The Lakers knocked off the Spurs. We all should have seen it coming. San Antonio can’t get it done in even years. Their titles have come in 1999, 2003, 2005 and 2007.
So the movie “Redbelt” hit theaters Friday, and mixed-martial-arts champion Randy Couture has a role in it. This is more evidence of mixed martial arts putting pressure on boxing as America’s favorite form of one-on-one combat.
The media have been watching Roger Clemens’ personal life the way Bill Belichick watches opposing coaches — or used to, anyway.
This Wizards-Cavaliers playoff series is as entertaining as anyone could have hoped for. •DeShawn Stevenson: To recap, late in the season, the Wizards guard called Cleveland’s LeBron James overrated. James responded by comparing himself to Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter and Stevenson to DeAndre “Soulja Boy” Way — which is sort of like LeBron calling himself a Taser and Stevenson a squirt gun. Stevenson then said that should their teams meet...
I’m more excited for the NBA playoffs than Miami Heat fans are for the NBA draft. •Mamie “Peanut” Johnson: In 1953, Johnson joined the Indianapolis Clowns and became the first woman to pitch in the Negro Leagues. She has said that Satchel Paige helped her with her curveball.
Congrats, Jayhawks. Mario Chalmers will be a hero in Lawrence for the rest of his life. •The Royals: They’re at the top of the division, and the music at Kauffman Stadium was good for a few laughs on opening day. When Joey Gathright stole second in the first inning the Ludacris song “Act a Fool” played — which was appropriate because it features the lyrics, “I’m too fast; too furious … I’m too fast for y’all.”...
OK, Jayhawks, the Final Four is nice. But you’ve gotten this far, so you might as well win it all. Good luck.
I wish Wisconsin had knocked off Davidson, because if I hear one more person proclaim that their bracket is busted I’m going to need a moment of zen.
Wizards guard DeShawn Stevenson didn’t tug on Cleveland forward LeBron James’ cape — Stevenson blew his nose on it.
You can call former New York governor Eliot Spitzer a lot of things, but according to the FBI you can’t call him cheap.
Seems as if Brett Favre is really done. Doubt this is a Michael Jordan or Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter retirement.
It’s the 46-year anniversary of Wilt Chamberlain’s 100 point game Sunday. Here’s how great the Dipper was: Kobe Bryant is the greatest scorer of this generation. He’s scored 50 points or more 21 times in his 12-year career. But Wilt — everybody born before 1955 please say this with me — averaged 50.4 points per game in 1961-62.
I t’s polite to wait your turn. But sometimes you have to take your turn. The trick is figuring out which time is which.
In our lexicon, “flulike symptoms” are replacing “hangovers.” And in Hollywood, NASCAR movies are replacing football movies.
T o be able to learn important lessons from failure is a great skill. So it might appear I was wrong last Sunday. Not about the Super Bowl — turns out I was right about that all along.
The Super Bowl isn’t going to be much of a game. The Patriots’ offense is going to do to the Giants’ defense what the “Cloverfield” monster did to Manhattan.
Don’t you miss football already? • Rick Majerus, Saint Louis University basketball coach: At a rally for Hillary Clinton on Jan. 19, Majerus said he personally supports abortion rights. Archbishop Raymond Burke said this opinion goes against the church and that the university, a Jesuit school, should discipline Majerus, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Wednesday.
Two stories dominated this week the way people who have resolved to lose weight dominate health clubs in January — the noose on the cover of Golfweek and the NFC championship.
N FL players aren’t known for being sensitive and compassionate to upcoming playoff opponents.
My New Year’s resolution is to go five for five on my 2008 predictions. So here they are: •Subway is going to go out of business. For some reason, Subway has decided to have Browns backup quarterback Brady Quinn endorse its sandwiches. Quinn completed only three more passes than I did this season. Decisions like this can doom a company.
Anyone who knows me knows that I will tell you that I’m humble — whether you ask me or not. It’s likely that I’m the most humble person ever and therefore have dubbed myself the King of Modesty.
R oger Clemens is not having a good month. Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling used his blog, 38pitches.com, to blast Clemens over his alleged involvement in the performance-enhancing drug scandal that is attached to baseball like a zit to a teenager’s forehead.
L et’s say you received a huge Christmas bonus and want to buy presents for your favorite sports stars. Here’s the list:
We know that a lot of baseball players took illegal performance-enhancing drugs, but home-run king Barry Bonds remains the biggest target for criticism.
There is going to be a movie about Hall of Famer Joe Namath. Jake Gyllenhaal will play Broadway Joe, Variety reported Tuesday. Gyllenhaal must like Super Bowl guarantees, bad knees, fur coats, pantyhose and hitting on sideline reporters.
That third Thanksgiving NFL game was a dud. Good thing it’s on such an obscure network that nobody had to watch it. Now the NFL knows what the NHL feels like.
People keep asking for my pick in the big game. I’m torn here. I’m from Detroit and smart enough to know better than to pick sides in a fight that isn’t mine. Call me Bennett, because I’m not in it.
L et’s make like we’re at the eye doctor and look at the chart. •Dwyane Wade: The Miami guard recently signed a marketing deal with the William Morris Agency. Is there an easier job in sports? Wade is so popular right now he could start wearing Depends on the outside of a three-piece suit, and it would become a fad.
Dennis Rodman said last Friday that he wants to coach in the WNBA. And he’s serious, he says, it’s not a joke.
Sunday’s Patriots vs. Colts game is Super Bowl XLI 1/2 ? I love hyperbole the way Lex Luthor loves kryptonite, though at first this seemed like a bit much.
