D.C.’s deserving duo

Antawn Jamison (l) shares a laugh with teammate Caron Butler in an AP interview.
Photo Credit AP/Jose Luis Magana 

Deserving All-Stars
 For many NBA players the hour is drawing near. As that hour moves closer the atmosphere is akin to a child waiting anxiously knowing that in what appears to be an eternity Santa will arrive, possibly baring their [...]

Wizards withstand the Raptors

Antawn Jamison scores two of his 24 points over the Toronto Raptors Chris Bosh (4) and Jarmario Moon (33). Photo credit Ned Dishman of NBAE/Getty Images 
The Wiz pull it out in O.T. 

Unbelievable!  
With just 1.2 seconds remaining in the game and the Washington Wizards leading by three, Candace Parker’s big brother Anthony sank a basket from [...]

The Paula vs. little brother Bowl

My brother and I root for different teams in every sport. We weren’t separated at birth but we took different forks in the road that led to rivalries. As little kids growing up in New Jersey, close to Manhattan, we were in alignment on the football and baseball teams since our Dad ruled the channels [...]

Revenge of the Nerds meets Return of the Jedi

Well, my G Men showed up and won in OT against the Packers when not many folks picked them to win outright, never mind beat the spread. So last weekend I was 2-0 for my picks and feeling real good about it all. But unfortunately we have a dead week between the Championship weekend and [...]

Back to their winning ways

Nick Young scores two of his 12 points as David Lee (42), Nate Robinson (4) and Quentin Richardson (23) look on. Photo courtesy of NBAE/via Getty Images
Wiz bench was “ballin’”
The Washington Wizards returned to their winning ways last night, avenging a lost to the New York Knicks just three days earlier.  
Led by Antawn Jamison and receiving [...]

Second time around

The Wiz looking to get back on winning track
Tonight, the Washington Wizards will host the New York Knicks and attempt to avenge a lost to the Knicks earlier this week.

After a four day stretch that resulted in the Wizards’ overtime victory over the Atlanta Hawks and double slaying of the NBA giant Boston Celtics, [...]

The Final Four for the NFL

Check out my last week’s picks here in this column to see that I ended the weekend at 2-2. Have you seen the cat that picks games on one of the morning ESPN talk shows? Its percentage is about the same as the experts so just call me Fluffy. But seriously folks….I like the fact [...]

Déjà vu – The Wiz beat Celts again!

Caron Butler (0) play down the stretch helps the Washington Wizards defeat the Boston Celtics for the second time in three nights.  Photo courtesy NBA/Gettly Images

Back-to-Back

The storm that draped Boston’s metropolitan region wasn’t the eight inches of snow that fell, but the pressure applied by the Washington Wizards that caused the cave in of huge [...]

The Wizards tough it out over the Celts

DeShawn Stevenson scores two of his game-high 19-points on Boston’s Ray Allen.
Photo courtesy of the Washington Wizards

The Wiz pull it out
Big win! That’s how DeShawn Stevenson described the Washington Wizards victory over the Boston Celtics.
Led by Stevenson, who scored 19 points, grabbed six rebounds and played toughed locked down defense, the Wizards [...]

Tia B.’s Divisional Playoffs Preview

One of the things I learned from last weeks Wildcard games is that it’s anyone’s game, anything can happen, and anyone can win regardless of how great their Stats are in the regular season. Last week I was 2-2 w/ my predictions; hopefully I’ll do better this week.
Packers vs. Seahawks
And the Winner is: I predict [...]