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The Celtics tried their darnedest to blow Game 2 of the NBA Finals, but maybe they needed their superstar to pound some random Bostonian bar owner into the ground, like Larry Bird did during the 1985 NBA Finals.
It only took 23 years for BASKETBAWFUL to uncover this tale of the Lakers-Celtics rivalry, in which Bird’s victorious fight resulted in a finger injury. Read more…
FINALLY, it’s tip-off. After days & days of hype & history, the Lakers and Celtics will be facing off this evening for the NBA crown.
All this reminiscing of Bird & Magic can now give way to the showdown between Kobe & Garnett. And it’s about time.
Yes, it’s a renewal of a great championship rivalry, and we know David Stern breathed a huge sigh of relief that his Finals aren’t a rehash of a Pistons-Spurs snoozefest. And now that the Stanley Cup chase has been completed, the league should have no more worries about losing in the Nielsen numbers.
But enough with the ’80s nostalgia - that’s so mid-to-late ‘9os. We had reached our limit with all this looking back- until we saw this 1987 ad from Converse: (video after the jump) Read more…
• Shaq is moving on up, as the ARIZONA REPUBLIC reports that the Big Cactus’ new abode is the former Phoenix residence of Emmitt Smith.
• TMZ catches Terrell Owens having some ab-solute shirtless fun in Vegas. (Jeff Reed’s been there, done that.)
• The CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER doesn’t relish members of Progressive Field’s condiment race being kicked out of the Indians’ training room.
• Tom Ziller of AOL FANHOUSE grooves to the news that Larry Bird likes him some Beyonce.
• John Jagler of 620 WTMJ in Milwaukee puts out an APB for this Bears motorist in Wisconsin taking license with a playful poke at the Packers.
• Not to be outdone by literary giant Jose Canseco, PUBLISHERS WEEKLY prints out word that Larry Bird & Magic Johnson will be teaming up to write a book together about their long-time rivalry & friendship.
• So, what’s Avery Johnson been up to these days? Well, THE MERKIN SPORTS drives up video oft the ex-Mavs coach now selling cars.
• Sam Smith of HOOPS HYPE guzzles down the opinion that it’s alcohol and not marijuana that should be the biggest cause of the NBA’s concern.
• Have Tony & Jessica really called it quits? Alan Peppard of the DALLAS MORNING NEWS says Yes, while Mark Malkin of E! ONLINE says No.
• LARRY BROWN SPORTS thunders down news that Dan Majerle doesn’t want to be the Suns’ next head coach, but wouldn’t mind an assistant’s job.
• BABES LOVES BASEBALL is infatuated with how Manny Ramirez catches a fly ball, high-fives a fan in the bleachers, and still throws a guy out at first.
• BASKETBAWFUL chows down on the Ultimate Experience for some lucky Pacers fan - lunch with Larry Bird!
• Victory is mine! WIZZNUTZZ passes along pics of Wizards player and Stewie Griffin lookalike Oleksiy Pecherov clubbing it up in Miami.
• The SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE dresses down Oakland A’s outfielder Jeff Fiorentino paying for a party foul by spending a night out in Tokyo wearing a pink kimono.
• ESPN reports that Donnie Walsh’s departure from the Indiana Pacers may mean good news for Larry Bird but bad news for Isiah Thomas. Read more…
Good luck to JT tonight - but we do have a soft spot for Priscilla Presley.
(SbB Girl Cecilia’s brush with a former NBA great - Vinny, Keystone Light?)
• Taking a fond look back at last weekend’s Panama City excursion.
• Phil Jackson puts the moves on Michele Tafoya.
• The owners of the Indiana Pacers supposedly want to give Larry the Bird.
• Reggie Jackson is going, going, gone from the Yanks’ spring training dugout.
The Knicks’ season has long been reduced to ashes (the NHL Rangers are now earning a TV higher rating than the ‘Bockers), and the only question remaining is when Jim Dolan will replace Isiah Thomas as team president and coach.
The New York papers have concluded that Indiana Pacers emperor Donnie Walsh is Dolan’s primary target to take over the front office, which isn’t all that exciting. What is interesting though is what’s happening in Indiana with the Pacers. Read more…
Bob Kravitz of the INDIANAPOLIS STAR reports today that Indiana Pacers center David Harrison has been suspended by the league for five games after his third positive test for marijuana.
The Pacers were more shocked than upset by the news, because the league never informed them on any positive drug tests by Harrison.
Pacers President Larry Bird said, “How are we supposed to get a guy the help he needs when we’re not told he’s tested positive?”
WIOD-AM of Miami reports that former NBA player Glen Rice has been arrested for battery, after pummeling a guy at his estranged wife’s house.
Investigators say Rice entered the home of his wife, Christina, and confronted her about having other men in the house. He soon found 47-year-old Alberto Perez hiding in a bedroom closet. Rice then reportedly hit Perez in the face, grabbed him by the neck, and threw him out of the bedroom. Perez then fled the house & called police.
Shocking that Glen would be so distrusting of his wife, since she’s been so supportive of him in the past.
