Rating The Free Agents

June 30, 2010 – Speculation is rampant about NBA free agency and specifically the endabouts of LeBron James. The money available is crazy. The NBA has teams with two players on the roster. David Stern somehow sees this way to rebuild teams as “good for the league.” Next year there’s the prospect of a new collective bargaining agreement, one reflective of the economy where... [Read more]

There’s Not Even A Word for It

June 30, 2010 – “Oh, oh here she comes. Watch out boy, she’ll eat you up. Oh, oh here she comes, she’s a maneater…” -Hall and Oates By Norman Rey I was going to pass. It seems every time she puts down ink, I have something to say. Perhaps I am developing the same type of bias she’s afflicted with? So I counted to ten and wondered what it is about Selena... [Read more]

NBA Postviews The East

June 28, 2010 – There are two thoughts running rampant after the NBA draft. The first is who are the “haves” for 2010-11 and who are the “have nots?” The draft has little to do with a team’s one-year improvement, although there will be those projecting change based on this year’s new players. A quick review of the 2009-10 draft will remind us that Blake Griffin... [Read more]

Sportscream’s 2009-10 NBA Postview – Western Conference

June 25, 2010 – Some measure the end of the NBA season by the final game played last Thursday between the champion Lakers and Celtics. Some measure it by the end of “The Sports Guy’” whining about Boston. Others might look for Jim Rome’s woody out west, but too bad he’s been put on hiatus due to the U.S. Open and futbol. We here at Sportscream measure the end... [Read more]

World Cup Provides Perspective For U.S. Fans

June 20, 2010 – While little airplanes are dive bombing around us because of an “air race” on the Hudson this weekend, and we get a little taste of what Europeans and the rest of the world calls “sport,” the World Cup soccer festival continues to fuel the “football” debate here in the U.S. Red Bull, the energy drink that sponsors the New York area’s... [Read more]