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Archive for June 14th, 2011

Jason Kidd on the Miami Heat: “Sometimes you have to be patient. It just doesn’t happen overnight.”

Tuesday, June 14th, 2011

Mike Lupica may have put it the best on the Sports Reporters last Sunday. The 2011 NBA Finals were supposed to be LeBron's big chance. How many more chances were there going to be for Dirk Nowitzki? How about how many chances were there going to be left for Jason ...

Brian Cashman and His Yankees Are Bombarded With Injuries Right Now

Tuesday, June 14th, 2011

It's mid-June and the injury bug has hit the Yankees hard in the third month of the season. The baseball season is said to be a grind at 162 games and the New York Yankees are truly feeling their older age on this veteran team after a plethora of injuries ...

Rick Carlisle: “Dirk Nowitzki is the best basketball player on this planet”

Tuesday, June 14th, 2011

The Dallas Mavericks proved a lot of people wrong again. The Mavs took their talents to South Beach and left the other night with the NBA Championship. They were tougher, they played smarter, they played with more poise, and throughout the entire series they had big shots in critical moments ...

Visanthe Shiancoe Isn’t Alone When He Says He’s Lost Interest in the Day-To-Day Activities Surrounding the Lockout

Tuesday, June 14th, 2011

There's plenty of people out there like Visanthe Shiancoe. No, there's not too many hulking, athletic tight ends that play a game for a living. But there's lots of folks just like him who have gradually lost interest in the NFL Lockout proceedings now that we're over 90 days into ...

Jeff Van Gundy: “You get used to seeing James playing with joy and a smile….it just seemed like he was sapped.”

Tuesday, June 14th, 2011

Let the reaction from this year's NBA Finals continue. You have or will be hearing from Charles Barkley, Mark Cuban, Rick Carlisle already. And I'd imagine that the usually media-friendly Chris Bosh will accept an interview request sometime this week or next. In the meantime, let's continue with the opinions ...

Buzz Bissinger Says LeBron James Needs a New Coach Primarily Beacuse “He’s not a leader. His personality is really flat”

Tuesday, June 14th, 2011

Despite co-authoring a book with LeBron James, Buzz Bissinger has never been one to shy away from being critical of the NBA superstar. And he certainly didn't shy away from doing just that following the Miami Heat's loss to the Dallas Mavericks in this year's NBA Finals. In the following ...

Before Injuring Calf Monday Evening, Derek Jeter Takes Time Out Earlier in Day to Talk About Pursuit of 3,000 Career Hits

Tuesday, June 14th, 2011

As of Tuesday morning, New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter is just six hits shy of reaching the magical 3,000 plateau for his illustrious career. On Monday night during New York's 1-0 loss to the Cleveland Indians, Jeter collected career hit number 2,994 when he singled to lead off the ...

Charles Barkley on the likely NBA Lockout: “I would be surprised if we play basketball next year.”

Tuesday, June 14th, 2011

You can watch and listen to the regurgitated highlight reels over-and-over again in the days to come. You know, the one's of Heat coach Erik Spoelstra saying the criticism levied at LeBron James is unfair;  or Udonis Haslem's post-game comments after game six where he basically states that no matter ...