The NBA All-Star game — unofficial motto: better than the Pro Bowl, worse than baseball’s All-Star game — tips off in a little more than an hour. There will probably not be any cupcake dunks, but there will be plenty of offense.
Kobe Bryant is expected to play; otherwise, he would have to sit out the […]
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The NFL never rests. Need proof? Wasn’t last week the Pro Bowl? And now we’re, what, a few days away from the NFL Scouting Combine? And don’t even get me started about cheerleader mini-camp. That’s already in full swing in Dallas, apparently.
Yeah, you heard me correctly.
The Cowboys’ cheerleaders had a mini-camp on Saturday at South […]
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• A simple question: If they can play NFL games in Europe, why not bring Premier League games here. THE GUARDIAN explores it and works in the word “rubbish.”
• Old-tyme hockey, like Toe Blake and Eddie Shore. Edmonton and Vancouver engaged in some Slap Shot-esque fisticuffsmanship last night. GOOSE’S ROOST, which has one of […]
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The Daytona 500 is fixin’ to get started right about now (2 Eastern, and, um, 3:30 in Newfoundland), but it appears one of the biggest stories is off the track. Yes, Dale Jr. has a new line of merchandise that has fans all atwitter.
The iPhone of NASCAR?
Well, a shirt can’t tell me where the best […]
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Perhaps helped by the fact that there is nothing else to do in Bloomington, Indiana (cheap shot, not sorry), fans showed up before midnight — Friday — for a chance to be on ESPN’s GameDay (denoted here by a totally unrelated ““Gameday girl“).
They had some harsh things to say about Kelvin Sampson.
But they like Erin […]
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