This article has been submitted by Alex Jackson. It’s that time of year – Tennis season! Sure, tennis doesn’t really have an offseason and one major tournament has already been played – the Aussi Open in January – but honestly, who really followed that? Over the next 7 weeks, two majors will be played; first [...]
Archive for May, 2008
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My Baseball Road Trip Part 2 – Milwaukee, Chicago, Cincinnati
Posted: 23rd May 2008 by Blake Murphy in Baseball, Blake MurphyComments Off
Yes, yes, I did it again. Did he say again? Yes, he did it again. Yeah, I’m back from my second annual baseball road trip, and it was a success once again. We did things differently this time, though. We spent a little bit more cash, didn’t book hotels in advance, and split everything three [...]
Hoops Addict Article – Waiting for Mamba to Strike
Posted: 23rd May 2008 by Trev Smith in NBA Ball, Outside Writing, Trev SmithComments Off
Big Poppa Pump is heavily covering the Lakers’ road to the NBA Finals, and he has another one up at Hoops Addict. This time, Trev asks a question of the San Antonio Spurs – what are you going to do about Kobe Friday night? Check it out!
Hoops Addict Article – The Bulls Should Draft Derrick Rose
Posted: 22nd May 2008 by Blake Murphy in Blake Murphy, NBA Ball, Outside WritingComments Off
So, the Bulls (somehow, don’t get me started) won the NBA’s draft lottery and will now receive the #1 overall pick in the draft. Most point to Michael Beasley as the easy choice. (An aside is that most assume that I, too, would point to Beasley as the easy choice, given my affinity for Durant [...]
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This article has been submitted by Alex Jackson. I’ll admit it, Lebron James is pretty good. There, finally someone said it. Clearly I am not the first person to utter that sentiment and I definitely will not be the last. If there was even a modicum of doubt (did anyone really have any?) that Lebron [...]
Nuts to Bill Simmons: Why NCAA Basketball is Superior to NBA Basketball
Posted: 22nd May 2008 by Stu Wilkinson in NBA Ball, NCAA Hoops, Stu WilkinsonComments Off
This article has been submitted by Stu Wilkinson. A couple weeks ago one of my favourite writers, Bill Simmons of ESPN’s Page 2, called the NBA a “markedly better” product than college basketball in one of his NBA Mailbags. This both surprised and disappointed me as a big college basketball fan. Hey, I love the [...]
Gary Roberts Wednesday – Kris Letang
Posted: 21st May 2008 by Stu Wilkinson in Hockey, Stu WilkinsonComments Off
This article has been submitted by Stu Wilkinson. Yeah, I wrote another thing about the Pens, but I didn’t want to violate one of my core principles: Whenever one of my teams makes the Stanley Cup Finals, Super Bowl, or World Series, I write a Gary Roberts Wednesday piece about a key player on that [...]
The Raptors Have a Choice to Make: Jose Calderon or TJ Ford
Posted: 21st May 2008 by Blake Murphy in Blake Murphy, NBA BallComments Off
What follows after the jump is a debate on which point guard the Toronto Raptors should keep for the forseeable future. Jose Calderon is a restricted free agent and is expected to command serious cash on the free agent market. T.J. Ford is under contract for a few more seasons at roughly $8M per year. [...]
Who Will be the Next Coach of the Phoenix Suns?
Posted: 20th May 2008 by alex-jackson in Alex Jackson, NBA BallComments Off
This article has been submitted by Alex Jackson. Suns owner Robert Sarver, for the most part, is cheap. While cap management is admirable and the Spurs have shown a winner can be put together while remaining under the cap, the Spurs have also shown that good chemistry and continuity produces winners. Continually trading away draft [...]
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This article has been submitted by Chris Pope. This May 2-4 when most older teenagers are sippin’ on gin and juice, drinking long necks down and enjoying everything else that comes along with the wonderful life of camping, four major junior teams will be playing some of the most important hockey of their lives – [...]