America Gone Soft
“They like to act tough, she like to tow ‘em off, She make ‘em straighten up their hat cause she know they soft …”
Unfortunately nearly all of America could use a lesson from Kanye West’s old flame back in Lake Michigan.
America, as a whole, needs to straighten up their hat these days, because we’ve truly […]
Memphis-Kansas Hoop Journal
The National Championship Game has always been destination TV for me. As for others, I’m not quite sure.
Maybe it’s just age and the fact that it’s not as “fresh,” but it always felt like the North Carolina-Michigan matchup of 1993 was just “bigger and better,” as was UConn-Duke in 1999.
But I’m going to take the […]
The Hoops Journal
The Celtics sat Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen on Saturday night against Charlotte…and still won by 20.
This thing is really starting to get scary folks.
As a sad soul that actually watched this previously-pathetic franchise religiously for the past 17 years, I am absolutely dumbfounded by what is happening before my eyes.
I have indeed […]
The Weekend That Was
Four No. 1 seeds. Didn’t see it comin’, quite honestly.
Over the years, the NCAA tourney has gained a reputation as the most unpredictable of sporting events. Whether or not that is true anymore, I’m not entirely sure.
Ask youself; what’s more shocking, the formerly pathetic Giants beating the undefeated Patriots in the Super Bowl or Davidson […]
The Hoop Journal
Where to begin?
With a potpourri of hoop this past week, that surely had Bob Ryan’s head spinning and gums flapping at a non-stop pace, we’re now stuck trying to make sense of a world where Western Kentucky is more of an NCAA threat than Kentucky itself and where a 22-game win streak in the NBA […]
Davidson, West Virginia make noise
During the CAA Tournament final a few weeks ago, the TV camera panned to a kid in the crowd holding a priceless sign: “George Mason is this year’s George Mason.”
We all remember the Patriots’ magical run in 2006, a year in which Jim Laranaga’s 11th-seeded squad advanced to the Final Four. A loss to Florida ended […]