A couple weeks ago, Fred McGriff vetoed a trade from the last-place Tampa Bay Devil Rays to the first-place Chicago Cubs before reversing his decision last week.
Making sense of the 2001 Major League Baseball season is somewhat like reading "A Clockwork Orange." At first, you just don't get it, it's not written in English.
A couple thoughts this week: First off, Dale Earnhardt, Sr., "The Intimidator," died this week at the age of 49 in a head-on collision with the wall at the Daytona 500.
Awful, just plain awful. Between the two teams, we witnessed twenty-one punts, a third down efficiency of 16.67 percent (5 for 30), 396 yards of offense, and a paltry twenty-four first downs.
This past weekend's NFL Conference Championship games featuring the Baltimore Ravens and the New York Giants were incredible, simply incredible.
On Tuesday night, a friend of mine was utterly disappointed that the St. Louis Blues had been eliminated from the NHL Playoffs.
As the NBA season comes to a close, I'm getting excited for the playoffs. Although it's not the same without Michael Jordan and the Bulls entering the field, I can deal with watching Shaq, Kobe, and ex-Bulls coach Phil Jackson leading the Lakers and Vince Carter, the next Jordan, leading the Toronto Raptors. Note: Michael Jordan and the Bulls did not appear in last year's playoffs, but last year's abbreviated season wasn't nearly the same as a regular NBA season, so discard it. Jordan is, however, not the only thing that will be missing from this year's playoffs.
Well, Latrell Sprewell, I think you've met your match. He's your ideal coach. He's a man who can relate to you unlike your current coach with the New York Knicks, the painfully balding, Patrick Ewing-loving Jeff Van Gundy.
As I am writing this article, I'm watching the Late Show with David Letterman on CBS. Lately, FYI, I haven't found his top ten lists too rousing.
The Main Dish: On Monday March 28, Philadelphia Flyer Eric Lindros was replaced as captain by teammate Eric Desjardins.