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Tourney thoughts, a little O.J. and the Lopez twins

I spent the weekend lounging around the Sports Guy Mansion, watching college basketball and waiting for the Milwaukee Bucks to contact me about their ...

Blog Entry | March 24, 2008

Blazers don't deserve Bowie 2.0

Warning: Do not read this if you're a Portland Trail Blazers fan. The three-word e-mail came this morning from someone who knows things: "Oden -- mi...

Blog Entry | Conversation | September 13, 2007

Housecleaning 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, 2007

NellieBall isn't built for the long haul

With the Warriors heading for one of those gut-wrenching, "How the hell did we lose that series?" exits, just remember, there are specific reasons why...

Blog Entry | Conversation | May 10, 2007

A fan's notes: Gus, Kevin, more

The Gus Johnson Question has turned into one of the defining sports questions in life. Where you stand says more about you than you'd think, just like...

Blog Entry | Conversation | March 20, 2007

Please rescue the Horns

...of the game. Two things to note here: 1. Originally, I left him off my Under-22 Olympic Team (still a work in progress) because the team already had enough size and I wanted more...

Blog Entry | Conversation | March 12, 2007

Hooked on hoops

Some housecleaning on a Tuesday afternoon ... • If you missed the end of the George Mason-VCU game Monday night, you missed the greatest random...

Blog Entry | Conversation | March 06, 2007

Weekend wrap show

...Basketball Committee to switch gears and send an under-22 squad to represent us in the 2008 Olympics. Would you rather root for NBA stars stuck in an impossible "if we win, we're supposed...

Blog Entry | Conversation | March 05, 2007

Oden, Wisconsin and lots more

Caught a slew of college basketball games over the past three days (Indiana-Michigan State, Florida-LSU, Syracuse-Georgetown, Wisconsin-OSU and Kansas...

Blog Entry | Conversation | February 27, 2007

More Cowbell: My take on the 22

...tryouts. You might remember my opus about the "Nightmare Team" before its disastrous meltdown in the 2004 Olympics, with the premise being that we needed to stop slapping together All-Star teams and patch together...

Blog Entry | Conversation | March 01, 2006

MC: Monday night marathon

My take on the Winter Olympics hasn't changed from four years ago. Back in the '70s and '80s, we watched because there...

Blog Entry | Conversation | February 28, 2006

MC: From Torino to the Bachelor

...event from the '80s has you less excited this week: The Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue, the Winter Olympics or the Slam Dunk Contest? For me, it's a three-way tie. Everyone keeps e-mailing...

Blog Entry | Conversation | February 14, 2006

MC: Damon e-mails

I'm not going to overreact to Johnny Damon's defection to the Yankees. That feeling isn't universal, however. Check out these Damon-related e-mails th...

Blog Entry | Conversation | December 22, 2005

More Cowbell: TV wrap-up

Some short bytes on a Tuesday ... • Disappointed in "Prison Break" Monday night -- it was all over the place and nearly impossible to follow un...

Blog Entry | Conversation | August 30, 2005

More Cowbell: Loose Ends

...where I wrote about how he had announced "the greatest sporting event of all time (the 1980 Olympic Hockey game); the greatest gambling moment of all time (the Music City Miracle, when Wycheck lateraled to...

Blog Entry | Conversation | August 11, 2005