RISE UP BOYS Week 5
High School LacrosseBy Brett Hughes Week 5 of the RISE UP BOYS has our lacrosse stars answering what the best experience outside of competing in sports they have experien...
Blog Entry | November 06, 2008How the Schedule is Made
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...LA hosts the LA Lakers, the LA Clippers, the LA Kings hockey team, and many other events including the World Figure Skating Championships. He also must take into account several travel rules. Teams cannot...
Blog | October 20, 2008AFC East mailbag: Bills buzz building
Tim Graham, AFC East...are getting is a good thing (since there seems to be very little pressure from the outside world)? Is it still too soon to call this team a contender? Even though they've handled two...
Blog | September 20, 2008Prep Notes With A Twist
CalHiSports.com...Also spotted was the greatest hockey player of all-time, Wayne...biggest movie star in the world, Will Smith, is nearby. Smith...CIF Southern Section Northwest Division championship game, actor Jack Nicholson and...
Blog Entry | September 12, 2008Zorn's identity to be revealed tonight
Matt Mosley, NFC EastPosted by ESPN.com's Matt Mosley NEW YORK -- New Redskins head coach Jim Zorn has this nasty habit of saying exactly what's on his mind. Even though h...
Blog | September 04, 2008First Cup: Monday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...and himself. He had been thinking of this moment long before he dreamed of MVPs and NBA championships. Anybody who even kind of knows The Big German is giddy for him, with the possible exception...
Blog | July 21, 2008First Cup: Wednesday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...points in a Game 7 against the Cleveland Cavaliers. Vladimir Radmanovic must defend Paul Pierce. With Lakers championship hopes perhaps riding on it. Funny, huh?"Mike Bianchi of the Orlando Sentinel: "They are like the...
Blog | June 04, 2008Monday "Even More" Bullets
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...conference finals and went on to win the world championship from the Philadelphia 76ers in six games. This...
Blog | April 21, 2008Tourney thoughts, a little O.J. and the Lopez twins
...there isn't a single player on their roster who could be the best player on a championship contender. (B) If you're expecting the lottery to change things, know that there isn't a...
Blog Entry | March 24, 2008Thinking 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, 2007Rolling With Leandro: Gregory Dole's Barbosa File, Part Four
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...second language teacher, basketball coach, basketball scout, and world traveller." That's a career that, not too...in [Chris] Mullin's living room and talk hockey with the man himself. "You want a beer...
Blog | May 16, 2007From the Archives: A Ben Wallace Feature Article
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...his central role in the making of a championship team are all covered. Keep reading for the...ldquo;In baseball, that’s pitching. In hockey, that’s a great goalie. In basketball...
Blog | July 05, 2006Ray Scapinello, the Cal Ripken of NHL on-ice officials
...think Ray Scapinello has stopped smiling since the day he found out he was going into the Hockey Fall of Fame in June. There he was again today at the Hall, with a wide smile...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 10, 2008Auction Block: Rained Out
Eric Angevine...long memories. The Seattle Metropolitans hockey club won Lord Stanley's...to the playoffs, with no championships since the team came in...AL pennant, let alone a World Series. The M's debuted...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 10, 2008Gilmour patiently awaiting his Hall of Fame fate
...teams of the 1970s, was not in the Hockey Hall of Fame. You'd think I would...390-225-119, not only winning two NHL championships with the Flyers but also coaching the New...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 07, 2008
