NBA Playoffs

In the wild west, the Rockets lost their best player and commiserated by smogging the Lakers. This prompted Phil Jackson to lobby that we all give them (the Rockets) more *blessed* credit
Credit given. The series is 2-2
Mavericks owner Mark Cuban and Nuggets big man Kenyon “K-Mart” Martin are now having an exchange. This comes after [...]

March Madness: A Parable

One springtime an assembly gathered in a contest to see who could best predict the outcomes of 64 basketball games. Each participant employed a different strategy. One player chose to select all the teams with the higher seed, betting that, in the end, games are won by the better team. Another one hastily selected [...]

Night at the Forum

We headed downtown tonight to redeem my Christmas gift from Andrea, tickets for the Cavaliers-Grizzlies game. Usually our seats for games are higher than Keith Richards on Kilimanjaro. Tonight we sat close.
We were low on Cavs gear. We came in street clothes. Andrea asked how people would know that we were there to see the [...]

There’s Always This Time

Speculation is high relative to the status of incumbent Cy Young pitcher C.C. Sabathia. Surely many teams would love the services of the 290 lb. southpaw down the stretch. Indians brass will wait and see how much these teams covet these services.
When I was in Ohio during a snowstorm in March, locals bailed themselves out [...]

LBJ and DWade Take Up Cycling

If LeBron and Dwayne can’t handle 4 bucks a gallon, what hope do the rest of us have?

Garden Party: Cavs-Celts 7

No use crying over spilled tea, right? I found Game 7 to be very entertaining. Pierce vs. James was a good watch. The bottom line is that Pierce is simply surrounded by much better players than is James. That’s it. I have said it before: Without LeBron this team picks first in the draft every [...]

Courtside at the Q

Jack and Spike, meet Gloria. Paul Pierce received mater loco treatment last night when he did a Tedy Bruschi on Akron’s fortunate son. This anxious mother came to his rescue of her little prince only to be reprimanded by the noticeably embarrassed King. Afterwards, LBJ claimed that he was wrong to say such unsavory things [...]

Sports News

Cavs just dropped a game to bring the series versus the Wizards to 3-2. They don’t look great by any means. I suppose it could be worse, they could have Shaq or Jason Kidd. What happened there? I suppose Chris Paul is the answer. LeBron pushed for management to trade the farm for Kidd, which [...]

Singing the Blues

Free throws matter, apparently. That is probably the most fundamental lesson learned during last night’s Jayhawk comeback (or Tiger erosion?). Perhaps the most interesting note from this game was the way that, again, a team with more regular season losses won the championship bout. Check it out, the combined regular season record for teams who [...]

Bluff City Ballers

A few years back my bike had a flat so I spent much of the winter walking to school instead of pedaling. One morning I was approaching Holy Rosary Catholic Church (Park/Mt. Moriah) and saw a parked Lexus SUV with the front lights blinking near the front sidewalk to the front doors of the sanctuary. [...]