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NBA Notes: All-Star Break (Western Conference)
Overview Kevin Durant has taken the Oklahoma City Thunder to another level. I had the Thunder, San Antonio Spurs, and the Portland Trailblazers in my top three after the two months. Even without Chris Paul, The Los Angeles Clippers have stepped up their game and creeping up to make it a top 4. Nevertheless, the strength of the Western Conference is its depth and there are certainly many good teams below the top teams. Top Three 1. Oklahoma City Thunder (38-11) Lebron James is the best player in the game because of his ability...
read moreBill Nye vs. Ken Ham: Evolution vs. Creationism Smackdown
I had no interest in watching this debate when I heard it was even going to happen. The fact that there are still throngs of people out there who believe in Noah’s Flood, Adam and Eve, and other stories shouldn’t have a place at the science table. After watching the debate, my opinions haven’t really changed at all, but I will say I might have been a little cold when I mentioned that those kinds of people shouldn’t be doing science. Anyway what I liked about the debate was that it didn’t have the typical back...
read moreNBA Notes: All-Star Break (Eastern Conference)
Overview It is still a two team race with the Indiana Pacers and Miami Heat fighting for the top seed. The Toronto Raptors, Atlanta Hawks, Washington Wizards, and Chicago Bulls have established themselves in the middle of the Conference. The Brooklyn Nets have surged in 2014 to work themselves back into the playoffs. The New York Knicks are hoping to do the same. Race for 1 Seed 1. Indiana Pacers (36-10) They have the best defense in the league allowing just 90.6 points per game and the best point differential at +8. It...
read moreRIP Philip Seymour Hoffman: His Ten Best Performances
How do you even respond to something like this? I was prepared to write something of an elegiac introduction, but I came up short. What’s the angle you go for? Compare-and-contrast? Maximillian Schell died this weekend too, but he was 86…does that make his death less tragic? Seemed to take away from the whole point of this article. There’s the temptation to do a variation on what a lot of rather irritating Facebook posters do, which is to make excuses for why you’re even spending time at all on the death of someone you never met (you’ve seen...
read moreInstant Coffee: Super Bowl XLVIII – Sleepless in Seattle but a Snooze Everywhere Else
Seattle Seahawks 43 vs. Denver Broncos 8 Obviously, no one is shocked that the Seattle Seahawks won this game. However, it is absolutely stunning that they dominated the game. It was a nightmare for the Denver Broncos from the start. Returner Trindon Holliday ill advisedly took the ball out of the endzone on the kickoff and set the Broncos up in terrible field position. On the very first snap of the game, center Manny Ramirez snapped it prematurely and the ball went into the endzone for a safety. The first two plays served as a bad...
read moreThe Big Superbowl Debate
Me and fellow Rooker Pat Wong had ourselves a little cyber debate over the Superbowl and the ten most important questions on anyone’s mind. Enjoy. 1. Thoughts on Richard Sherman Matt: I’ll get it started. First off, I think this was over-debated, but it’s a topic everyone has to have an opinion on. My opinion is that he’s a terrible winner, but it stops at that. He is really good, but I prefer my athletes a little more humble. Or if not, be a bit more entertaining in your egotistical rants. See: Allen Iverson ...
read moreBroad City
I first heard of “Broad City” the day after it premiered on Comedy Central. The influx of text messages telling me I need to watch it was enough of a reason for me to tune in because really, I had nothing better to do. I really didn’t know what to make of it, so much so that I had to watch it again just to make sure I understood. It was helpful that I didn’t know Amy Poehler had her hands in it until after I had viewed it because I would have been compelled to like it, even if I didn’t really. Originally a web series, the show starring two...
read moreMy Fantasy Super Bowl Bracket Part 2: AFC
As explained in Part 1 of my bracket, my fantasy Super Bowl bracket includes 6 of the greatest NFL teams in history in each Conference that I have selected to battle it out for the ultimate Super Bowl championship. A more detailed explanation of the logistics is in Part 1. Here is a quick summary. 1) Naturally, the players from each team would need to be in their primes. 2) The rest can be chosen by you, the reader: a) Mixing a team’s offense from one season with its defense from another season. You can also mix a dynasty’s best players. b)...
read moreNew TV Alert!
New shows always seem to creep up on us, and before you know it, you’re stuck having to marathon through the first season to avoid spoilers. So in the interest of keeping the general viewing public up on some of the more buzzed about shows of this winter/early spring, read on! True Detective (HBO): The series is already about three episodes in, but it’s already in mid-series form. There have been a ton of long-form series based around a single killing or case (The Killing, Broadchurch, Top of the Lake), but this might be the...
read moreMy Fantasy Super Bowl Bracket Part 1: NFC
Every year, the Super Bowl is the biggest sporting event in the United States. Imagine some of the greatest teams in the history of the NFL playing in a playoff bracket to decide the greatest champion of all time. This Super Bowl would be the biggest sporting event in this life or the next. My fantasy Super Bowl bracket includes 6 of the greatest teams/ dynasties of All Time in each Conference from the Super Bowl era. There are some logistics to take care of before this ultimate playoff begins. Naturally, the players from each team would need...
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