Being In The News Pays Off On The Auction Block

I saw this news item earlier today and smiled. Carmelo Anthony is one of the top prizes in this year’s NBA free agent class, producing nearly as many rumors and headlines as Olympics teammate and 2003-04 Draft classmate LeBron James. The NBA offseason has been more animated and energized than the 2013-14 regular season and, […]

LeBron James Wasn’t A Unanimous NBA MVP: So What?

In the end, does it matter? The Twitterverse was buzzing on Sunday as the sporting world awaited the “results” of the 2012-13 NBA MVP balloting. There was no drama. The games had already been played, so the coronation was the only thing awaiting the well-rested LeBron James. Truly, there could not have been a less […]

Carmelo Heads to New York: The Long Nightmare is Over

I had hoped that Carmelo Anthony would be traded during the NBA All-Star Game itself, thereby allowing the scoring machine to do a WWE-like “Heel” move to strip off the WEST jersey. Alas, it didn’t go down until Monday night … after he’d taped a spot with Conan O’Brien. The picture from The Denver Post‘s […]