I was just checking out this week’s NCAA Men’s Basketball polls and was pleasantly surprised to see Duke and Stanford ranked 1 & 2, respectively, in both polls. I have to give Stanford coach Mike Montgomery much dap on his record at Stanford through the years. He arrived at Stanford after Tom Davis left because… Continue reading Who Would Have Thunk it?
Category: Sports
Smells Like Roses, Tastes Like Sugar
As Charles points out, USC (PAC-10!) won the national championship yesterday with their impressive win over Michigan. I don’t give a damn what the BCS computers say about the winner of Oklahoma/LSU. Hopefully this controversy will encourage the NCAA to institute a playoff system for football. I’d also love to see some of the coaches… Continue reading Smells Like Roses, Tastes Like Sugar
Rasheed Wallace Say the NBA is Exploiting, uh, Brothas :-)
Rasheed Wallace had some strong words about the NBA in a recent interview: But there is no ambivalence, no question about how he feels, in the strong language he uses to criticize the NBA and how it treats black players. In a league where all but one team owner and a vast majority of the… Continue reading Rasheed Wallace Say the NBA is Exploiting, uh, Brothas 🙂
Stanford Waxes #1 Ranked Kansas!
How about that Stanford Cardinal (or as my buddies from Cal would say ‘$tanfurd’) basketball team? We just knocked off the #1 ranked Kansas Jayhawks in the Wooden Classic. Don’t sleep on the Pac-10. It’s good to have my favorite sport back in full swing. NBA ball has been painful to watch this season. Even… Continue reading Stanford Waxes #1 Ranked Kansas!
Alonzo Mourning to Retire
From ESPN: EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey — Alonzo Mourning’s NBA career is over. The seven-time All-Star center will soon need a kidney transplant and will no longer be able to play professional basketball, New Jersey Nets president and general manager Rod Thorn announced on Monday morning. “It is with great sadness that I make this… Continue reading Alonzo Mourning to Retire
Kobe Swings Back at Shaq…
These sound like straight-up fighting words to me! You have to give Kobe credit for not backing down from Shaq. Here’s the transcript of Jim Gray’s interview of Kobe:
Shaq & Kobe Feuding Again
Looks like the Lakers may be unravelling already. Shaq wasn’t too happy with Kobe’s play the other day and let it be known: O’Neal and Bryant seemed to be interacting comfortably Sunday on the practice floor, sharing the ball freely during an afternoon workout. Then they traded nasty verbal jabs after the session — arguably… Continue reading Shaq & Kobe Feuding Again
Kobe’s New Tattoo
Anil points out the caption on this picture of Kobe Bryant’s new tattoo (update 10/22/2003 – Yahoo! has now expired that picture, but you can see it here): Los Angeles Lakers’ Kobe Bryant shows off his new tattoo as a tribute to his wife, Vanessa and Psalm 27 during camp Monday, Oct. 6, 2003, in… Continue reading Kobe’s New Tattoo
Newsweek Goes In-Depth on Kobe
The Kobe Bryant media circus is heating up. Newsweek takes a look at Kobe off the court. It’s his defining feature: an intense focus on basketball that has made Kobe Bryant one of the game’s greatest, but left him self-absorbed and socially stunted. Now he’s on trial for rape. The book on Kobe [read the… Continue reading Newsweek Goes In-Depth on Kobe
Poor Mike Tyson
Mike Tyson should have stuck with his ex-wife, Monica. (At least there would have been some business sense in the family.) As he’s filing bankruptcy, she’s turning a serious profit on Mike’s old crib: 50 Cent put a lot more on his new mansion in Connecticut. The rapper just purchased the home that once belonged… Continue reading Poor Mike Tyson