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Are you ready for some basketball?
Good news for NBA junkies: Leading up to the 2007-08 season, ESPN Classic asked me to pick games for a limited seven-week run on Wednesday nights. So,...
Blog Entry | Conversation | September 07, 2007Time to fix the NBA playoffs
...you think about it, there's really no parallel to this phenomenon in sports or pop culture. Baseball peaks with the playoffs and World Series. Football peaks with the playoffs and Super Bowl. Golf peaks...
Blog Entry | Conversation | June 13, 2007Housecleaning time: Clips, links and e-mail
We're long overdue for some major housecleaning (links, e-mails and follow-up thoughts), but before we get to that, I have three thoughts from the wee...
Blog Entry | Conversation | June 04, 200720 reasons to heart Cavs-Pistons
...Z obviously isn't a threat to score from 25 feet, then LeBron either: (A) throws a baseball pass across the court to a wide-open teammate who bricks a 3-pointer, or (B) stutter...
Blog Entry | Conversation | May 31, 2007Thinking about the NBA playoffs while web surfing
All right, we're pulling out all the stops today: NBA playoff thoughts, reader e-mails, follow-ups to last Friday's mailbag, some weekly links ... it'...
Blog Entry | Conversation | May 18, 2007A weekend with Oscar, Floyd and Roger
When we're shelling out $64.95 for an HD boxing pay-per-view, our ultimate hope is that the telecast won't end with everyone saying, "Crap, that wasn'...
Blog Entry | Conversation | May 07, 2007The power of the roar of the crowd
It's easy to discount the spiritual impact of basketball crowds if you haven't attended a playoff game with special fans before. There's no way to und...
Blog Entry | Conversation | May 03, 2007Ten thoughts on the Red Sox sweep
...Starting next week: The NBA Playoffs Blog. With that said, I can't remember a more satisfying baseball weekend in April. Consider the following 10 things: 1. Boston came from behind to win every game...
Blog Entry | Conversation | April 23, 2007A few links while honoring King Felix
Here's when fantasy baseball rips your heart out: Last summer, my buddy Hench and I were trying to win our A...
Blog Entry | Conversation | April 12, 2007Master of my TV domain
With the Basketball Blog on hiatus until the NBA playoffs start, I woke up on Monday morning, made some coffee, answered a few e-mails, sat down in fr...
Blog Entry | Conversation | April 09, 2007One big-time tank battle, and lots more
Get ready for an epic battle in Milwaukee tonight: Ersan Ilyasova and the Milwaukee Bucks battling Allan Ray and the Boston Celtics, in what Chris Har...
Blog Entry | Conversation | April 04, 2007Greg Oden: No. 1 with a bullet
I'll remember Monday night's Florida-OSU game for five reasons: Florida cementing its status as one of the best non-UCLA college teams of the modern e...
Blog Entry | Conversation | April 03, 2007One shining weekend ahead
...face, I'm happy. Sunday: Features the Mavs-Suns rematch, WrestleMania XXIII, the start of the 2007 baseball season and the first of at least 250 billion Tony La Russa jokes from baseball fans watching...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 30, 2007Down with the O.J. Mayo Era
If you missed the McDonald's All-American Game Wednesday night, you missed an appalling 4-for-17 performance by O.J. Mayo, who has a legitimate chance...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 29, 2007Durant, Oden and hoops housecleaning
Five quick updates on the Greg Oden-Kevin Durant Sweepstakes before we get to some housecleaning: 1. Let the tanking begin! After Milwaukee (25 wins)...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 22, 2007

