Archive for March, 2008

Stephen Curry + Lebron James = Why I Watch Basketball

March 29th, 2008 – 4:22 am Posted by TK
Tagged as: Basketball,NBA,NCAA

I was watching the mighty Davidson team beat up an over-hyped Wisconsin team when I was amazed to see that Lebron James was in the crowd at the game. I read after the game that King James had actually called Davidson to request tickets so he could come see Stephen Curry. Besides the obvious cool [...]

The 13 Million Dollar Cure

March 28th, 2008 – 5:29 pm Posted by LJ Dovichi
Tagged as: Baseball

The Los Angeles Dodgers have gotten sick of being second best and never finishing first anymore, so they’ve gone out and bought a $13 million dollar cure — Coach Joe Torre. Joe Torre is ranked eighth in all-time wins and has won four World Series titles while coaching the New York Yankees. He became well-known [...]

Heard it on the Radio…

March 24th, 2008 – 4:20 pm Posted by TK
Tagged as: Sports Radio

I was driving to the office this morning (I am on the West Coast this week), and I heard a quote on The Herd on ESPNRadio that was worth sharing. The topic of discussion was whether there is a pro-Duke bias in the media. I think the general consensus is that there is, and Kevin [...]

America’s Favorite Pastime

March 23rd, 2008 – 10:47 am Posted by LJ Dovichi
Tagged as: Baseball

In 1908, Jack Norworth said it best to Albert Von Tilzer’s musical score. “Take me out to the ball game, Take me out with the crowd. Buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jack, I don’t care if I never get back, Let me root, root, root for the home team, If they don’t win it’s [...]

The Four Great American Sporting Events

March 20th, 2008 – 5:36 pm Posted by TK

Ahhh… in the next two months 3 of the 4 great American sporting events take place. By my definition, a great sporting event is one where non-sports fans know it is something special and want to be a part of it. And in the U.S. there are 4 great American sporting events: The Super Bowl [...]