David Kahn, the new President of basketball operations of the Minnesota Timberwolves, was once a sportswriter for The Oregonian, which has his former fifth estate brethren up in arms. Both Michael Wilbon and replacement host, Bob Ryan, made a point of Kahn’s days as a journalist on their PTI show, insinuating that Kahn’s first draft [...]
Sitting On The Throne – The Lakers rule and will as long as Kobe stays healthy, Phil coaches, Lamar re-ups, Bynum improves, Ron Artest doesn’t implode, and the bench stays helpful (Shannon Brown, Luke Walton, Jordan Farmar, Sasha Vujacic). This team won with Bryant, Paul Gasol and Derek Fisher leading the way, now they add [...]
Vijay Singh finished in the back of the pack and collected a $13,965 check from the Travelers Championship which may help defray the $500,000 bail he’s allegedly willing to cover for tainted banker R. Allen Sanford. Of course, because he’s not a U.S. citizen, they won’t let the “Big Fijian” post the bail, but it’s [...]
The last time Brent Sutter did anything good for New York he was agitating others along with his brother Duane for the New York Islanders. His actions were aggravating to opponents and instantly kicked up the buzz and chippiness on the ice. Nothing was beneath him if it meant getting the other guy’s goat. Many [...]
Spent the morning working the phones trying to get a jump on SI’s Selena Roberts and the NYT’s Michael Schmidt’s next steroid scoop. It took some doin’ but apparently Barry Bonds used steroids. Which brings us to the real story about player’s union honchos Don Fehr and Gene Orza. As Roberts and Schmidt use unethical [...]
