Loading ...It’s almost impossible to do what the Washington Capitals just did. They won two games ON THE ROAD in their first-round series, in which they had home-ice advantage. After sweeping the games in Montreal they led the series 3-1 with two of the remaining three contests at home, yet were knocked out Wednesday night. The Caps have [...]
The Lakers put up a perfect 10 on the scoreboard Tuesday night. Four minutes into the game, LA led Oklahoma City, 10-0, and all the concern about the defending champs disappeared. When all was said and done, the Lakers hadn’t just throttled the Thunder, 111-87, to go up three games to two. They had also ended [...]
I used to go to doubleheaders as a kid. Two games for the price of one, you couldn’t beat it. Of course, nowadays a doubleheader almost always means a game during the day and a game at night and separate tickets needed to attend both. But sometimes the elements conspire for us. Because of a [...]
There’s a serious lovefest going on in the world of sports and I don’t mean Tiger. In our gossip-driven society where scandal is king, it’s great to see not all fans are jaded, not all players are jerks and not all team executives are clueless. Don’t get me wrong, there’s still plenty to go around, but today in the [...]
How often does the 25th pick in the NFL Draft overshadow the #1 pick and everybody else taken in the first round? How about never…until Tim Tebow. But then again, how often does a guy projected to be a third round pick suddenly get selected at the back end of the first? How about never…until [...]
I understand Commissioner Roger Goodell is trying to win the public relations battle with the fans and the media when it comes to NFL players and their off-field transgressions. But when he starts suspending players because they were out partying, he’s gone too far. And make no mistake, that’s what this six-game suspension is for, because [...]
I mentioned this recently on the show but it bears repeating. Watch the Lakers/Thunder series and see history repeating itself. It’s the 1986 Celtics/Bulls first round matchup all over again. In that series, a young star named Michael Jordan and his teammates battled hard but ultimately fell short to the team that would eventually win [...]
The LA Kings finally returned to the playoffs this year for the first time since 2002 and the fans were out in force. The announced crowd of 18,264 was amped even before the game started, partying around the arena and celebrating the return to the postseason. Some had their faces painted, most were wearing jerseys [...]
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again…there’s nothing like overtime in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. In order to prove my point, the NHL has declared all opening-round games must last beyond regulation. Of the first 20 games played, seven of them went to an extra session. The NHL’s mandate apparently is contagious, with other sports taking [...]
EAGLE! EAGLE! BIRDIE! I know we have a tendency to think everything that happens now is the greatest ever, but Phil Mickelson’s three hole stretch on Saturday was truly the greatest ever, considering it came during The Masters, by a great player, who used it to vault himself to the top of the leaderboard, where [...]