Angel Reece vs Jill Biden: the First Lady Fucked Up
Let’s be honest: Dr. Biden fucked up.
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Why the Chicago Bulls should have traded Derrick Rose two years ago
Rose will never be the same, but even healthy he’s never going to win an NBA title. My friend Otherwise is a Chicago Bulls fan. I’m a Denver Nuggets fan. So we commiserate sometimes. Back in 2009, Bulls point guard Derrick Rose won the Rookie of the Year award. The next year he was an all-star. And in 2011 he
Read moreThe American Basketball Association: remembering the six best things about a true original
The ABA was an innovator that changed the face of modern basketball. Some of the league’s new ideas survived and made their way into the game we see played today. Here are our six favorite ABA things, in no particular order. 1: The three-point shot. The ABA didn’t invent it – the idea had been around for some time, and
Read moreNCAA Final Four: Kentucky vs. UConn reminds us how bad American sports are at deciding champions
US sports leagues reward inferior teams and routinely deny their best teams the championship. Richard Allen Smith and I have argued from time to time about the merits of the BCS vs. the NCAA basketball tournament. Rich defends the BCS, while I point out its unfairness and corruption. He argues that the BCS does (did) a good job at getting
Read moreThe NBA and the Miami Heat double-standard: the Stern Crime Family strikes again
Let’s review. This was an automatic, on the spot flagrant 2 and ejection. But this – a blindside cheap shot, a two-handed shove and some subsequent manhandling of the ref – earned only a flagrant 1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVHPj5J-Jv4 Note that LeBron flopped like a Portuguese midfielder while Hansbrough remained upright. And this flying WWE-style flying elbow from Dwyane Wade was assessed a
Read moreHey, Chicago Bulls fans: I’m starting to worry about Derrick Rose
Starmelo is in the news today telling everybody to LEAVE DERRICK ROSE ALONE! “I wish y’all would stop rushing Derrick back,” said Anthony, whose Knicks, winners of 13 straight, play the Bulls on Thursday night. “Please. He shouldn’t come back until he’s about 110 percent ready. I don’t think he should come back if he’s not ready to go out
Read moreThe All-NBA What-If Team
We sports fans love a good “what if?” debate, and there are millions of them. What if Portland had drafted Michael Jordan instead of Sam Bowie? What if Roman Abramovich had left José Mourinho alone instead of meddling? What if Barry “The Asterisk” Bonds hadn’t decided to become a walking pharmaceutical test facility? What if Don Shula had pulled Earl
Read moreIt’s true. I’m now pulling for LeBron.
I used to be a LeBron fan. Then came The Decision, which annoyed me mightily. It wasn’t that he left Cleveland – he should have left Cleveland – it was the whole spectacle of how he did it. As I explained when it happened, that ESPN special was the moral equivalent of buying time on national TV to break up with
Read moreRivieras and Siberias and why players can’t wait to get the hell out of most NBA cities
I’d like to offer up a theory. Tell me what you think. I’ve written some lately about the NBA, which despite all its flaws is still my favorite North American professional sports league. (My favorite pro league anywhere, of course, is the English Premiership, the greatest soccer league in the world.) In particular, I’ve pondered The League’s structural issues vis
Read moreCan the NBA be saved? A modest proposal….
I predicted months ago that there would be no 2011-12 NBA season. I hoped I was wrong (still do), but there were some fundamental structural issues that I felt were going to be hard to address in the collective bargaining process. While all hope isn’t yet completely dead, it looks very, very bad – so bad that at this stage
Read moreLeBron James: welcome to the Punk Hall of Fame
Let’s say you’re a guy and you’ve been involved with a woman. Long-term, committed, exclusive relationship. Several years together. You loved her dearly through the years and she’s simply gaga over you, for reasons none of your friends fully understand. But now, now you’ve realized that it isn’t going to work any longer. Maybe you have different priorities. Maybe you
Read more1974: Terps and Pack for all the marbles
Some folks on one of my sports lists have wandered into a discussion about memorable games. So as long as we’re talking about greatest games and stuff, I figured they needed to be reminded about the greatest hoops game ever played. Hell, maybe the greatest game ever payed in any sport anywhere. The 1974 ACC Tournament final between Maryland and
Read moreRoy Williams Needs to Drink a Nice, Tall Glass of Shut the Hell Up Juice
It’s the end of the world as we know it, apparently. UNC hoops coach wonders: ‘How can you go any lower?’ North Carolina coach Roy Williams can’t fathom what else could go wrong for the unranked and struggling Tar Heels after Virginia handed UNC its worst home loss since 2003 on Sunday. “How can you go any lower?” Williams asked
Read moreSports Weekend Roundup: Good Times, Bad Times
It was about as good a football weekend as it’s possible to have when none of your teams are left. Hate Kurt Warner: check Hate the Cowboys: check Hate Phil Rivers: check My hate is strong. BTW, let’s review what I said after last week’s games:
Read moreThe uneasy truth behind Tim Donaghy’s allegations
Disgraced former NBA referee Tim Donaghy, who was convicted of two charges related to betting on NBA games (some of which he worked as an official), is out of prison, pimping a new book and telling his story to 60 Minutes and ESPN. What he’s saying, and who’s backing him up, has to be giving NBA Commish David Stern a
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