Monthly Archives: June 2008

A Dash Of This And A Splash Of That

June 16, 2008 – 8:14 am

Let me begin today with a Quick Quiz: If NASCAR races are sporting events, why isn’t Ice Road Truckers a sporting event? 100 words or less… Marcus Vick was arrested last week on charges of DUI, eluding the police, reckless driving and driving on a suspended license. I think he should be acquitted of the [...]

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Earthquakes Are Serious Business

June 13, 2008 – 9:33 am

While publicizing the ESPN coverage of the US Open that began yesterday, one of the talking hairdos there said that Torrey Pines would be the “epicenter of the sports world” for this weekend. The hyperbole doesn’t bother me but when you consider that Torrey Pines is in La Jolla and may straddle the San Andreas [...]

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You Ought To Read These Two…

June 12, 2008 – 11:16 am

Amidst the clamor about NBA officiating honesty, here are two columns that create more light than heat. The first is by Scott Ostler in today’s SF Chronicle. The second is by Mark Heisler in today’s LA Times.

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Keep The Brooms In The Closet

June 12, 2008 – 10:10 am

With everyone focused on Tim Donaghy’s allegations of fixed playoff games, I thought it might be good to look at something related to the Finals that did not involve officiating. So here it is. The Lakers ugly win in Game 3 of the Finals prevented a Celtics’ sweep of the series. Why is that self-evident [...]

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Tim Donaghy Redux and Big Brown’s Belmont

June 11, 2008 – 8:39 am

I want to focus on two topics today: Tim Donaghy redux and Big Brown’s Belmont. So let me get one other thing out of the way here in one simple declarative sentence: Last night’s Game 3 of the NBA playoffs between the Celtics and the Lakers was the most brutally awful playoff basketball game that [...]

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A Bunch Of Different “Stuff” Today…

June 10, 2008 – 9:39 am

Phil Jackson thinks that the free throw disparity in the first two games of the NBA Finals shows that the referees have caused the Lakers to lose. There is no argument that the extra scoring opportunities afforded to the Celtics have been advantageous to the Celtics, but I am not yet convinced that there is [...]

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Good To Be Back…

June 9, 2008 – 6:41 am

I really had no idea what to expect after returning from a three-week blackout of sports news. ESPN may dominate the US sports media scene; but in China, you don’t find it on most hotel TV systems. I wondered what all could have happened during that hiatus; and in situations like that, my mind often [...]

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