Indecision 2013: Dwightmare Finally Over
After Lebron James made “The Decision” to leave his hometown Cleveland Cavaliers for the Miami Heat, the media turned its attention to the following year’s superstars free agents in small markets: Carmelo Anthony, Dwight Howard, and Chris Paul. Witnessing how the Cavaliers were left with nothing after Lebron’s departure, the small market teams with those superstars were scared of losing their players without any compensation and...
NFL Offseason: Minority Report (NFC West)
Football is 71 days away. Which seems really close, but honestly with both the NBA and NHL playoffs over, 71 days can seem forever. Honestly is there not a worst time for sports? I don’t think so. Fortunately we can spend that time postulating about who are contenders and who are pretenders. I know we’re not on the AFC East yet, that’ll be the next installment, but football can’t be brought up without at least acknowledging the...
Game 7: Historical Perspective and How the Heat Can Threepeat
San Antonio Spurs 88 Miami Heat 95 It will be a series long remembered for all of NBA history. When you go 7 games in a NBA Finals and the last 2 games go down to the last minute, it is a historic series that will be talked about forever. You have to give the Spurs a lot of credit for their resilience. After having the series in hand in the last 28 seconds in Game 6, no one gave them a chance to win Game 7. While the Spurs...
Instant Coffee: GINOBILI! Manu Key to Spurs Game 5 Win, Heat on the Brink
Miami Heat 104 San Antonio Spurs 114 Good thing Greg Popovich did not listen to my recommendations or anyone else’s observations. Instead of reducing Manu Ginobili’s minutes, he inserted him in the starting lineup and jump started the struggling star. Ginobili had a blast from the past as he dominated with 24 points and 10 assists. Danny Green also broke loose again with 24 points. He also hit 6 3 pointers in the game and has already...
McEnroe/ Borg: Fire & Ice
It is the best time of the year to be a tennis fan. The French Open concluded and the biggest tennis tournament of the year, Wimbledon, is following shortly. In the semifinals of the French Open, Rafael Nadal defeated Novak Djokovic in an epic five set match. It got me thinking about great tennis rivalries. The rivalry between Nadal and Roger Federer has been the best in the last decade. The other combinations between Nadal, Djokovic,...
Crowd Sourced: Spain vs. Ireland & The U.S. Qualifying
Spain vs Ireland (Friendly) 2-0 Over the years it’s been no secret FIFA has been trying to expand the market of football, ahem, I’m sorry, soccer into massive consumer market that is the United States. So every summer some top notch teams make their way to the shores of America to bring the beautiful game to a stadium near you. Last night Yankee Stadium hosted the best team in the world in Spain as they...