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Month: January 2008 (Page 5 of 25)
Flying under the national radar is Mississippi State. Coach Rick Stansbury has the Bulldogs off to a 5-0 start in the SEC. Last weeks win over #17 ranked Mississippi solidified their arrival onto the scene. Jamont Gordon and Charles Rhodes have led the charge. They have a big game this week at Arkansas.
Over at LSU there is mounting discontent with the Tigers and John Brady. The Tigers are winless in the conference and have slipped mightily since their Final Four run a couple of years ago. This could be a losing season for the Tigers and be the last one for John Brady at the helm.
Florida is maturing rapidly as shown by their twenty point win over #14 Vanderbilt. Billy Donovan has the Gators climbing quickly and could make some noise come tournament time. Vandy on the other hand is quickly becoming this year’s version of Clemson. How do you spell free fall…
Sliding over to the Big 10, kudos to Michigan state who matched their best win total after 20 games (18-2). After beating rival Michigan, who is on track for a losing season, does anybody remember who beat the Spartans in an exhibition game. That’s what I thought…
Duke is back with a vengenance. The Blue Devils escaped with a road win over Maryland. The Terps were coming off a road win over North Carolina lest than ten days ago, but couldn’t manage to hold serve at home. Coach K has the Blue Devils playing faster than ever. Some would say because of his Olympic Association with Suns Coach Mark DAntoni, I say it’s because he has no true post and is playing the best way possible for his personnel. That’s why they are 17-1 and he is in the Hall of Fame..
Washington Redskins owner Daniel Snyder is set to interview Colts defensive coordinator Ron Meeks again according to the Washington Post.
A day after assistant head coach-defense Gregg Williams, who was once under consideration to replace Joe Gibbs, left the organization, the Redskins finalized plans for another session with Meeks, who runs the Colts’ defense, a source close to the search said. Owner Daniel Snyder and Vinny Cerrato, executive vice president of football operations, are expected to meet with Meeks in Indianapolis.
Only a year ago, several teams interviewed San Francisco 49ers’ assistant head coach Mike Singletary for their vacant head coaching positions. Rumor has it that Falcons owner Arthur Blank loved Singletary last year, but the team didn’t even bring him in for an interview this year. Rex Ryan was the Chargers’ second choice after Norv Turner last year, but now it looks like he’s heading back to Baltimore after the Falcons and Dolphins passed on him for their head coaching vacancies.
So what gives? Obviously I’m not in the know, but how are Meeks, Mike Smith (Atlanta’s new head coach), John Harbaugh (Baltimore’s new head coach) and Tony Soprano (Miami’s new head coach) better candidates than Singletary and Ryan? Nothing against those coaches, but since 2003, the Ravens’ defense hasn’t finished lower than sixth under Ryan. And Singletary has been highly praised for his work with Defensive Rookie of the Year Patrick Willis, as well as being a great motivator.
What am I missing?
Roger Clemens’ agent released an 18,000-word report Monday to refute allegations that his client’s career rebounded around the same time he was accused of using performance-enhancing drugs.
“Clemens’ longevity was due to his ability to adjust his style of pitching as he got older, incorporating his very effective split-finger fastball to offset the decrease in the speed of his regular fastball caused by aging,” said the report, created by Randy Hendricks and two associates at his firm.
Clemens’ former trainer, Brian McNamee, claimed in last month’s Mitchell Report on drugs in baseball that he injected the pitcher with steroids and human growth hormone at least 16 times in 1998, 2000 and 2001. Clemens vehemently denies the allegations, and Clemens and McNamee are among five witnesses scheduled to testify before a House committee on Feb. 13. Clemens also has sued McNamee for defamation.
If Clemens is innocent, this is the right way to approach the situation. Every day there seems to be a report out of the Clemens’ camp trying to prove his innocence. Here’s the thing though, if he is guilty, he’s digging himself a deeper hole. So on one hand it’s almost novel that he’s going to great lengths to say he’s innocent, but if he’s guilty he’s only screwing himself in the end for HOF consideration. Plus, how convenient is it that his agent is saying Clemens started making changes to his pitching style right around the time McNamee supposedly injected him with human growth hormone? Hmm.
There were 10 NBA games on Sunday, and they were all pretty competitive. In fact, eight were decided by five points or less.
The Boston/Orlando game went down to the wire. The Celtics were without KG, but they kept it close behind some clutch shooting by Ray Allen and terrific defense by Rajon Rondo (who looks like he’s going to be a player). With the game tied, the Magic had the ball, and whom did they go to for the final shot? Dwight Howard? No. Rashard Lewis? Nope.
They isolated Hedo Turkoglu, who is playing some great ball this season. He went off a ball screen and hit the game winner as time expired. Check out the highlights here.
Meanwhile, in L.A., it was Kobe vs. LeBron. The Lakers had a nine-point lead with 8:09 to play, but a 15-2 Cavs run was capped by a Larry Hughes jump shot with 4:27 to play. Kobe missed a good bit of the fourth quarter because he got into some ill advised one-on-one with LeBron. Phil Jackson tried to send his superstar a message and it looked like it got through. With 0:09 to play, Kobe passed on a game-tying three-point attempt, throwing the ball to Luke Walton, who failed to get a shot off. Walton elected to pass the ball back to Kobe as time expired. The announcers were lauding Walton’s “high basketball IQ” in the fourth quarter, but he looked pretty dumb on that play. LeBron had 41 while Kobe had 33. (See the fourth quarter highlights here.)
Lastly, my beloved, yet Michael Redd-less Bucks had an 11-point lead against the Wizards with 1:40 to play in the fourth quarter and the game went to overtime. Yes, you read that right. The Wizards went on a 11-0 run in the final 1:40, jumpstarted by back-to-back three-pointers by Deshawn Stevenson. In overtime, the Wizards led by four with 2:18 to play, but this time it was Mo Williams who hit back-to-back shots from long range to give the Bucks the win. Caron Butler scored a career-high 40 points, grabbed eight boards and had five steals, cementing him as my fifth All-Star starter in the East. Mo Williams had 25 points, five rebounds and five assists. (See the mislabeled highlights here.)
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