With basketball players routinely being sized 6′5″ and taller, it seems that basketball is a much different sport than it may have originally been created to be. Somehow I don’t think that when Dr. James Naismith created basketball in 1891 he thought that one day players would be tall enough to simply go up […]

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Old Boys Club no longer, the Seattle Supersonics dipped into the same kind of talent pool that produced baseball general managers such as Boston’s Theo Esptein. It takes new ideas to win in today’s sports world, and there’s no better way to get new ideas than by going out and getting a younger, sexier […]

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Okay, so the forces of nature have aligned themselves to present us with two drastically different parenting approaches.
It’s All On You Junior
It’s really comforting to know that professional athletes are driven by the sheer need to compete, succeed, and excel at their sport. And I suppose, as was the case for Barry Bonds, if […]

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Well, the Pacific Northwest was officially made the luckiest place to have an NBA franchise; the Portland Trail Blazers won the first pick in the draft and the Seattle Supersonics got the second… which is like the Saints second overall picks two years ago where all they have to do is take the guy that […]

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Sonics majority owner Clay Bennett is now saying that its not Oklahoma City that he is targeting as a new home for the Seattle franchise… its Las Vegas. I guess its a natural choice to move from one city famous for it precipitation levels to a city that is famous for its own kind […]

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This weekend’s incident at CSU got met thinking about some of the better head shots in memory’s past, here are a few from various sports:

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First off, Rams hate children. They do. Its a fact.
Over the weekend, during the annual Green and Gold game, a 4 year old was roaming around behind the endzone when a diving touchdown catch resulted in a bit of an accident.
See helmet.
See helmet hit head.
See head bleed.

Actually, […]

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Okay, so basketball is not my sport. I understand it, I watch it, but unlike baseball, football, rugby, hockey and soccer I did not play it on a competitive level… so really I’m at a loss commenting on it at times. So rather then pretend I know who is who and make […]

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Its good to have talent. Its good to win games. Its great to be lucky.
Based on a report filed earlier today, I’d have to argue that Ohio State University finally got luck on their side: de-Fault - “the two sweetest words in the English language.”
It might be the biggest come-from-behind win in […]

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It may not go through, but Clay Bennett and the Sonics’ ownership is trying to push their new stadium deal through. The $500 arena is proposed to be built in Renton… which means for sure I will never be going to a Sonics game. Hell, when I’m living in Seattle you could not […]

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