Say What You Will: There Is No More Entertaining Duo
Following a long, arduous and well-chronicled summer that included myriad television appearances, the beginning of Season 2 of a reality show & rumors about contracts, mercurial wide receiver Terrell Owens has a new home.
Owens signed a one-year deal to join his reality television tag-team partner, Chad Ochocinco, in Cincinnati. The move gives Carson Palmer his [...]
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To Be The Man
Can we let it go already?
I understand that people are going to keep asking the questions. I recognize their need to get a soundbyte out there and lay the verbal smackdown on “the decision.”
In the past week, Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson and countless other NBA legends have lined up to make their sentiments known [...]
Where You Been?
Greetings from soCal.
It was a ridiculously busy week followed by a lengthy and gruesome illness. As such, the posting slowed over the last couple days.
Somewhat-rested, I’m ready to get back after it and start banging away on content.
I have a TON of audio to edit and post in the next several days, including interviews [...]
Bien Venidos a Miami: The Power Trio
Stephen A. Smith put it up on the board a couple weeks back. Eventually, everybody else jumped onboard and started hyping the LeBron to Miami talk.
I do have to ask the base question. I posted it on Facebook and Twitter, and I reiterate it here ….
Is there a better or more complete switch from [...]
School ‘Em: Stay Classy, Kevin Durant
I Tweeted this early on Wednesday, but now that I have a minute, I thought I’d go beyond the 140-character limit to write about Kevin Durant.
It was announced in a simple statement (via Twitter) that the superstar small forward (30.1 PPG in 2009-10) had quietly agreed to a five-year extension of his contract worth an [...]
This Very Special Episode of LeBronCenter
Earlier this week, I saw the first reference to the LeBron James “Free Agency Summer Jam” or whatever it’s being called.
Can we add a couple musical acts for this hour-long special? Maybe find someone that Elton John hasn’t played with yet, or let Ron Artest sing his “Champion” song?
Seriously, it’s great PR and a spectacle [...]
RIP, Bob Probert: The 300s Salute You
In the midst of myriad sports stories and the never-changing non-story of NBA free agency, a one-line note appeared in my inbox that former Detroit Red Wings and Chicago Blackhawks enforcer Bob Probert had died. He was surrounded by family on a boat in Canada when he collapsed.
He was 45. He was 45.
I let out [...]
Friday Matinee: “Grown Ups”
On Friday morning, I started a short staycation with a trip to the local multiplex. I wasn’t going to cast my vote on the werewolf/vampire debate. I’m creating my own hybrid and have started to recruit my own followers. More on that supernatural turn inside the Dome to come. I’m going to veer off of [...]
Andy Samberg of SNL Talks FIFA, EA Sports & Comedic Inspiration
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Late last week, I had the opportunity to head over to the Universal Citywalk in Los Angeles for a soccer festival conducted by EA Sports. They loaded up crates of soccer balls, video monitors and connected US and UK fans through the “Balls to Brits” event. There was a huge [...]
It’s a Final: NBA Season Crawls to its End
Finally …
I joked that I wasn’t going to sit and watch Game 7 after investing a ridiculous number of hours watching the three-month marathon that is the NBA Playoffs. Rip Van Winkle awoke to see that nothing had changed. The never-ending investigation of USC athletics … ended. Ubaldo won 13 games … almost as many [...]
NFL Rookie Chats: Where’s LeBron Running?
I have nothing witty to add to this one. I attended the NFL Rookie Premiere in LA a couple weeks back (a boatload of audio is forthcoming) and the folks at Upper Deck put the analyst cap on this attendees in a video montage.
It’s a one-question clip with some comical responses therein. The players [...]
The Quest For The Grail Is Complete: The Stanley Cup Resides In Chicago
Go ahead and play the theme of “Rocky” one more time. Play it loud for Rocky Wirtz and the re-tooled, youthful, re-energized Stanley Cup champion Chicago Blackhawks.
I’ll admit it. My emotions got the best of me when Patrick Kane’s shot flipped past Michael Leighton at the 15:54 mark of the overtime period. I [...]
New World Order: Strasburg & Stanton Debuts
The hype machines are being allowed to cool. There’s been so much hyperbole chucked out across the airwaves that we faced a spill of BP proportion. Seriously, the adjectives and statistical comparisons between Stephen Strasburg and (insert Hall of Fame pitcher here) have reached the point of inducing nausea.
That’s right. I said it. I’ve [...]
FanEX Analysis Draft Complete: Review It
Recently, I worked my way through a long, arduous journey. I completed a slow fantasy football draft. That is, instead of the normal fast-paced draft with 60 to 90 seconds between picks, this draft worked off of a 12-hour clock.
As such, it took weeks to wind to completion, and more than a few twists [...]
Stanley Cup Finals: Hello, Sports Bars
On Monday night, I capped a holiday trip with a return flight on Delta out of Atlanta. I’ll spare you the details of the check-in process and security, as anyone who has flown through the ATL has at least one tale to tell.
My reward for the inane start to the journey was that Delta [...]
Suns Down Lakers in Game 4: Donaghy Gets One Right
On Tuesday’s edition of “the well-listened to Dan Patrick Show,” disgraced former NBA referee Tim Donaghy called in to discuss the NBA Playoffs and sell some books. He cited examples of plays in the fourth game of the Orlando-Boston series that pointed to referees’ exertion of undue influence to thwart the potential sweep. He also [...]
FanEx Analysis Draft
Each year, I have the honor and privilege of leaping into seemingly one million football leagues with the best minds in the fantasy world. We produce numerous mock drafts and often battle for supremacy in the fall.
One of those drafts is being conducted right now. In addition to the glory of following a full 20-round [...]
Change in Washington? The Future is Coming
The hour is almost at hand.
Fantasy owners are clamoring to the waiver wire in the hope that the next big thing will be wearing a Nationals cap.
I remember the episode of The Simpsons where billboards, banners and commercials announced that “Gabbo Is Coming.” Who? What? Where?
Well, it ended up being a smart-alleck ventriloquist’s [...]
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Swoll Wins: Cushing Keeps ROY Award
In the end, testing positive for a performance-enhancer didn’t matter. Brian Cushing, who tested positive for a banned substance (non-steroid, in his words), will serve a four-game suspension to start the season after losing his appeal on the matter. The positive test ultimately didn’t matter to voters, and the former USC linebacker got to keep [...]
Steve Nash Sweeps Into The Western Conference Finals
What else do you need to say?
Nash and the Suns swept the Spurs to make their claim on one side of the NBA’s Western Conference Finals. He did his part in spectacular fashion, finishing the fourth game of the sweep with stitches, bandages and a right eye that had swollen shut. That’s right. He gutted [...]
Wouldn’t You Want Your Opponents Decked Out Like Mr. T?
The story lighting up talk shows and the blogosphere this morning isn’t the meltdown of LeBron James and the Cavaliers against the Celtics. It isn’t the pending re-vote of the NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year Award following Brian Cushing’s positive test for a masking agent. It isn’t even the release of the Maxim 100 [...]
I Gave Up Too Early
I recently had a link forwarded to me that took me back to the sandlot.
I was a crafty southpaw and slap hitter as a youngster, far earlier than anybody should have carried either of those tags. The decision was made that contact was better than the big fly, hence I didn’t make full use [...]
JaMarcus Russell Released: Where The Hell Is Al Davis?
It was seemingly just a matter of time. Still, the news that JaMarcus Russell had actually been released by the Raiders left me shocked … and a little saddened.
What happened to the Oakland organization that always left me on the edge of my seat, defying logic and common sense at every turn?
The Raiders drafted [...]
