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Archive for July, 2010

Chris Bosh: “If I could do it over, I wouldn’t change a thing.”

Thursday, July 15th, 2010

Coming to an arena near you this upcoming season, will be the Miami Heat.  Never before have three players of the caliber of Dwayne Wade, Chris Bosh and LeBron James, been teammates in the NBA.  After initially teaming up on the USA Olympic team a few years ago, the threesome ...

Kyle Korver Ready To Light It Up From The Outside For the Bulls

Thursday, July 15th, 2010

With the dust on NBA free agency beginning to settle, let's check in with one of the Chicago Bulls' latest acquisitions, sharp-shooting guard Kyle Korver, who of course had spent the past four seasons playing Jerry Sloan in Salt Lake City. With the signing of Carlos Boozer as well, plus ...

Terry Francona Doesn’t Think It’s Fair to Call Jacoby Ellsbury “Soft”

Thursday, July 15th, 2010

The Boston Red Sox have been hampered by injuries all season long, but yet they still have the fourth best record in all of baseball.  Unfortunately for them, two of the teams with a better record are in their own division.  Whether it’s been Victor Martinez, Josh Beckett, Clay Buchholz, ...

Barkley Wouldn’t Have Chased Championship at Age 25

Thursday, July 15th, 2010

Charles Barkley doesn't deny the fact that he chased a championship when he joined a Big Three of his own with Hakeem Olajuwon and Clyde Drexler in Houston at the tail end of his career. He also knows that the fact that he never won a championship is the favorite ...

D’Antoni Not Biting on Prospect of Another Big Three

Thursday, July 15th, 2010

While the rest of the world was still talking about the Big Three of LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh, another Chris was busy talking about the next Big Three. Chris Paul spent part of Carmelo Anthony's wedding day talking about the possibility of he and 'Melo joining Amare ...

Shawn Marion on LeBron: “At the end of the day it really boils down to what he wanted to do.”

Wednesday, July 14th, 2010

Sports fans everywhere are still talking about “The Decision” and LeBron James is still picking up the pieces of an ill-conceived PR stunt.  The most troubling aspect of it was ESPN’s willingness to hand over one hour of primetime to a narcissistic athlete that didn’t look like he wanted to ...

Matt Barnes Has Been Talking to Four Teams This Offseason

Wednesday, July 14th, 2010

Matt Barnes has had a roller-coaster of a career in the NBA.  After getting drafted in the second round coming out of UCLA, Barnes couldn’t even make an NBA roster and has bounced around on seven different teams in his seven year career.  However, despite the fact that his numbers ...

Joe Torre Was Able to Talk to George Steinbrenner on His 80th Birthday

Wednesday, July 14th, 2010

The baseball world was saddened by the loss of George Steinbrenner yesterday.  You can say what you want about Steinbrenner and the Yankees.  Some things have been positive and some have been negative, but Steinbrenner was great for baseball and changed the face of American professional sports from an ownership ...

Larry Bird’s Quest For A Point Guard Continues

Wednesday, July 14th, 2010

After retiring from the NBA in ’92, it didn’t take long for Larry Bird to return to the game.  He spent the next season as a special assistant in the Boston Celtics front office until 1997.  Then the Indiana Pacers offered him their head coaching position and Bird remained coaching ...

Charlie Batch is 100% Convinced There Will Be a Lockout in 2011

Wednesday, July 14th, 2010

No, we're not seeing what Charlie Batch has to say because of what he might bring to table on the field for the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2010. Even though Ben Roethlisberger is suspended to start the year, Batch will be behind both Dennis Dixon and Byron Leftwich on the depth ...