Portland Is Blazing!

It was a forgone conclusion that the Portland Trail Blazers would experience a huge draft night. With the No. 1 pick in the 2007 NBA Draft the world knew Portland would choose Ohio State’s freshman, Greg Oden and surmised that pick would profoundly change Portland’s basketball fortunes. What wasn’t as apparent was that Portland would [...]

Portland Is On The Clock: Durant Or Oden?

What’s the GM supposed to do? Portland, with the #1 pick in the NBA draft this year can only disappoint one of these precious guys and some fans and even analysts. The consensus, safe pick is Oden just because it is unusual to get a big man to play as a true center in [...]

The Road Less Traveled

If you followed college football at all throughout your lifetime, you would know that in the state of Texas, Longhorn football is not just a game. It is a way of life. If you followed college football throughout the turn of the 20th century, you know that Texas was a state divided on the choice [...]

Did You Know The NBA Finals Ended?

Yeah, it happened on Thursday night. The Spurs won and we can stop yawning now. Why don’t we celebrate them or watch their games? The next king of the hill, LeBron James was playing against them; he had just finished the best and most important series of his life against the Pistons to win [...]

Why Athletes Can’t Be Happy With Sopranos Finale

Our sports stars expect to either win or lose at everything….not just on the playing fields. Especially since The Sopranos’ “fade to black” moment made them think their HD luxury flat screens with surround sound had blown a fuse. You don’t mess with someone’s entertainment systems. The uproar in the sports community about the [...]

Marsalous Johnson Duh-Duh…Doh!!

Let’s face it, we all make mistakes. I like to call them “decisions we did not fully think out beforehand.” Like when you put your hand on a piping hot stove for example. Stealing something, mocking someone, or doing something that started out to be a joke, but in the end turns out to be [...]

Sloppy Seconds

If you are the Orlando Magic do you want Billy Donovan any more or do you take sloppy seconds? Of course you still want him but you don’t want to make him stay and not be his one true love. It’s always about whirlwind dating, marriage and preparing for the ultimate divorce…all business arrangements [...]