Rod Laver arena will soon see action. The 2005 Australian Open. Many tennis players, and fans are anticipating this event. However, most of the “regular” sports fans are completely oblivious to the first slam of the year.
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Turning the Other Cheek on Randy Moss
I’m going to guess that Fox announcer Joe Buck wasn’t watching the Dolphins and Browns a couple of weeks ago when after being sandwiched between 320 pound Orpheus Roye and the turf, Miami quarterback A.J. Feely stopped to vomit on his way to the sidelines.
I feel confident Buck didn’t see this, because he managed to sound pretty convinced when he repeatedly suggested that Randy Moss’ cheeky end zone celebration was the most “disgusting” thing to ever take place on a football field.
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NBA Power Rankings January 11th 2005
Here is the new edition of the NBA Power Rankings. As usual, all comments, concerns,
gripes, moans, groans, and compliments are encouraged. Don’t forget the poll!
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2005 NFL Draft Preview (Picks 1-5)
NFL Draft Preview
by Dominic Lombardi
1st-San Francisco 49ers: Aaron Rodgers, QB, Cal
There are many who will say that John York should continue his complete facelift of his awful 2-14 49er team by picking USC QB Matt Leinart with the first pick in the April draft, but that would drive the Niners deeper into salary cap hell. Such a talented QB like Leinart would cost an arm and a leg. But who is the poor-mans Leinart? It is Cal QB Aaron Rodgers. His stats are right there with Leinart, but he was not covered as well nationally as Leinart was because Cal went to the Holiday Bowl, while USC went to the Orange Bowl. Bottom line: Rodgers will be as good as Leinart in the NFL, but will cost less which is very attractive to the 49ers.
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Wade Boggs: Crazy- but Great
By Ryan McGowan
Memo to Red Sox Nation: You can now breathe a sweet sigh of relief. Wade Boggs will be wearing a Boston cap on his Hall of Fame plaque.
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college hoops off and running
Heavy rains dismantling historic cities and explosive dunks by Georgia Tech’s Ismail Muhammed, means college basketball is in the weather. From Diaper Dandies and all the way to All-Americans, this is a exciting 2004-2005 season for all basketball fans. Coaches screaming, whistles blowing, fans cheering. Nothing gets better than this.
Sirius now has carriage contracts with the NFL, the NHL (when it comes back), the NBA, NCAA mens football and basketball and English Premier League soccer.
CSTV (College Sports TV), in connection with Sirius satellite radio will be presenting March Madness tournament coverage from start to finish for the next few years.
Unbeknownst to me, the NFL competition committee has apparently changed the rules on field goals. In order to take the pressure off kickers and head coaches, the NFL has agreed that if a kicker misses the kick on third down, he is able to retry it on fourth down.
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Walking back? That’s crazy talk!
It is absolutely the most preposterous idea I could ever suggest. It almost hurts me to put a thought like this into print because such an action by itself can give this ridiculousness some credibility. It’s possible that if I just ignore it, everyone will eventually forget there were ever any rumors about Antoine Walker being traded back to the Boston Celtics.
But therein lies the problem. I can’t ignore this because every time I think it’s blown over it just keeps coming back, like a bad dream. Not a bad analogy in this case, by the way.
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Mets Need More Than Just Beltran
After a steady diet of Mike and the Mad Dog this week, I’ve heard a plethora of Mets fans calling in saying how much they need Carlos Beltran and what an impact he will have on them next season. There’s no doubt about it, Beltran would improve the lowly Mets outfield. Then again, Mookie Wilson would probably be an upgrade over what the Metropolitans had last year.