March 2012
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Dear Tiger: A Sports Fan's Open Letter To Tiger...
Dear Tiger, Please, please win tomorrow. Pretty please? After the incident which caused you physical pain and in the process, revealed your less-than-admirable “extracurricular activities,” I was completely grossed out, unsympathetic and never expected to root for you again. But after nearly two and a half years, I have changed my tune as you hold a 1-shot lead going into the...
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Shockey, Sapp and Snitch: Latest Wrinkle In...
If there was ever a time to defend Jeremy Shockey, it’s right now. Any media member siding with the brute tight end was a seemingly unfathomable anomaly until a single tweet turned the tides 24 hours ago. Former NFL defensive tackle and current television football analyst Warren Sapp used Twitter to reveal the alleged source behind the “bounty-gate”...
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Payton To Pay For Saints Mistakes, But Punishment...
The Goodell Hammer came down hard on the New Orleans Saints and head coach Sean Payton Wednesday in the wake of a bounty scandal causing a major commotion in the NFL. In punishing the coach-sponsored program in which Saints defensive players were paid varying cash rewards for injuring opposing players during games, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell reinforced his...
L.A. Marathon Brings Hollywood Flare
Marathons are fantastic. Covering the Boston Marathon in 2010 is one of my favorite reporting assignments in my career thus far because of how the event transforms what can be a cold and impersonal town into a warm, friendly and welcoming jewel of a city.
I watched my Dad run the L.A. Marathon once as a kid, so I vaguely remember the cheering and support people showed complete strangers, but...
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NBA Mix & Match: Making Sense of What Went Down at...
The days leading up to the NBA Trade deadline are always fun, regardless of anything big actually going down on the final day, but because of the truncated season, this year’s deadline had a definite sense of urgency and it did not disappoint. Let’s take a look at the most important moves that were made on March 15. NON-TRADE NOISEMAKERS Orlando: Not moving Dwight Howard was...
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Freaky Friday: March Madness Edition
Where does one even begin when recapping what went down on the basketball court on Friday? How can the second day of the 2011-2012 NCAA Championship Tournament possibly be explained? It was a day chalk full of “you had to see it to believe it” moments. After a less-than-thrilling opening day, the hoops gods made up for a quiet Thursday by dropping some major basketball bombs on...
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NBA Trade Deadline: Rumors, Possibilities &...
With the NBA Trade deadline rapidly approaching (March 15), the rumor mill is working spinning into overdrive. Writers are providing daily updates consisting of “inside information,” while players continue to claim they are ignoring the “reports,” and bloggers are making up fun, fantasy-like scenarios, Monopoly money-style. For the guys who are affected by trades in...
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What's In A Name: "Black Mamba" And Other...
Maybe you love Kobe Bryant, or perhaps you can’t stand the guy. Maybe you are all aboard on the “Black Mamba” train, or perhaps you resent the nickname because Bryant gave it to himself. Could I at least interest you in a “Masked Mamba?” Regardless of your personal feelings, Bryant has one of the best nicknames of any active athlete...
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One Year After His Controversial Comments, McIlroy...
What does a guy have to do to get top billing? Rory McIlroy just won more than $1 million with a victory at the Honda Classic which catapulted him to the top of the standings where at 22 years old, he is now the No. 1 golfer in the world. McIlroy has three PGA Tour wins - including the 2011 U.S. Open - on his resume, and he’s dating the world’s 4th-ranked tennis player, Caroline...
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Parents Behaving Badly: Dad Deserves A Time Out...
What is the world coming to? “Hockey dad mars playoff game,” reads a Boston Globe headline about a man who was kicked out of a high school ice hockey playoff game last week after shining a laser pointer onto the ice, which reflected into the eyes of the opposing team’s goalie. Yes, a grown-up humiliated his teenage daughter in attempts to distract her competition. The dopey dad...
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Why Did The Saints Do Brees Like Dat?
Are the Saints serious? Slapping the franchise tag on Drew Brees is more of a slap in the face than if they were to just cut him loose and let him make the big bucks elsewhere. Despite my displeasure with New Orleans franchising Brees, the quarterback who led the franchise to its first ever Super Bowl victory, I see what drove them to do it as both sides put each other in this situation. ...
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March Is Here With The Madness Close Behind
The Madness is almost upon us. We are so close (yet so far) from filling out brackets, huddling in front of the TV with the masses, and praying that our teams win, but more importantly, that our crumpled up piece of paper proves that we were right all along! In this final weekend of regular season play, college basketball perfectly sets the table for conference tournaments with classic rivalry...
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No More Fun & Games NBA, It's Time To Get It...
Alrighty ballers, the fun is over. You’ve had two months to remember how to play basketball, learn to play alongside your current teammates, and use the fact that you were without an organized off-season as an excuse for playing poorly. We all had fun watching the All-Star weekend festivities. We laughed, we cried (well, hopefully not, but I’m sure somebody did) and it seemed...
