now that he's replaced Tony Kornheiser on Monday Night Football -- it's entirely possible that ESPN is just using him this year as a placeholder for ... *gasp* ... Matt Millen.
But regardless, ...
Posted in Media, NFL | No Comments »
Tuesday, May 19th, 2009
With all the big names being exposed as former users of performance enhancing drugs, it becomes more and more difficult to argue that Barry Bonds doesn't deserve to be in the Hall of Fame. Before I go on, let me be clear that it's of course totally legitimate to believe ...
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