Eric Balkman
Why DeSean Jackson Needs To Stay Away
Listening to an unnamed podcast today, (I won’t name which one because you’ll probably go drive up their iTunes numbers as soon as you’re finished reading this) my eardrums were bludgeoned with an ideal that I had never thought about before. A contract is a legally binding document. You see, it was the hosts’ viewpoint [...]
The Phantom Foul
It’s impossible to explain nothing. Because nothing, by it’s definition, is not a thing. It doesn’t exist. So by that rationale, let’s all make our lives easier and stop breaking our TiVos trying to find the American foul on the disallowed goal against Slovenia Friday. Because there wasn’t one. And referee Koman Coulibaly never had [...]
The guy who needs this NBA ring most
This is shaping up to be another great NBA Finals, and I don’t think I can honestly say who will win. But I know who needs to win more than anyone else. Kobe. Think about it: Bryant’s Lakers are the favorite and have home court advantage. Thus the pressure is on the Lakers to win [...]
The So Cal “So, Whats?”
On Friday the Seattle Seahawks announced they had cut ties with running back LenDale White, roughly one month after acquiring him. This comes after White’s largely unimpressive pro career began (and seemingly ended) in Tennessee. His backfield counterpart Reggie Bush still has failed to live up to the hype of being the game-changing playmaker New [...]
Artest passes another test
Consider for a moment what was at stake as Ron Artest charged through the lane with less than two seconds to go Thursday night. Here was a guy who has been much maligned throughout his career. He’s a head case. He’s got a temper. His teams don’t win. He beat up a fan in the [...]
Officials bite back
In the hullabaloo of praising individual athletes, sometimes we forget about the other individuals on the field of play: the officials. Despite them trying to remain nameless, unbiased and draw as little attention to themselves as possible, we forget that they too are people. It’s possible for them to be subjective, make mistakes and show [...]
Top 10 reasons New York got the Super Bowl
“Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together… mass hysteria!” –Dr. Peter Venkman, “Ghostbusters” (1984) According to the backlash from many NFL fans everywhere, the Super Bowl coming to the Big Apple will have roughly the same results as Gozer the Destructor‘s famous entrance did 26 years ago. After three rounds of voting (because the voting [...]
The wrong guy to vomit on
Any shred of an inkling I ever had about wondering what would happen to me if I vomited on an off-duty cop is officially gone. Gone like Matthew Clemmens’ dignity. Clemmens, the 21-year-old New Jersey man who was arrested on April 14 at a Phillies game, pleaded guilty Tuesday to simple assault, disorderly conduct and [...]
Boston cream rising
Whether it’s food, physics or sports, the cream always rises to the top. And in the area of sports, the NBA’s Eastern Conference No. 4 seeded Boston Celtics are that cream that is making its way to the surface. In the first round of the playoffs, the Celts dismantled the Miami Heat in five games. [...]
Lima for the last time
Several years ago after cutting him for the umpteenth time off countless rotisserie baseball squads over my career, I was certain that I would never miss Jose Lima. But I was wrong. The 37-year-old former big league pitcher died in his sleep after a “massive” heart attack sometime Sunday morning. The eccentric thrower, who often [...]
