It used to be one of the strengths of the team. It used to be one of the only aspects of the team that one could count on. So why is the relief pitching such a dreadful experience in Philadelphia lately?
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Race for the MVP
This year’s race for MVP is as close as it gets. With players like Shaquille O’Neal, Dirk Nowitzki, Allen Iverson, Steve Nash, and Lebron James all putting up big numbers for their teams, it’s a very controversial call. It’s so close that even the last five or so games for each team may play a part in it.
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2005 NFL MOCK DRAFT
Football fans everywhere are ready to celebrate Christmas in April. That’s right the 2005 NFL Draft is just 2 weeks away. This exciting weekend is one of the greatest of the year and one of the most exciting days in sports. Here is my initial 1st round mock.
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What is wrong with the Cavs?
What has happened to the once dominant Cavs we saw earlier this year? The Cavs who beat teams with their accurate shooting and good post play. They’re still in Cleveland, but the problem is the majority of them are playing terrible, and are struggling to keep the 7th seed of the playoffs. Now down to a .500 record the Cavs have to regain respect, but the way they’re utilizing certain players isn’t going to cut it. The Cavs season started as surprising success and it’s ending in a plummeting wreck.
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2005 NFL Mock Draft
by Trevor Freeman
With the NFL Draft on the horizon, it is time for me to come with my draft day predictions. The 49ers are already on the clock and have announced that negotiations have been opened with UC-Berkeley’s Aaron Rodgers, Utah’s Alex Smith, and Michigan’s Braylon Edwards. While I am still a big proponent of the my 49ers trading down, I believe they will be locked into the #1 overall selection. No prospect has stepped up and asserted himself as being the best player on the board. Without further adieu, here how I think the draft will shake out.
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B. Diddy & The Family
The Golden State Warriors are the best sports team in the Bay Area. There, I said it. The 49ers are ready to make Aaron Rodgers the least celebrated #1 pick in NFL history, the Raiders are apparently only too happy to field a defense a Pee Wee League team would be ashamed of, and both the A’s and Giants are suddenly looking very ordinary. For the first time in longer than anyone can remember, the Golden State Warriors are the toast of the Bay. At least, they will be, once word reaches the masses that B. Diddy now runs the city.
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NBA Power Rankings April 5th 2005
Here are the new NBA Power Rankings. All comments and concerns are encouraged. Enjoy.
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Turning a Positive into a Negative
It seemed so sweet at the time. Both Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa were on their “Magical Mystery Homerun Tour” each doing their best to revive America’s pastime from the dead. Revive is what they did, but no one knew how. Yet, some might have a clue today as to how they went about their business back in that magical summer of ’98. The game of baseball had seemed so innocent at the time. Everyone had been aware of McGwire power ability, and Sosa’s lovability. People were even aware of McGwire taking androstenedione – which at the time was not on the banned substances list for Major League Baseball. Yet, people had no clue what might have been in the lovable Sammy Sosa’s bat. Fans weren’t aware of baseball’s drug all of the players were all seemingly using, and they sure as hell weren’t aware of baseball players’ secret hangout place called BALCO.
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A Madness to Remember
By Ryan McGowan
On Monday night, somewhere in Rockland County, New York, my old college roommate Jim Daly was probably putting a tape into a VCR and recording the NCAA championship game and the subsequent “One Shining Moment” montage of highlights that followed the contest. I am not entirely sure he still takes part in this ritual, but as of our senior year of college in 2000, he had every NCAA title game and “One Shining Moment” on tape since at least the Kansas win back in ’88. The rest of his video collection sometimes caused us to reassess our friendships with him (with movies ranging from “Copland” to “Sixteen Candles”) but the NCAA tapes were a constant for years and years.
Baseball churns to life tonight, and not a moment too soon.
I spent the winter cringing at the slowly expanding boil of steroid abuse, a sham of epic proportions that culminated in congressional hearings more reminiscent of my junior high production of Oklahoma than an actual government inquiry. What’s worse, since I witnessed the spectacle of a spectacled Mark McGwire whimpering, I’ve had the taste of boiled cabbage in my mouth. I’m hoping the Yankees-Red Sox game tomorrow night at least starts the process of cleansing my pallet.