To preface what this is about, it’s simply a bunch of quick thought predictions. I will probably go back on some of them before the baseball season starts, but as of today, it’s how I’m feeling. I’m going off the cuff y’all. I’ll do part two later in January. Even though the NFL always owns this time of the year, and LeBron, DWade and the Heat (Heatles?) are showing glimpses of what we haven’t seen from two great wing players […]
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Roundball Soundoff 1/3/11: New Year Progress Report
Check out Jay’s end-of-2010 progress report on the NBA season.
Roundball Soundoff 12/27/10: Do You Believe in Magic?
This week’s Roundball Soundoff looks at the surprising resurgence of the Orlando Magic as well as the defending champs’ Christmas Day spanking at the hands of the Miami Heat.
Sweet Chin Muzak: Remembering The World Series
I’ll have a brand new column next week looking at 2011, but I felt this was a perfect time to remember what 2010 meant to me and my family as San Francisco Giants fans. I first started following baseball closely when I was just 8 years old. The year was 1984 and the Giants were terrible. Just awful. I did get to go to the 1984 All-Star game which was played at Candlestick Park. Now THAT was a windy day. […]
Roundball Soundoff 12/20/10: NBA Musical Chairs
This week’s Roundball Soundoff column takes a look at this weekend’s blockbuster trades involving the Orlando Magic, Phoenix Suns and Washington Wizards.
Sweet Chin Muzak: On Cliff Lee And Benjamins
The 2nd Sweet Chin Muzak column explores the signing of Cliff Lee by the Philadelphia Phillies and why he spurned offers from his former team, the Texas Rangers, as well as the powerhouse New York Yankees.
Roundball Soundoff 12/13/10: Win Win Win!!
by Khendra Murdock * What’s with the crazy win streaks lately? Dallas has an impressive 12 straight, Boston has 10 straight, Miami has 8, New Fricking York somehow has 8 (I guess that Amare signing worked out pretty well, huh?), and even Chicago is on a pretty good streak with 5 wins in a row. My guess to explain these streaks is that many teams are settling into a groove. We’re more than 20 games into the season, so we’re […]
Sweet Chin Muzak: On The World Series Champs And Derek Jeter
In Popblerd’s first “Sweet Chin Muzak” column, GG talks about Cliff Lee’s erroneous designation as baseball’s best postseason pitcher and the unnecessary Derek Jeter negotiations.
Roundball Soundoff 12/6/10: Cleveland, Orlando & MJ as GM
In this week’s Roundball Soundoff, Jay discusses the bug that are Orlando, files an early-season missing persons report, and reminds us that the greatest of all time kinda sucks as a GM.
Roundball Soundoff 11/29/10: Griffin, Spurs, and Avoiding LeRiot
by Khendra • Damn, Blake Griffin is good. I know many of us were tempted to write him off as another Greg Oden when he missed the entirety of his 2009-10 rookie season, but dude has serious athleticism and skills on the offensive end that Oden only dreams of having. His post moves are already well-developed, and he’s a beast on the boards. I wouldn’t be surprised to see him putting together 20/10 seasons for years to come provided that […]
Roundball Soundoff 11/22/10: Does Erik Spoelstra Use White Strips?
As many of you know, I live for NBA basketball. But I know that there are plenty of people out there who live for NBA basketball even more than I do. So when I decided I wanted to have a weekly NBA column here on the site, I knew just who to go to!! So, welcome to the first edition of “Roundball Soundoff”. It’s written by my buddy Jay, who runs the excellent “Brink of Sanity” podcast as well as a New York Knicks podcast (and God, […]
Hump Day Flashback: What’s Up Doc? (Can We Rock)
Who’s the only dude in the NBA with a platinum album? Shaq, of course. So in commemoration of the beginning of what promises to be a ridiculously exciting basketball season, it’s only right that I take it back to the birth of Shaq-Fu, courtesy of the Fu-Schnickens’ “What’s Up Doc?” This Top 40 hit briefly gave both the Fu-Schnickens and Shaq a moment in the spotlight. The Schnickens were riding high off of a Gold album and the near constant […]
