NBA Playoffs Day 2

Sunday was an extraordinary day of playoff basketball. As expected, the Wizards cruised. Completely unexpected, the Spurs and then the Mavs got torched by their upstart opponents. And then it was all as expected again; first the Lakers lead Phoenix by 9 behind...

The best and the brightest

I’m blaming this on the ESPN bottom line crawl thing. How often have you looked at it and ever seen anything good? So tonight, I see “David Halberstam, 73…” and I know this will not end well. It’s like seeing a famous person’s...

NBA: Chucks and chumps

Chucks Luol Deng – remember when, as a rookie, ‘deng’ was the sound his jumpers made? Now, the 6-foot-9, 22 year old is one of the leaders of the deep and hungry Bulls, averaging 19 points on 52% shooting on the season. Going up against the...

Hold on, Cesar

When your self proclaimed Cy Young ace can’t get through the first inning without allowing four runs and your left fielder plays freeze tag between third and home with nobody out, and you suck like the Cubs do, chances are you’re not going to win that...

Bad Ohman

When you are 5-8 like the Cubs are, including a sterling 2-5 at mostly (but not completely) full Wrigley Field, you figure there are a lot of guys to blame. That’s true of the Cubs. Cesar Izturis can’t hit to save his life and spent one day punting the...