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At the beginning of the week, Jason Collins, the journeyman NBA center, came out as openly gay, making him the first professional male athlete to do so in American sports. I encourage every one to read the piece; it is eloquent, passionate, funny, and important. This has been a long time coming. Statistically speaking, it just makes sense that there are (and have been) gay professional athletes. With the ever-shifting cultural…
On April 21, the San Antonio Spurs embarked on a quest for their fifth NBA Championship. Each of the 16 teams in this year’s NBA playoffs had a chance, at least in theory, of winning the coveted Larry O’Brien NBA Championship Trophy. Here are 5 reasons why the Spurs have a chance at winning this year’s title: Tony Parker. He is one of the best player on the current Spurs…
The Golden State Warriors lead the Denver Nuggets 3-2. Game six will be tomorrow night in Oakland at 9:30pm CDT.
San Antonio 103, Los Angeles Lakers 82 Spurs win series 4-0 Mercifully, the series is over. Dwight Howard is a coward. If you didn’t see that ejection coming, you haven’t been paying attention to Howard this season and series. He’s a fantastic talker, complainer, jokester, and physical specimen; he is an above average basketball player sorely lacking in heart, intelligence, and competitive desire. He wanted no part o this game,…
As if things couldn’t get any worse for the Lakers, Artest has now been ruled out of game 4, joining Kobe, Nash, Blake, Meeks, and God knows who else. Admittedly, Artest had been playing quite poorly in the series, and was mostly invisible (save for the very visible though incidental forearm he delivered to Parker’s face in Game 3). Earl Clark will take his place in the starting line-up, and…
San Antonio 120, Los Angeles Lakers 89 San Antonio leads series 3-0 That went about how I expected. Well, maybe not quite what I expected. I was not expecting the worst loss in Lakers playoff history. But I’ll take it. This was a complete and utter dominating performance by the Spurs. Except for one stretch bridging the halves when the Lakers scored on 9 of 12 possessions, this game was…
Here are five things you absolutely, positively must know about tonight’s Spurs-Lakers game three at Staples Center: The Two Steves are injured. Steve Nash and Steve Blake may be the whitest NBA backcourt since Danny Ainge and Vinny Del Negro (1989-90 Sacramento Kings), but when they’re both healthy and shooting well, they can be dangerous. Unfortunately for Lakers fans, Nash won’t be at full-strength tonight, if he plays at all,…
Whoa. What a couple of days off the court. Lots of big news in the series and in the NBA at large, so let’s jump in. • The Lakers are decimated, and just keep falling. Steve Blake is out; Steve Nash is out; Jodie Meeks is out. The Lakers will be starting a backcourt of two players nobody outside of Los Angeles (and most inside, probably) knows. One of the…
San Antonio Spurs 102, Los Angeles Lakers 91 Spurs lead series 2-0 Game 2 is often all about the adjustments. The problem in this series is that there just aren’t that many to make. San Antonio is clearly the better and more talented team; if they play their game, they should win. And the Lakers are so decimated, they really only have one option of how to play and just…
Spurs open battles to win 5th championship VS the SteveBlakers, or it comes full circle. “Tonight we’re gonna party like it’s 1999.” -Prince Hola amigos. Been a while since I rapped at ya. We Spurs fans begin our most exciting, yet nerve-wracking and intense part of the year… the part we’ve looked forward to with anticipation since last spring, when our Black and Silver Hoops Juggernaut went on an historic…
