It seems that the growing trend for NBA players who no longer make the grade, usually because of lingering injury problems, have found an answer; head overseas. Tracy McGrady is the latest former NBA basketball player to take the leap over to the East side of the globe and play where he can truly be appreciated. The seven-time all-star is heading to China where fans adore him because he was the long-time teammate of China’s greatest basketball player, Yao Ming. He signed a one-year...
After a less than perfect outing by Mark Sanchez last Sunday, there is a spark of curiosity in me that wonders if and when Jets fans are going to start chanting for Tebow. How many bad games must the starting quarterback have before New Yorkers put up a billboard begging for Rex Ryan to put good ol’ Timmy behind center so he can work his magic? Will it ever happen, or does New York have smart football fans that have the sensibility to know...
Alex Smith seems to always get the short end of the stick, the backhanded compliments, the comments that seem to imply the 49ers have won in spite of him and not because of him. For all of his underwhelming achievements, lack of living up to the billing as a number one pick , and even his lack of a Pro Bowl nod, Smith is no longer as bad as he once was and not as bad as people still pretend he is He won’t...
Just when the world of sports thinks they are about their deserved matchup of Floyd “Money” Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao, they are wrong yet again. The list of opponents for Pacquiao was released after the confused ending in the Bradley fight. The list left off a certain significant, aforementioned name in Mr. Mayweather. Fortunately for the world of boxing, Manny’s camp pushed the fight date back. This seemingly gave them time to set up a potential fight with Floyd. However, the stance never changed...
As I wrote in my column last week, let’s take a look at the positional matchups of the L.A. Lakers and OKC Thunder to see why the purple-and-gold now look like the team to beat: Positional Breakdown: Lakers vs. Thunder PG: Steve Nash Perhaps the most difficult matchup to give an advantage to, as the two-time MVP lacks what the 23-year old Westbrook doesn’t, and vice versa. While Nash’s superior three-point shooting and exceptional floor leadership/passing skills have helped maintain the 38-year-old’s status...
There has been quite a lot of talk in the media and within the NFL fan base about who is going to step up as the next elite quarterback this season. There is a definitive tier of four elite quarterbacks which every other NFL quarterback would like to emulate. They produce astonishing numbers every season and they ensure that their teams are perennial playoff contenders. Every one of them has at least one Superbowl ring and those four are Tom Brady, Aaron Rodgers, Drew...
Being I live on the West Coast, I was reserving comment on the debacle that is the Boston Red Sox until I at least saw them play in person. I’d seen them play a dozen times on national TV, because they’re, well, the Red Sox, but until this past weekend in Oakland, I wasn’t sure just how embarassing they were. Then I saw it with my own eyes. This “team” in anything but. Boston is a squad filled of individuals who could care less...
After back-to-back seasons of merely being one of the best eight teams in basketball, the Los Angeles Lakers had enough. As glamorous a franchise as the Lakers are, any season ending short of a championship is failure. Tack on one more consecutive season of the same result, and you’ve got some ‘splainin to do. Adding two-time Most Valuable Player Steve Nash and three-time Defensive Player of the Year Dwight Howard to the Lakers’ roster will probably help change that. Looking back at Lakers General...
As meaningless preseason games wind down and teams start the unenviable process of cutting their rosters down to 53, it is becoming more and more evident that NFL football is on the horizon. The season is fast approaching, and the countless hours of speculation and projection will finally come to a halt once teams first step onto the field next week. The NFL is chock-full of league-wide parity, which makes it all the more compelling. Seasons can turn in the blink of an eye...
With Madden 2013 being released tomorrow with “Megatron”, Calvin Johnson on the cover it is time that we revisit the idea of the Madden curse and try to decide whether or not Calvin is finally going to be the player to break the curse or whether he will fall victim like the many before him. Since the year 1999 when John Madden decided to take his picture off the cover and start using elite players to sell his product, the curse has been looming....
