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Today in Sports History: March 22nd
3/22/1986 - Jordan scores only eight In his fifth game back from a foot injury that kept him out most of the season, Michael Jordan scores just eight points as his Chicago Bulls fall to the Cleveland Cavaliers, 123-97. Defending him was the Cavaliers' World B. Free, who in 1981 had legally changed...
Today in Sports History: June 9th
(The lone red seat at Fenway Park. Photo courtesy of md91180's photostream) 6/09/1946 - Williams hits red seat homerRed Sox outfielder Ted Williams hits the longest home run ever struck inside Fenway Park. Facing off against Fred Hutchinson of the Detroit Tigers, Williams crushed the ball deep...
Today in Sports History: November 19th
(Lakers coach Pat Riley. Photo by Andrew D. Bernstein, Getty Images) 11/19/1981 - Riley in, Westhead out The Los Angeles Lakers do the unthinkable and fire head coach Paul Westhead only 18 months after he guided them to an NBA championship. The day before, Magic Johnson had stunned the media by...
Today in Sports History: June 22nd
6/22/1994 - Starks awful as Rockets win series The Houston Rockets defeat the New York Knicks, 90-84, in the seventh and final game of the NBA Finals, giving them their first championship in franchise history. Hakeem Olajuwon showed why he was the regular season MVP. He totaled 25 points, 10...
The Sporting News Is Good at Making Lists
In non-Olympic years, late July is kind of a dead stretch for sports journalists. There just isn't that much to write about. There's baseball, and then... well. There's baseball. And Brett Favre. Desperate for something, anything, to toss up on its website, The Sporting News has displayed the kind...
Dwyane Wade loves Kobe, Chris Bosh denies link to Heat, Alonzo Mourning going back to school (sort of) and more...
We'll lead off with Dwyane Wade because, well...do we really need a reason to start with Dwyane? Nah, I didn't think so. In an interview with Chicago's WMVP Radio, Wade proclaimed that Kobe Bryant is currently the best player in the NBA. Some may think that’s a bold statement for the...
Chris Bosh interested in joining Miami Heat, Dwyane Wade punks unsuspecting teens (video)
Could all three of these guys be playing in the same color jersey next season? The headline seems appealing, and you would think that with such a solid, eye-catching statement there would be some good stuff coming along with it. My personal opinion is 'nah, this is just making something big...
4 Quarters w/ Jonathan Zaslow of 790 The Ticket
We've merged 4 quarters into 2 halves this week. 1 - Van Gundy So, I was talking about the Magic and Cavs on my radio show yesterday, and I posed the question, "What would make you believe at this point, that the Cavs are going to win this series?" The very first response I got, in...
6 Years of Heat draft picks: Where are they now?
Who am I...? With the Heat beginning their pre-draft workouts, some of the attention is shifting to what the team will be doing with their picks. Right now they only hold picks 43 and 60, so the question will be if Pat Riley wants to trade up. The basketball mastermind was able to scoop up...
Udonis on the move? Maybe.
Going to touch on a few things today. We’ll start with Udonis Haslem, who I feel could still be the focus of a lot of trade talk. Starting right now, all the way until he is traded, re-signed or signs with another team, he will be under the microscope of many teams, not only the Heat. He...
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