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Sports. I love them. They have consumed the better part of 25 years of my life, thus far. At some point or another while growing up I played just about everything with a ball at a competitive level -football, baseball, basketball, soccer, golf, tennis, bowling. Playing the sports is one thing, but obsessing over them is another. I love a good sports argument, mainly because everyone is always right and the ‘other person’ is always wrong.
I will admit it - I was way off base in my blog last week, about how I thought the Bulls would beat the Miami Heat. After game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals, the Bulls did have the Heat's number. They played way harder and more efficient than the Heat, and they didn't give up when times got … [Read more...]
I haven't been this interested in the NBA playoffs since 1996, as I mentioned in an article about a month ago. However, this year they're good. Very good. At this point in the world's longest professional sports tournament the most intriguing match-up is without question the Eastern Conference … [Read more...]
I'm not talking about the West Coast rapper, Too Short. And, yes, I kid. Jokes are fun. I am talking about the ridiculous length of the NBA playoffs. If all series from start to finish went seven games, the playoffs would span from April 16 - June 16. Three months of playoffs. Now, … [Read more...]
The scene was the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, NY. The year was 2003. It was a few days after Labor day and we had a new US Open mens tennis champion. Andy Roddick had turned 21 just a few days prior and he was riding high in his career. Shortly thereafter he … [Read more...]
Every morning for probably the last several weeks I have turned on SportsCenter, reluctantly, to catch up on news from around the sports world. And, every morning I am forced to watch Mel Kiper and Todd McShay argue about their "mock picks." I'm usually pretty annoyed considering the same … [Read more...]
I've been to the College World Series at least 20 years in a row, in fabulous Omaha, Nebraska and I don't plan on missing a series anytime soon. For those of you that don't know about the CWS, and you like sports, great weather and tailgating- you should read up. Let me just tell you, the … [Read more...]
The NBA was awesome in the 1990s. I loved it. What made the NBA so good? The competition was second to none. The players treated the games like they were in the NCAA tournament - they wanted to win because it meant something to them. It wasn't only about the money and the Twitter … [Read more...]
This just in: the Major League Baseball regular season is 162 games. That is really, really long. And, the playoffs sometimes creep their way into November. This means that some seasons go from late March to early November. If you aren't sick of baseball by September then you must not like … [Read more...]
Several months ago LeBron James pissed off an entire city, well, probably most of a state and a huge portion of the country. I'm not writing today about my disgust for the LeBron special that ESPN so gladly aired - that got enough terrible press last year. I'm also not writing about how … [Read more...]
I watched a lot of the Masters last week, as much as I could. And as if it was 2005 I found myself only wanting to follow Tiger Woods. On the golf course, he's still the man. Yes, there are a lot of up and coming golfers on the tour who provide a spark to the viewers; Rory McIlroy, Rickie … [Read more...]
