In a recent ESPN column, J.A. Adande highlighted the number of white American players on the current Los Angeles Lakers roster. Adande’s article was largely a reaction to the frequent appearance of the hashtag #TheLakersAreSoWhite during one of the team’s recent televised games. As Adande reminds readers, the current roster is the first since the … Continue reading »
When New York Times sports columnist William C. Rhoden’s provocative Forty Million Dollar Slaves arrived on bookshelves in 2006, it was met with the requisite controversy one might expect with using a slave analogy to explain the position of many today’s highly paid black athletes. Even those who found Rhoden’s argument compelling still found the … Continue reading »
A quick caveat: The following does not necessarily represent my opinion. It is an attempt at an objective reconsideration of Michael Jordan’s status as the Greatest Of All Time (G.O.A.T.) per my previous post. 1. In his original statement regarding LeBron Jordan as the game’s best player, Scottie Pippen conceded that Michael Jordan was the league’s greatest … Continue reading »
Last week, former Chicago Bulls small forward Scottie Pippen suggested that Miami Heat All-Star LeBron James was a better player than the great Michael Jordan. Pippen stated, “Michael Jordan is probably the greatest scorer to play the game, but I may go as far as to say LeBron James may be the greatest player to … Continue reading »
Jelly Bell sponsors its own cycling team!
A while back, Isaac picked me up some random Jelly Belly Extreme Sports Beans that are supposed to energize me with their caffeine, carbs, electrolytes, and vitamins B AND C. In support of the Packers tonigh…
In my last post I broke down my picks for World Cup group play. Tomorrow the Round of 16 gets started with two more matches. Here are my picks for the next 8 games. I will also score my Group picks.
Uruguay v South Korea: This is going to be an intere…
Below are the groups and the picks. Being mostly jobless has given me a lot of time to read blogs and scouting reports.
For those who do not know how this works, teams in each group all play each other in a round robin. The top two teams in each grou…
