Just One of the Guys…

On Thursday night, 3-time WNBA All-Star Diana Taurasi was charged with a DUI in Phoenix around the 7th and Camelback area.  After last years Detroit Shock / Los Angeles Sparks brawl, this represents yet another step for the WNBA to being more like its big brother league.  In addition – Taurasi has now proved that [...]

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Team Named After Flightless Bird Wins Sporting Championship

According to hazy reports from ESPN.com a team called the Pittsburgh Penguins defeated a team called the Detroit Red Wings in a sport referred to as “hokey” (sic?). This is certainly the first I’ve heard of this Stanley Cup Championship but I’m sure it’s a rather large accomplishment. It seems that the Penguins championship is [...]

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David Carradine Wins Jonathan Brandis Lifetime Achievement Award

Yesterday actor David Carradine was found dead in his Bangkok hotel, following an apparent suicide by hanging. (Note to Nicolas Cage: this is how you make Bangkok Dangerous not by making another shitty film). Carradine, star of such classics as Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror and My Suicide (was he just attempting [...]

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Memo To Suns’ Brass: Lyle Lovett Won’t Save You

Entering today’s NBA lottery the Suns have a 0.5 percent chance of landing Blake Griffin…er…the number one pick. Yet, they remain optimistic because of the often-cited “Lyle Lovett scores Julia Roberts = anything can happen” mantra. Check out this quote by Alvin Gentry as he heads to the lottery tonight: I go there with the [...]

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Ovechkin Guarantees Game 6 Victory for Capitals…(In Hockey I guess)

In the wake of their Game 5 loss in Pittsburgh, Capitals star and super-spy Alexander Ovechkin has apparently guaranteed that the Caps will defeat the Penguins in Game 6 of the 2nd round (?) of the Eastern Conference (? research be damned) playoff series. I may not watch a whole lot of hockey but I’m [...]

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NBA Nightcap – May 10th Edition

A solid 0 for 2 day on predictions for Scott Howard. I assume it was just pure spite on the Rockets and Celtics part. Rockets 99 Lakers 87 – Who needs Yao Ming? Not the Rockets apparently as they evened the series at 2-2 in a blow-out win over the Lakers. Aaron Brooks scored a [...]

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Archive: Local High School Basketball Game Takes Strange Twist

Editors Note: I pulled the following from the January 15, 1985 issue of the Beacon Town Gazette: BEACON TOWN, NEBRASKA – Prior to this point in the season, senior point guard Scott Howard hasn’t shown a great deal of ability. Coming into tonight’s game against the Meechum Cadets (8-7, 3-2 league), Howard’s Beacon Town Beavers [...]

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A Pictoral Look at Events Which Were Closer than Tonight’s Nuggets-Hornets Game

Tonight the New Orleans Hornets somehow managed to lose by 58 on their home floor against the Denver Nuggets, in the process tying a 53 year-old record for worst playoff loss.   This caused me to remember some other great blow-outs in history:

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