Celts and Garnett – Not On Top Of The World

So the over-the-top celebration that the Celtics performed when they brought another NBA title to Boston last year hasn’t been forgotten. Nobody whines like a Boston fan (Bill Simmons and everyone at ESPN) and it was especially shrill in the last week of the regular season when the Cavaliers dismantled the Celts and the green team took exception to Cleveland’s playful ways. “Anything... [Read more]

End of the NBA As We Know It

NBA Basketball ended in New York City on tax day. Fittingly, the Knicks beat the Nets 102-73 at the Garden. The Nets won two more games this year than their cross-river rivals with 34. The Knicks righted themselves from the Isiah Thomas years by creating favorable numbers in their cap space. The Nets alledgedly borrowed as much as $20 million from the NBA emergency fund just to make their numbers.... [Read more]

Top Five Critical Picks in Round 1

The NFL Draft is on slate for April 25-26 and everyone’s mock draft has fans eager to add new talent. Fourteen first round picks logged over double digits in starts in 2008. Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie (Cards), Matt Ryan (Falcons), Joe Flacco (Ravens), Ryan Clady (Broncos), Gosder Cherilus (Lions), Duane Brown (Texan), Glen Dorsey and Branden Albert (Chiefs), Jake Long (Dolphins), Jerod Mayo... [Read more]

Friday Night Lights Wraps Season 2

H. G. Bissinger’s “Friday Night Lights” has new life on televison as Direct TV and NBC re-up for two more years. Bissinger, a noted blog bigot, won the Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting for his story on corruption in the Philadelphia court system in 1987 while with the Philadelphia Inquirer. His book version of FNL, which documents the 1988 season of the football team of... [Read more]

Five Things About The Kentucky Derby

1. Churchill Downs is a dirt track and west coast horses put up all their pre-Derby numbers on synthetic surfaces. So what’s the deal? Does the fake turf give them extra spring in their step? Or, does dirt make running harder and more irritating to their delicate feet? 2. Bob Baffert is back with Pioneerof the Nile, who could be his first winner since War Emblem in 2002. Baffert has... [Read more]