Monthly Archives: February 2008
Fuck Sam Zell
What the hell is Sam Zell doing!? Why the hell is he trying to sell the name of Wrigley Field? I’ll tell you why. Zell doesn’t give a dam about the Cubs. After all, he is a minority owner in the White Sox, which if Bud Selig realized and decided to do things legally, would
Sports Bloggers unite!
At any time of the day, from anywhere in the world, sports fans and more than a few self-professed fanatics are fueling a growing firestorm of electronic rants and raves that is burning up the structure of sports information as it once existed in the mainstream media. Where once Sports
Press Releases around the league
Here are some press notes from the team beat writers recently: Lasting Milledge bumps up his SB projection The Washington Post reports that “In 115 major league games, Lastings Milledge has stolen four bases and been caught attempting to steal four times. Yet asked Thursday if he could regularly steal 30 bases a year, the
No smoking gun here, only a smoking nanny
To attend or not to attend? That is the critical question regarding a party at Jose Canseco’s Miami house in June of 1998. Clemens said he wasn’t there, but McNamee says he was, saying he clearly recalls Clemens, his wife, nanny and children at Canseco’s party, and said he remembers the nanny wearing a peach
Don’t change the channel!
ESPN, which I have blasted several times, for their baseball coverage, has pulled of a humdinger in the hiring of former coach Bob Knight I will definately take the time to hear his expertise. Remember his qualifications? The winningest coach in Division I men’s college basketball with 902 victories, Knight captured three national championships at
Yao Ming out for season, Olympic status in question
In the middle of a 13-game winning streak, the Houston Rockets have been hit with horrible news Center Yao Ming is going to miss the rest of the season with a stress fracture in his foot. With the West as loaded as it is, despite this current win streak of the Rockets, they find themselves
Dusty Baker still hasn't learned
With baseball season a month away, Dusty Baker gets another chance to redeem himself after the miserable failure that was his time on the North Side. ”People say, ‘He doesn’t like young players,’ ” Baker said, shaking his head. ”Hey, man, I know what I’m doing. I know what a ballplayer looks like. I know
Bulls Basketball: Where Idiocy Happens
LaMarcus Aldridge. Tyson Chandler. J.R. Smith. Ben Wallace. Kevin Garnett. Pau Gasol. Shawn Marion. What do these 7 players have in common? They are either players Bulls GM John Paxson either traded away for nobodies, overpaid for in free agency, or wouldn’t make a trade for. Players who would have helped this team contend for
Rex Grossman and the U.S. government: A perfect match
With the recent news of Fidel Castro stepping down, I was doing some thinking about what the first attempt at Operation Abajo Raul should be, and with the news of Rex Grossman being brought back by the Bears, I figured it out. The U.S. government should use Grossman. It’s sure to work, unlike Operation Abajo
The NBA needs to change its playoff format
With 2 months left until the NBA playoffs begin, the playoff races are in full go mode. Out West, 9 teams are bunched within 5 games of each other, while in the East, teams 10+ games below .500 are fighting for a playoff spot. It’s time to sit down and re-work the NBA’s playoff system.
72-10 lives on!!
With the Celtics having started a road trip 0-3, they now have 12 losses. After the mid-season talk of them challenging the 95-96 Bulls for the best ever regular season record, you can throw that out the window. 72-10 lives on. And good riddance. The Celtics with Thug James are the last team I want
