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Our Look At The Inequality In Media Treatment Between Andrea Bargnani And Adam Morrison

Post author By Trevor
Post date January 28, 2007
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by Trevor Freeman

It is a league that is desperate to get back the prestige it had in the 1980s and early 1990s. Not only has it fallen behind its “super” cousin but it must be “maddening” to watch its younger brother be the version more preferred. In a series of articles last year, we dissected the NBA Draft and wondered aloud why NBA General Managers consistently avoided the common sense approach of drafting the best collegiate players available. That a basketball version of Billy Beane could walk into the league right now and be the new Red Auerbach. Today, we take a look at the words of some of the journalists covering the game and more importantly their bias against last season’s college superstar, Adam Morrison, and their tendency to push the first overall pick, Andrea Bargnani.

Tags adam morrison, andrea bargnani, espn, NBA, nba draft

NFL General

Six Big Questions for the Big Game….

Post author By alexferguson60
Post date January 28, 2007
6 Comments on Six Big Questions for the Big Game….

You know the drill. Bears. Colts. Miami. Sunday 4th February. 6pm. Here are the Six Big Questions for the Big Game.

Golf

PGA Tour – the names to watch out for in 2007

Post author By alexferguson60
Post date January 27, 2007
4 Comments on PGA Tour – the names to watch out for in 2007

So, the new PGA Golf season has come upon us. Here are some players to watch out for this season…

NHL General

NHL Power Rankings for the All-Star Break

Post author By matt Jordan
Post date January 26, 2007
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As we take a break for the All-Star game, the Predators find themselves on top of the NHL world, while the Sabres and Sharks also stay ahead of the Ducks. In the middle of the pack, the Senators are proving to everyone that a slow start can be overcome. At the bottom, the season is in the mail for the Kings and Flyers. Where did your team finish up the pre-All-Star break?

NFL General

3 Funerals and a Status Quo

Post author By JMBoraz
Post date January 26, 2007
5 Comments on 3 Funerals and a Status Quo

For everyone with a weak stomach or weak knees, this is not your entry. Come back when your team makes a great move. You can be sure this is the place for it.

Today, I’m going to be talking some smack about some of the recent hires in the NFL. By the end of it, some of you will wanna kick me in the throat. Some of you will want to rip my fingers off and feed them to the wolves. Some of you will swear up and down and post comments saying that I’m wrong, that I’m a terrible person for thinking so-and-so is going to be bad at his new coaching gig. But I want to say up front, I’m not wishing for them to do badly; it’s just that I think they’re going to be bad, and I think I’m going to be right.

But I make some points, and I’ll give you several reasons why I think the way I do on each of the following topics, and hopefully that will be enough to get you to keep coming back here…

Tags Arizona Cardinals, cam cameron, Dallas Cowboys, jason garrett, ken wisenhunt, Miami Dolphins, mike tomlin, Pittsburgh Steelers, russ grimm

Dallas Cowboys

Breaking down Bill Parcells

Post author By JMBoraz
Post date January 25, 2007
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If you turn on your television or radio on Monday, January 22, 2007 to ESPN or FOX Sports Radio or TSN or your local sports affiliate, you will hear the talking heads say the following four things:

“Bill Parcells was tired and wasn’t getting any joy from winning so he retired” , “The next head coach of the Dallas Cowboys could from college or pros but already has head coaching experience (ala Norv Turner, Charlie Weis, Bob Stoops, Jeff Fisher, et al…)”, “Bill Parcells is a Hall of Fame coach and the Dallas Cowboys are better off now then they were when he first arrived after 3 consecutive 5-11 seasons”, and “I was surprised to hear this and so were several players in the locker room”.

Tags bill parcells, Dallas Cowboys

Atlanta Falcons

Who to pick when dealing with Vick?

Post author By JMBoraz
Post date January 25, 2007
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Right now, I’m heaving a large sigh….

Why?

Because Michael Vick is killing Arthur Blank and the Atlanta Falcons.

I say Arthur Blank because he’s really the one who matters with these incidents. He’s the Home Depot good humanitarian who is the extremely high profile owner of the Atlanta Falcons. He’s the one who pushed Michael Vick in the wheel chair. He’s a great guy. Do a google search on Arthur Blank and you’ll see nothing but good works for the community from a great guy.

Blah, blah, blah, nothing interesting another executive who works for the United Way….yawn, it’s all gravy… At some point it gets nauseating, but Arthur Blank (himself) is not really at that point. The Atlanta Falcons (particularly Michael Vick) have a different diagnosis, don’t they?

Wait, what’s this: Michael Vick and The Atlanta Falcons lose to the Browns and Lions in consecutive weeks where Vick plays extremely badly? Oho, what’s this Michael Vick flipped off the fans? Did Jim Mora Sr. just say that Michael Vick is a coach killer? Did Jim Mora Jr. just say that he wanted to coach Seattle and isn’t he the coach of the Atlanta Falcons? Is that Michael Vick telling sources last year at the Pro Bowl that he’s not comfortable with the offense?

Tags arthur blank, Atlanta Falcons, jim mora jr., jim mora sr., michael vick, Oakland Raiders

Oakland Raiders

The definitive Lane Kiffin Evaluation

Post author By JMBoraz
Post date January 25, 2007
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A BRIEF HISTORY LESSON FIRST:

It has become very fashionable for people to turn down the Raiders coach since Jon Gruden and former GM Bruce Allen left. Since owner Al Davis usually doesn’t give good recommendations, so once Bruce Allen landed with friend Jon Gruden he promptly returned volley on Al Davis and slammed the Oakland Raiders whenever he got the chance.

Al Davis in his own Oakland Raiders dimension, thought that it didn’t matter what the current GM of the Tampa Bay Bucs said about him and didn’t return volley.

In the meantime, Bruce Allen went on slamming the organization every chance he gets. It doesn’t help that the Raiders continued to lose and Jon Gruden won the Super Bowl the next time. So all the GM brethren (led by Bruce Allen) aren’t afraid to tell their assistants, current coaches, and media that the Raiders job is the worst job in sports and TSN isn’t afraid to print a story in their magazine that the Raiders Job is the worst in sports.

It didn’t help that Al Davis turned to Art Shell or Tom Walsh (icons from before I was born which is sad). That perpetuated the myth that Al Davis is an old stick in the mud.

Tags lane kiffin, NFL, Oakland Raiders

Chicago Cubs

Curse No More?

The Chicago Cubs will enter the 2007 MLB season with an anticipated hype. They are now fighting to be Chicago’s best team, and it feels like there is no more curse on this ball club. Will the Cubs live up to the high standards set out for them?

Tags baseball, Chicago Cubs

NBA General

Demo-crazy in the NBA

Pointing out the voters’ mistakes for this year’s starters in the NBA All-Star Game.