I placed my lone wager for the day early Tuesday evening. Nothing over the top, just twenty bucks on a two-team parlay: Celtics minus the two, Denver Nuggets plus the seven-and-a-half. The twenty bucks, if it hit, was to come Continue reading
Not long ago, the NFL got their man. Curiously enough, the player they were going after was one of the faces of the league and the winningest quarterback of all time. You see, the man they call Tom Brady had Continue reading
Now I know how Cleveland felt. Years ago, the man known as LeBron James made the biggest mistake of his career. Personally, I didn’t think it was that big of a deal but history will remember it as such. LeBron Continue reading
I stood at the bar in front of the TV with friends like I had so many times before. The NBA Draft lottery was on and this was to be a big one. You see, two game-changers were going to Continue reading
We talk a lot about identity in sports, how the greatest teams over time, as a collective, develop a specific identity all their own. The Detroit Bad Boy Pistons of the late 1980s had a clear-cut identity. If you drove Continue reading
If we’ve learned anything from this wet, hot free agency summer, it’s that neither Hassan Whiteside nor his great, great grandchildren will ever go hungry. That’s because the Miami Heat will pay him $98 million over the next four years. Continue reading
Well, we’re at the NBA All-Star break and this just in: The Golden State Warriors are really good. They are 48-4. No, that is not a typo. In late January, over a five-game stretch, the defending champions beat the Cavs, Continue reading
About a month ago, I wrote (but didn’t publish) this piece on David Blatt, head coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers. With LeBron James out due to injury, the Eastern Conference favorites had lost nine of ten ball games. There were Continue reading
Argentinians took to the streets of Miami this week in celebration of their World Cup semifinals victory over the Netherlands. Blue and white shirts and flags adorned the streets of South Beach with every last Argentine partying until last call Continue reading
I’ve been bed-ridden lately with a pretty nasty fever so I apologize for not contributing my usual batch of internet clutter. The good news is that my doctor has ruled out mono, halitosis, gingivitis and chronic tardiness so I got Continue reading