In honor of the NHL Stanley Cup Finals being virtually upon us (and in the hopes of that being any sort of jinx to the Canucks), I asked the crew for nominations of their favorite Hockey Names. I intended it to be hockey players, of course, but wadE took it in a different direction (which I also liked). Read on after the jump:
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Squirrel attacks Padres’ Bullpen.
Charles Barkley: I had gay teammates.
Assorted commentary after the jump.
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Is there anything more shameful in sports than the NBA draft lottery? Even Khansie knew the T-wolves were going to get screwed..
“This league has a habit, and I am just going to say habit, of producing some pretty incredible story lines,” Kahn said. “Last year it was Abe Pollin’s widow and this year it was a 14-year-old boy and the only thing we have in common is we have both been bar mitzvahed. We were done. I told [Utah General Manager] Kevin [O'Connor]: ‘We’re toast.’ This is not happening for us and I was right.”
I am surprised that the Wolves got 2 though… I assumed we’d get three since it’s a “two player” draft (Duke guard Kyrie Irving and Arizona forward Derrick Williams). This must mean that Stern is softening a bit on the Wolves after their illegal dealings with Joe Smith.
There is no sport that is more corrupt than NBA basketball. The players live paycheck to paycheck; not for lack of high salaries, but for careless lifestyles. The refs are corrupt; Tim Donaghe being the best example, but it’s widely believed that the NBA selects certain refs (cough cough Joey Crawford cough cough) to influence the outcome of games. Even Mark Cuban accused Stern of fixing games. And then there is the embarrassment that is the NBA Lottery. Going back to the Knicks unlikely winning of the number on pick, to the T-wolves who have never moved up in the draft, and more often than not have moved back.
And even if none of this is true, perception is reality. Until the NBA can prove it’s clean, it’s guilty. And I continue to have no interest in watching.
Fascinating article on Yahoo! Sports this morning. The gist of the story is that NFL Referees have the role of asking coaches to call timeouts to accommodate television network needs.
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I was all ready to write a long scathing post about how much I hate the NBA after the Timberwolves yet again failed to improve their fate in the famed NBA Draft Lottery.
But after thinking about it, and realizing that I’ve hated the NBA for more than a decade now, this one time out of the thirteen where the Wolves have gotten the shaft isn’t worth getting worked up about. So instead, check out this article by the Strib’s Michael Rand.
