UPDATE: Danica Patrick Sports Illustrated's Cover Barrier! Candace Parker is the truth: She can score, rebound, dribble, pass with ease, play all five positions, and was dunking by age 14. When not kicking men's butts in pick-up games, you might find Parker cheerleading; doing fashionable photo shoots, or acing tests while earning the University Division Academic All-American [...]
Last night was a great night for real boxing fans who got a four-fight package instead of one megafight and little else. The night also featured "the return of the body shot" as it became the greatest weapon in three of the four fights. Here are some thoughts as in-depth round-by-round boxing analysis will be left to others. HBO [...]
In 1979 the NBA Finals were still being aired on tape delay. Now think about that while we congratulate Candace Parker, Pat Summitt, and the entire Tennessee Volunteer squad on their 64-48 victory over the Stanford Cardinals on a night where the biggest winner may have been the future of women’s basketball. The build-up to the game had [...]
First things first: Congratulations to my man Patrick for bringing the sweat,blood, and guts EVERY night. The story of "the Ewing Era" is one of almost unparalled consistent greatness. Some have said that the Buffalo Bills four straight Super Bowls is one of sports greatest records. But just how great was the under-appreciated Ewing. How about [...]
After Donnie Walsh had been hired as President for the New York Knicks, the headlines in the New York local papers would read: “Walsh a Light in Darkness”… “New Hire Brings Hope to Garden Hell”… and “New GM has Patience and Smarts to Fix Knicks”. In the nearly universal mainstream praise Walsh was correctly and rightfully [...]
A couple of weeks ago Sports Illustrated opened its vault and we have already expressed our profound excitement. In the months to come we will be cataloguing their articles according to special categories as part of an SI Vault Series. Given the current climate on the subject, performance enhancing drugs (PEDS) seemed like [...]
You are stranded on a desert island. You’ve got enough coconuts to stay alive, but your laptop can only access one sports website (work with me!). What would it be? Until a couple of weeks ago, there might have actually been a debate about this. But that was before Sports Illustrated’s website launched its "SI [...]
There are some articles and topics that you pause before you start. You worry that the reader might might miss the point of the article. See, I actually LIKE Tyler Hansbrough, I really do — even if that crazy look in his eye reminds me of past-Knick Kurt Thomas at best, and wakes me [...]
“I have a feeling that in this country where we’re at today in our thinking, it’s going to be harder to elect a woman than to elect a black man”. — Former Senator and Presidential Candidate George McGovern Oh, here we go again! Unlike Geraldine Ferraro who made the same assertion a couple of [...]
"Nobody roots for Goliath" — Wilt Chamberlain Three years ago 7 foot 2 inch Roy Hibbert made his presence known in the NCAA tournament. More than any other team that year, the Hoyas nearly upset the eventual champion Florida Gators while giving up their last lead with 28 seconds remaining during the last [...]
