March 2007 Archives
THE WORKOUT PLAN
I see you, fam. The cut-off T-shirt. The new adidas trainers. That ratty old gym bag.
Yep, it’s April 1st this Sunday. Last week, I heard somebody say that New Year’s resolutions should be made in January and executed in April. It’s true. I have no evidence of this, except what I’ve seen, but it feels like more people pack up and head to the gym in April. Like they just remembered that it’s gonna be 80 degrees and sunny everyday soon. And that they can’t hide out underneath the all-over print hoodies anymore.
Larry Fitzgerald sees you, too. The Arizona Cardinals’ wide receiver probably laughs when he does (okay, okay, he’s not that mean, but if he was, he’d be laughing). Fitz is a member of Team EAS (Abbott Nutrition’s EAS), alongside Miami Dolphins running back Ronnie Brown, San Francisco 49ers tight end Vernon Davis and Seattle Seahawks quarterback Matt Hasselback, a squad that endorses a bunch of EAS dietary supplements, such as Myoplex nutrition bars and energy shakes. Which basically means they’re not a bunch of guys you’d wanna get loud with at the bar at the end of the night.
Amidst a busy offseason that’s included the firing of the Cards’ head coach Dennis Green and the hiring of Pittsburgh Steelers offensive coordinator Ken Whisenhunt, Fitzgerald took five to speak to vibe.com about his life on and off the field.
On his ideal offseason workout:
I lift five days a week and run four days a week, depending on how close I’m getting to the season. For me, since I do so much running at the position I’m playing, I focus a lot on legs because that’s my power source. So I do a lot of leg exercises: squats, lunges, box jumps.
On working out with EAS products:
I’ve been with them for three years now. The stuff I use now is called Muscle Armor. There’s creatine in it, protein, and different ingredients for recovery and building muscle. EAS products are the only supplements certified by the NFL and the NFL Player’s Association. They’re not to be confused with some of the things going on in our league now with steroids and positive tests and stuff like that.
On teens using supplements:
I tell high school kids to make sure to speak to their physician and get permission from their parents before they put anything into their body.
On the weeks leading up to the 2004 NFL Draft:
Some things you just never forget. Draft time was one of them. It was like my life was moving at light-speed. I was flying to New York for this event, flying to Florida for that event. It was a relief to finally start the season and just play football.
On draft day:
I went #3 and it still seemed like it took forever for them to call my name! I couldn’t imagine what it would be like to go in the sixth or seventh rounds.
On his incoming competition at wide receiver:
I like Calvin Johnson (Georgia Tech) and Dwayne Jarrett (USC). I enjoy watching those two play.
On vacationing in Australia and New Zealand this offseason:
I went by myself. A buddy of mine in college studied abroad over there so he mapped it out for me. I had a blast. I hiked in rainforests, mountain climbed, swam in the Great Barrier Reef and bungee jumped. It was amazing.
On being an R&B dude:
I saw Musiq in concert two days ago in Phoenix. I really enjoy guys like Jamie Foxx and Darien Brockington, too.
On rappers:
I like the guys that actually have a positive message, that speak on the things that are actually being dealt with in life. I’m a big fan of Nas, Jadakiss, Common, Kanye West. Oh, and I was a big Gangstarr fan growing up, too.
On the upcoming season:
The offseason is always good times, but I’m a warrior. I like to be on the field and improving my trade.
Larry Fitzgerald is preparing to kick off his fourth season in the NFL this September. For more information about his involvement with EAS, click here.
'Bron 'Bron vs. Starbury? Hardly.
From the New York Post:
James, who has a $90 million endorsement contract with Nike, took a shot at the quality of Marbury's sneaker/apparel line before Wednesday's Knicks game. The discounted Starbury shoes go for $14.98 and his T-shirts and sweatshirts for $9.99. By comparison, James' Zoom LeBron IV retails for $150 and a James' T-shirt for $55.
"I laughed," Marbury told The Post when he saw the remarks. "I'd rather own than be owned. When he retires, he's not going to own anything.
"I don't think he did his homework," Marbury added. "We're putting out the same stuff he's putting out, just at an affordable price. But I understand that he's got to say that because it's part of the business."
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Sucker. Not LeBron. Not Stephon. You. Well, not you, you. Just the you that’s still giving us the business for trying to jump into the sports lane. Can’t say I blame you. We are still perfecting our sports coverage and often times have to retread over stuff that some diehard sports fans might already know. Just comes with the territory. We’re trying to lay a good foundation. But reading about this little feud between LeBron and Stephon? This is why we cover sports. We have to. Or else we would be the suckers. And what would you be?
“I’d rather own than be owned.”
Now, listen carefully. Check out the photo. I’m not a black guy. So my reaction to this story is probably a little different…Scratch that. My reaction to this story is probably WAY different than a black guy’s reaction. Still, while I could sit back and analyze this how other folks seem to be analyzing it (“Hey, Stephon and LeBron are really going at it!”), I’m not gonna do that, either.
LeBron James and Stephon Marbury are both millionaires. Either way you count it. Right now, they’re going about it in different ways, and who am I to say one is right and one is wrong? However, Marbury has a point. Why do a pair of sneakers cost $150? Or $200? Or $250? And, more importantly, why does LeBron James — arguably the biggest, brightest star in the NBA — have to go through Nike to sell sneakers? Marbury is far from a super-duper superstar and he’s selling sneaks like crazy for $15 a pop.
Maybe it’s a ways off, but there’s gonna come a time when LeBron or O.J. Mayo or someone realizes this. Sneaker companies might say otherwise, but there’s a gang of people who will buy LeBron’s Zoom LeBron X’s just as quickly as they will Nike’s Zoom LeBron’s X’s. Until then, we’ll be bumping Rich Boy. Sucker.
Rich Boy - "Let's Get This Paper"
MCDONALD’S MAKES ME HAPPY
In general, just as a concept, an idea, I don’t enjoy all-star games of any kind. I’ve watched ‘em, played in ‘em and voted for ‘em, but the actual games usually turn out like a rap compilation album. They sound like fun until you actually hear the music. Last night was the 30th annual McDonald’s All-American Game at Freedom Hall in Louisville. I didn’t get in from work until just after halftime, but here’s just a few things I caught:
* If somehow you didn’t know this was the McDonald’s Game when you turned it on and thought it was, say, the Burger King Classic, Mickey D’s had you covered. Literally. They laid down the largest decal I’ve ever seen on a basketball court, which practically stretched from sideline-to-sideline and from one three-point line to the other. I’m not gonna say it was distracting, but at one point, the color commentators mentioned that the referees should towel off the court after a few players took spills because “the decal gets slippery when its wet.” Then they laughed. That would have taken all night.
O.J. Mayo
* I’m already sick of hearing about O.J. Mayo. For those that somehow don’t know who he is, you would have after last night’s game. He’s been playing varsity high school ball since 7th grade. And averaging over 25 points per game doing it. He’s headed to USC next season, where he’s hoping to play one year of ball and increase his marketability by playing in the West Coast’s spotlight. How endearing. At one point, one analyst called him LeBron. He corrected himself by almost calling him LeBron again. That said, I can’t hate on him. One way or another, he’s going to be the biggest story in college ball next season.
Love to Ball
* UCLA-bound Kevin Love, this year’s McDonald’s All-American Player of the Year, is the most unexciting POY in recent years. Not that he’s not an amazing player. 'Cause he is. But he’s a 6’10” white dude with more fundamentals than flash. His uncle was in the Beach Boys. He used to study Larry Bird when other kids were watching Big Bird (ha!). Uh, okay. He was actually supposed to swing through the VIBE office last Friday but had to cancel last minute. I definitely respect his game. He does a lot of little things — rebounds, makes strong moves, passes admirably — but I wish I could have seen what everyone else is so excited about in person.
Timbaland sat courtside
* Boss on Deck just emerged from his office to ask Sean "RapidShare" Fennessey: “Why does Timbaland rap?” Had nothing to do with this particular game, but good timing nonetheless. I was just about to mention that Timbo performed at halftime. I missed it, but I heard the women’s McD’s All-Americans loved it. No love from the guys. But, hey, during his sideline interview at the beginning of the second half, he did pick the eventual MVP (Michael Beasley (23 points). So shout-out to him for that, I guess. Oh, and about the rapping, Sean says, "Because they want him to be a superstar."
Rose is headed to Memphis
* B on D also asked, “Where was the Memphis recruit?” That would be Derrick Rose. He’s gonna be good. You don’t need me to tell you that. Just another reason I hate all-star games — someone inevitably gets lost in the shuffle.
Calathes
* This white dude Nick Calathes looked good out there (obvious pause). He’s going to Florida. Jason Williams is apparently his mentor. Let the comparisons begin.
* Was it just me or did a lot of the usual suspects seem to be missing last night? They were there but there was little mention of the big college teams (Duke, North Carolina, etc.) and their recruits. Guess that’s good for the game. There was a time when half the guys on the court were headed to the ACC (or, better yet, Duke and UNC).
Beasley's Kansas State-bound
* The game came down to the last possession. Mayo missed a 3 to win it and the West won, 114-112. Beasley looked genuinely excited to win. Strange to see an all-star game actually mean something to the people on the court.
* At the end of the day, whether the game was great or terrible, what this game does for the Ronald McDonald House charity is bigger than any one player on the court. During the game, ESPN showed the players visiting a local Ronald McDonald House. They should think about expanding that next year. Develop the visit into a half-hour show focusing on how it impacts one or two players.
Can't wait for the Jordan Classic...
KINGDOM COME
I’ve seen one too many episodes of MTV Cribs for my own good. For real. If your house doesn’t have, like, an amusement park in the front yard and a water park in the back, it looks just like everybody else’s. And while this sounds like, well, everybody else’s, the Akron Beacon Journal is reporting that LeBron James is almost finished building a 35,000-square-foot crib in his hometown in Ohio. It’s got a bowling alley inside, a movie theater, barber shop and a casino (What’s with the casino, ‘Bron?) It also features a limestone wall outside with his mug carved into it. With another baby on the way, sounds like LJ will have plenty of room. Still, he’s gonna have to do a little better than this to top Shaq’s pad in Miami.
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Extra Points:
ESPN announced today that LeBron and Jimmy Kimmel will be hosting the ESPY Awards this July.
Great story on last year’s George Mason men's basketball team. Disheartening stuff, really. Talk about losing the Cinderella slipper.
Ben Wallace, who used to advocate AND1, starts endorsing Stephon Marbury’s Starbury line of sneakers tomorrow! He’ll have his own line starting in August. Sounds like these actually might be here to stay.
SHOTS HEARD ‘ROUND THE WORLD
I talked a couple of weeks ago about how stale the NBA can be at this time of year. Sure, we’ve always still got a couple of debates up in the air (Dirk or Nash for MVP?) and a couple of interesting stories jumping off (Kobe dropping 50 every night? Ron Artest retiring...or not retiring?), but for the most part, we're just waiting around to see which team in the East wants to get knocked out by the Pistons in the first round.
Boy, was I wrong. Last night, Rasheed Wallace, fresh off a one-game suspension, provided a moment that, some other miracle aside, will be taking home an ESPY. Without a doubt. You don’t need a set-up for this one. Just watch:
One of the greatest endings to a game that I've ever seen. Now, if you listen to the announcer at the end, he says, “Rasheed practices that shot,” and it’s true. For whatever reason, that shot might be the most practiced shot in basketball. When you’re 10, it’s on the playground with your friends counting down from 5 (note that Rasheed only had 1.5 seconds and his team didn’t even start off with the ball). When you’re in high school, your coach yells at you at least once every practice for practicing that shot as opposed to free throws. And Gilbert “The Gambling Man” Arenas is known to shoot from half-court before breaking for the pre-game huddle. It’s an amazing shot by Rasheed, but I guarantee it’s not one he doesn’t hit early and often in practice. Oh, and the Pistons won, too.
Chick picks: Shhhh…Don’t tell anybody, but I’ve secretly been watching the women’s college basketball tournament for about a week now. If you haven’t been following (and I’m guessing from the looks I get that most of you aren’t), there’s certainly been more drama than the men’s tourney. A girl on Duke missed two free throws with 0.1 seconds left to lose to Rutgers in the Sweet Sixteen. The LSU team made the Final Four for the fourth straight year, even after losing their head coach to a soap opera-like scandal (and they still paid her a Final Four bonus!). And there’s a steady growth that you can see developing in the women’s game. Catch a Tennessee game if you can. The way they play D and run their offense is serious. And Candace Parker is one of the most exciting young people playing basketball right now, male or female. I’m picking ‘em to take it all (real bold, right?). Maybe I'll even start up a women’s bracket next year.
Illegal procedure: Also down in Tennessee, Titans safety “Pacman” Jones (Real name: Adam) is back in the news. Police are now looking to bring up charges against Jones following his alleged role in a strip club shooting last month in Las Vegas. I caught an interesting Sportscenter piece last week on Jones, where his own mother went on the record to say that Jones is going to continue to get into trouble as long as he hangs around the friends he grew up with. The segment also pointed to an old quote where Jones stated that he’d give up his millions before he gave up his friends. Interesting point. I get the feeling “Pacman” is gonna come out of this situation for the worse, but the NFL needs to get this guy to the point where he can help out younger players in the league. Do you really have to give up your old friends when you sign your name on the dotted line? Or, do you have to realize that things have changed and learn to adapt to your new relationship with your friends (in addition to keeping your high-profile self outta the strip club at 5AM)? He’s only 23. Only 23! Work with “Pacman” a little bit and he might be the perfect guy to answer those questions and help the next-gen players…Or treat this guy as an isolated incident, ruin his career and wait for the next guy with some rowdy friends to come along.
Dream team: Real quick, the AP All-American team was announced yesterday. Greg Oden (Ohio State), Kevin Durant (Texas), Alando Tucker (Wisconsin), Acie Law IV (Texas A&M) and Arron Afflalo (UCLA) made the squad. It feels like Joakim Noah (Florida) should be on there. Love Oden but he only played part of the season. I hate rooting for frontrunners but Noah is college basketball. (He played a year of H.S. ball in Jersey, too!)
VC is gonna post some of those hot Tony Parker songs over on her blog soon. Be sure to check those out ‘cause I’m sure they’re fire. (sigh)
BACK IN THE GAME NOW
Sometimes, here at VIBE, we sit (well, stand — can we order a bench? Please?) in front of our lovely building and have really wishful conversations: “Yo, we need to play ball more.” Cool. Let’s go. We play over at NYU from time-to-time (well, there was that one time) and we play in a league every Tuesday night (except for last Tuesday night…which we skipped). So, while it’s not outta the question for us to play, “wishful” might be actually an understatement. But, hey, we got busy….and tired…and, well, lazy. Whatever.
That’s what’s gradually happened to me here at “Where’s My Ball?” In this blog game, I feel like I’m guarding the weakest guy on the court and just kind of being out there right now, not necessarily giving it my all. Things get busy around here, people need things and the blog gets thrown on the backburner. I need somebody to run up on me in the office and be like, “Yo, pick it up out there!” Or I need to, like, take a charge, catch an elbow to the face, whatever it takes (You cannot stop my sports references!).
But I’m gonna recognize and put myself on blast before that happens. Starting today, it’s gonna get real random but all these little side sports convos that I start up in the office, they’re going here. Every time I text my boy and tell him he’s a damn fool (true story) for betting against me on my NCAA pool (I wrapped up the victory with Georgetown’s win yesterday), it’s going up here. Every time I make fun of Damien Scott for being in love with Ray Allen solely ‘cause he was in He Got Game, well, I’ll post that, too (Yo, D, he’s out for the season, give it up — and that commercial with him and his daughter gets more awkward every time I see it). Feel free to call me out for not going into things deeply enough or making half-assed arguments, but sometimes I'm just gonna feel like saying, “Wow, that game last night sucked,” and leaving it at that.
With that in mind, a few points following this weekend:
* I’m going to do something I almost never do — okay, never do — and give the Knicks props for signing the University of Kentucky’s Randolph Morris. I don’t really fully understand the rule, but basically, Morris entered the NBA Draft (without signing with an agent) a couple years back but wasn’t drafted. Since he wasn’t eligible to enter another draft (and even though he decided to go back and play college ball), he was technically a free agent following Kentucky’s loss to Kansas last weekend. And the Knicks wisely picked him up. I mean, what’s the worst that could happen? (I won't answer that.) He’s essentially a free draft pick.
* Hate it or love it (I still hate it), Kobe Bryant is an amazing player. You can’t say enough about him dropping 50 in 4 straight games. That said, from where I’m sitting, it feels like he’s in trouble when it comes to getting the Lakers back to the top of the West. And it's not only 'cause he's considered to be the best player on a team full of role players. He’s actually so good that he’s gonna have L.A. in the #7 or 8 seed every year. And while that gives ‘em a shot to take part in the playoffs, it lines ‘em up with the best teams in the NBA in the first round and gives them a middle-of-the-pack draft pick in June.
* I’m still surprised more people aren’t talking about this fight in the crowd that went down at Madison Square Garden a little over a week ago. For those that don’t know, two high school teams from Brooklyn, Lincoln and Boys & Girls, were playing at MSG when a hard foul on the court led to some altercations in the stands. They later spilled out as far as Times Square (not exactly close to the Garden). Check the video, if you’re still unfamiliar.
Considering that brawls at the professional level have made headlines recently, I’m kinda surprised the big dogs haven’t picked this up and run with it. Guess that’s a good thing for the sport. It’s being considered an isolated incident. We’ll see when it comes time to hold the game next year, though. (On a side note, this reminds me of this time I went to a high school game back in ’01 where Dajuan Wagner (who played for the Memphis Tigers and then the Cleveland Cavaliers) took on Julius Hodge (who played for North Carolina State and then the Denver Nuggets) and got to talking after a hard foul. Wagner was like the #1 high school prospect in the country (outta Jerz!) and had dropped 100 in a game that season. The crowd was riding him hard and went nuts when Hodge started talking shit. We were sitting like 40 rows up and outta nowhere this dude stood up in front of us and threw an entire cheesesteak. It only made it like 30 rows down. One of the dumbest — and funniest — things I’ve ever seen. High school is ridiculous.)
* I called the Final Four on Friday but didn’t post it. Seriously, I did. Chalk it up as one more reason I’m getting on top of my blog game.
* Tony Parker is officially a rapper. And while I read that it’s not ‘cause of Ms. Longoria and her shine, it’s still not a good idea. Can’t NBA players find a new set of hobbies?
* This site reported yesterday that Ron Artest was thinking of retiring. Artest keeps a blog over there. It's since disappeared. I don't really care, but maybe you do.
FEELING GREEN
Maybe it’s ‘cause St. Patrick’s Day is this Saturday and I’m part-Irish (seriously, I bet my grandmother has the stuffed cabbage--definitely not for me--in her fridge already). Maybe it’s because, since I moved into my own spot last year, I haven’t had a single vegetable up in my refrigerator (let alone on the stove). Maybe it’s because I’m finally realizing why none of my other friends have (or want) a credit card.
Or maybe it’s all just a product of what’s going on around me right now. But lately? I’ve really been feeling the color green. Like, to start, the NBA is releasing these dope all-green team jerseys again for a few select squads, most notably the Chicago Bulls, New York Knicks and Boston Celtics. I know, I know, the Celtics already have green jerseys, which pretty much means that, unless you’re a diehard, you’re not gonna want to scoop one of these up. But the Bulls and Knicks? I’m a true Bulls fans, the one that talked all day when they had Michael and when they had (sigh) Eddy Curry and Tyson Chandler. So a green St. Patrick’s Day Bulls jersey is kinda cool to me, on some “collector’s only” type stuff. And the Knicks are a natural fit. I live in New Jerz, and I know that we gotta celebrate St. Paddy’s Day like 2 weeks early every year just ‘cause New York’s parade is so big (and NJ loves parades, so sometimes that means breaking out the flags in February). It’s also cool that, while the jerseys are going to be available on the NBA’s 5th Avenue store in New York, where the annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade passes, they also put ‘em up on NBAStore.com. The teams will also be wearing the jerseys over the course of this week. Just another example of why the basketball jersey will never die out as a facet of streetwear and why the NBA seems to know what the fans want just a little better than the other leagues out there.
There’s also college basketball’s NCAA Tournament starting up this Thursday, which, coincidentally, also involves my green. I’m not encouraging folks to start throwing their money away, but there’s nothing like throwing a few dollars down against your close friends and wagering on your bracket. Me and a few of my boys do a pool every year, and every year, we start off arguing about who’s gonna win, and after about an hour or so, we’re yelling back and forth about why one of ‘em can’t grab any girls when we’re out and why one of ‘em can’t get a real job (I’ll leave out what they say about me). It’s that serious. This Thursday and Friday might as well be national holidays. I stockpiled vacation days from 2006 just to take the two days off to sit at home and watch basketball (which I’ll be writing about for this very blog, of course). Stay tuned.
And finally, I’m not really in the business of bigging up other magazines, but I’ll give credit where it’s due. Whether you’re a sports fan or can’t stand ‘em, find a copy of this week’s Sports Illustrated with baseball player Dontrelle Willis on the cover. The cover story is all about green, as in the Earth, and features a whole package on how global warming is going to affect sports. But again, even if you don’t care about baseball rain-outs, it’s worth the read for this simple fact: Some analysts are predicting that, by the year 2100, a whole host of sports stadiums and arenas, including ones in Miami, Jacksonville, Tampa, San Francisco and Oakland are going to be UNDER WATER. Along with the cities themselves. As I told someone up here at VIBE earlier in the week, it’s one thing to tell me that polar bears are losing their habitat or that glaciers are getting smaller, but telling me that my kids can’t watch the Dolphins or the Marlins or the SF Giants or the Raiders? Because of global warming? Okay, you’ve got my attention. I’m no environmentalist, but you’ve got my attention.
And now I’m craving a little bit more green today. Feel me?
THROW THEM BOWS
Tisk, tisk, tisk. Maybe Kobe Bryant did it after all.
No, no, it's not what you think. (And speaking of, what's up with people wanting to shack up in the room where Kobe was once accused of raping a Colorado woman? He was acquitted, but damn, really? That's a vacation to you?) After elbowing Manu Ginobli in the face earlier this year and getting off with a one-game suspension that, at the time, seemed extreme, Kobe went out there last night, threw up another jump shot and "accidentally" stuck his elbow, arm and hand up in the face of Minnesota Timberwolves guard Marko Jaric. And now he's got another one-game suspension.
Why are folks so, uh, up in arms?
Oops, wrong game. Which Kobe Bryant elbow were we talking about again?
YOUNG BUCK AND KING JAMES: REALLY?
We’re at that point in the NBA season where we have to find things to talk about. Not that there’s not anything exciting or newsworthy going on in the league (Uh, Ron Artest, anyone?) and not that there aren’t teams doing some memorable things (who’s not picking the Mavs to win it all right now?), but there’s a little lull between now and the end of the season when those last few teams squeak into the playoffs and promptly get knocked off by the Pistons and Mavericks.
So let me get on some whole other shit and start nit-picking on someone that’s been bothering me lately — LeBron James. What exactly is this guy’s deal? He had a rough week last week, missing a free throw and two wide-open three-pointers at the end of regulation in a loss to the Mavericks, despite scoring 39 points against ‘em. He’s rebounded nicely this week to hang 36 on the Toronto Raptors and 32 on the Houston Rockets last night in key wins. That’s all well and good. I’m still not really sure if LeBron’s the one to hit the big shot at the end of the game, but whatever. Neither here, nor there right now. But then I got this…
First of all, isn't LeBron down with Jay-Z and Roc-A-Fella? Hmmm...I digress.
Now, LeBron’s not the first NBA player to help host a rapper’s mixtape and he won’t be the last. Hell, even Ben Gordon hosted one with New York mixtape DJ Big Mike a couple years back. But then LJ jumps on the intro. with this: “Ayo, for all you haters out there, why don’t you check out this new Young Buck. He takin’ over the game, so watch out. You got somethin’ comin’…in your motherfuckin’ mouth.”
Whoa, whoa, whoa! Slow down, tough guy. Was that just LeBron James? The Chosen One? The Heir Apparent? The Savior of the NBA? The Future? The…you get the point. Now, I’m not here to play David Stern. And honestly, I don’t even mind hearing a different side of LeBron (for the record, Stephen Jackson and Tim Thomas are up on there talking way more smack than that), but seriously? WWJD: What Would Jordan Do?
And this brings me to my main beef (or whatever you wanna call it) with LeBron James. The dude is super-talented, has endorsement deals like nobody else since Michael and probably will go down as one of the greatest NBA players of all-time. But don’t you feel like you’re being short-changed as a consumer of the league? Why does it seem like I don't really know anything about LeBron? Is he the guy smiling on Bubblelicious commercials, talking about becoming a billionaire on Sportscenter, or not? And why am I not more excited to watch him play? Gilbert? Yup. Kobe? Yup. Dirk? Yup. Even Shaq lately? Yup. I even caught a Trail Blazers game a couple weeks back. Brandon Roy, anyone?
Who is LeBron James?
Maybe I’m just nit-picking, maybe I just need the NBA Playoffs to start, but I’m just not that excited.
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Extra Points:
Bye, Bye, George Mason!
Good to see there might be some closure for the North Carolina/Duke incident the other night.
Why am I suddenly so interested in NASCAR?
