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Will anyone remember The Truth?

Post author By sgabekahn
Post date May 6, 2005
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Let’s hope that Paul Pierce is a fast typist and has ample personalized stationary around. After last night’s wild playoff win in Indiana, he’s sure going to need it.

As just about everyone in North America is probably aware, Pierce was intentionally fouled by Jamaal Tinsley with 12.7 seconds left in game 6, with the Celtics leading 84-83. Because Tinsley hit Pierce in the mouth, the Celtics’ captain angrily swatted Tinsley’s hand away and the Pacers’ point guard dramatically (and exaggeratedly) fell to the ground. After a conference with his fellow referees, Steve Javie called a technical foul on Pierce, his second of the game, resulting in an automatic ejection and a Reggie Miller game-tying free throw. Because Pierce could no longer shoot the freebie, Indiana was free to choose anyone off the Celtics’ bench to shoot and confidently selected 20-year-old Kendrick Perkins, who promptly missed them both. By some miracle, the Celtics were able to overcome all this adversity and pull out the game in overtime without their star.

Miami Heat

Wade vs. Shaq for Miami MVP

Post author By DvdALvn
Post date May 5, 2005
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Lately, there has been a lot of debate on who is the best player on the Miami Heat. I’m here to say love them or hate them, Shaquille O’Neal and Dwayne Wade need each other, and the two, together, have made this season such a success for that team and they will push the team through the playoffs towards the NBA championship.

General Sports

MLB Power Rankings May 4 2005

Post author By IanB
Post date May 4, 2005
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A month down in the MLB, and we can’t really be sure of anything – except maybe that the White Sox are the best team in the league right now and the Rockies the worst. Here’s the power rankings up until now, comments are encouraged.

Random Thoughts

Requiem

Post author By bsd987
Post date May 4, 2005
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I used to think Mike and Mike was a good morning radio show. I used to think that despite how obnoxious Mike Greenberg was, Mike Golic would balance it out. I used to think that Bob Picozzi brought actual intelligence to the scene. I also used to watch Barney.

Boston Red Sox

Half and Half

If Kevin Millar were looking for a product sponsorship deal, maybe he should look to a local dairy company like Garelick Farms to be the pitchman for their Half and Half or eBay company, half.com. Nobody knows more than Millar about how valuable a half can be.

Boston Red Sox

The Green Monster Strikes Back

Post author By arkansasdolfan
Post date May 2, 2005
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Without any apparent provocation, another sequal to a movie over ten years old has been made. But what does this have to do with one of America’s most beloved stories of 2004? Plus, more “Star Wars” references than people who liked “Attack of the Clones”

College Football

The Perfect BCS Playoff System

Post author By Fortunes Foe
Post date April 30, 2005
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Why has the most controversial topic in sports today, next to steroid testing, for some reason, gone unsolved when the perfect BCS playoff format is at the countries fingertips? Most of the things that make a BCS playoff, supposedly impossible, are all dealt with in my perfect plan to make over 80% of college football fans, including myself, happy. This is not a crazy plan with 64 teams, or impossible lengths of playing time to be finished by the beginning of January, as the college season always has.

General Sports

Steroids vs. Gambling: The Deadlier Sin

Post author By YankTank
Post date April 29, 2005
4 Comments on Steroids vs. Gambling: The Deadlier Sin

“In gambling, the many must lose so that the few may win.” -George Bernard Shaw

I once asked a tech support guy in the Apple Store what the over/under line was on how long it would take to fix my ibook charger, and if I could arrange a payment plan based on the money line. There’s more money on my Foxwoods Casino card than there is in my checking account. And I may or may not have put point spreads on Connect Four games. (It can be done.)

Boston Red Sox

Worst Case Scenario

When you plan for every contingency, you always need to consider the worst case scenario. If that worst case scenario comes to fruition, things aren’t going to look pretty even with your best contingency in action.

Welcome to the 2005 Boston Red Sox rotation.

When Theo Epstein planned out his “post Derek Lowe and Pedro Martinez” starting rotation, he knew his options were limited. With a limited free agent pool that saw the two pitchers leaving town at the top of the free agent list and the artful dealer Billy Beane holding three pocket aces in Oakland looking for young major league ready pitching prospects in return, Theo set out to fill out a rotation that would work out over the course of 162 games.

Boston Celtics

An Interview with Kendrick Perkins:

Post author By sgabekahn
Post date April 29, 2005
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If you look around the locker room of the Boston Celtics, you’ll find a number of young faces. None is easier to spot than 2nd year Center Kendrick Perkins. Perkins, 20, is the definition of a man-child, at 6’10” and 280 lbs. While he is currently a reserve, big things are expected from the big man from Texas in the not-too-distant future. We had a chance to sit down with Perkins and talk about refs, his unbelievable work ethic, and getting respect from the officials: