The Price of Fame and Fortune

Roger Goodell can take his good old time trying to shake the “I can do anything I want” out of Pac Man, Michael Vick and Plaxico Burress. Bud Selig can posture about clamping down on performance enhancers and put a pin in the hubris balloons carried by Roger, Sammy and Mark. But nobody can regulate the behavior of players who choose to hook up with anyone they want, just because they... [Read more]

4th of July Firecrackers

By Norman Rey The Sporting News did a power rating of the NBA after the draft, free agent and trade movement of the past week and put the Washington Wizards at number three behind the Lakers and Cleveland. What a tribute to Flip Saunders, Randy Foye and Mike Miller….I like the quiet moves of Philly GM Ed Stefanski. Installing Eddie Jordan as his coach. Re-upping Mike O’Koren, Jimmy... [Read more]

New GM Attacked by Wolves

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 last Thursday was flawed, and that they could have done... [Read more]

The NBA New Order in 500 Words

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 offense, defense, rebounding and toughness with Artest. The Pretenders... [Read more]

Vijay Sings For R. Allen Stanford

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 a nice gesture considering he was given $8 million... [Read more]