Bill Walton Opens Up on Junior Seau
Fans, pundits and athletes, current and former, have spoken about the shocking death of Junior Seau. I was set to record a podcast when the news broke, news that put me into a strange state. I was rendered speechless. Everyone who knows me understands that that phenomenon just doesn’t happen often.
I tried to take [...]
The Most Influential Athletes List for 2011 — Surprised?
I saw this story off of Forbes.com regarding the most influential athletes, as compiled by E-Poll and Nielsen Media Research.
From the article — “surveyed over 1,000 adults as to the athletes they considered influential, while also assessing their likeability and awareness levels. Only those known to at least 20 percent of the respondents were considered.”
Tom [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
