The Wages of Wins Journal (Free subscription) | 12/11/2008
... about how to do well. They think, ‘If I score 15 or 18 points, Coach has to play me!’ “We have Jason Richardson and Adam Morrison and a whole lot of guys who can make shots. We need Shannon to do something else to help.” Apparently that registered, explaining how Brown slipped into the rotation Saturday. He played 13 minutes of solid defense, mostly on Miami Heat star Dwyane Wade...
Out Of Left Field (Free subscription) | 14/11/2008
Notes on our athletes/teams of interest in The 613 ... Golden Gaels: Graduating football player Scott Stinson is going to be putting his size and soft hands to use in another sport, as he's joined the Queen's men's basketball team. Stinson, at 6-foot-7, is equal in height to the hoops team's two tallest players, Bernard Burgessen and Pat Beswick, and with that tight end's body, provides some...
SOX & Dawgs (Free subscription) | 12/11/2008
... over at Thoughts From a Fat White Guy . Donald Brown talked about running backs coach Terry Richardson’s touchdown celebrations when he played for Syracuse. Brian Bennett of ESPN.com says not to count the Huskies out of the race in the Big East. The Big East Football coaches aren’t happy about the quirky scheduling this year. The Yale Bulldogs got a goal in the last minute of the game to...
Fantasy Basketball Guy (Free subscription) | 24/10/2008
... considered whether they played in the Olympics, although I honestly would have drafted an Olympic athlete if he was the best player available. Chris Paul, Kobe Bryant, Amare Stoudemire, LeBron James, and Dirk Nowitzki had already been picked. Other top 10 players have significant injury potential that I wanted to avoid. Round 2 Marcus Camby - I’m not sure how the Los Angeles Clippers will...
