Month: January 2008 (Page 8 of 25)

      Spurs beat Lakers with big second half

      January 24, 2008 /

      Down nine at halftime, the Spurs blitzed the Lakers in the third quarter, outscoring L.A. 31-12 behind some energetic play from Manu Ginobili, and good shooting from Ime Udoka and Brent Barry. Udoka, who played for Portland last season, finished with 18 points on 7-10 shooting (3-4 from long range). He is a good defender and continues to improve his jumpshot. I think he’ll eventually replace Bruce Bowen as the Spurs’ perimeter lockdown defender.

      Barry had a great sequence to close the third quarter. First, he hit a three-pointer with 0:06 to play. Then he stole the Lakers’ inbound pass and flipped the ball to Tony Parker, who fed the ball back to him on the wing for another bomb with 0:01 to play.

      Kobe Bryant led all scorers with 29 points, while Tim Duncan led the Spurs with 28 points and 17 rebounds.

      Fantasy Basketball, NBA

      Bonds asks judge to throw out perjury charge

      January 23, 2008 /

      Barry Bonds has asked a federal judge to dismiss perjury charges against him, arguing the indictment is “scattershot.”

      In the motion filed in San Francisco federal court, the former San Francisco Giant neither admits nor denies taking the drugs, but argues the questions asked by prosecutors during a December 2003 grand jury appearance were vague, ambiguous and confusing.

      The lawyers said “the questions posed to him by two different prosecutors were frequently imprecise, redundant, overlapping and frequently compound.”

      Such motions to dismiss cases are frequently filed, though rarely granted in federal criminal cases.

      The court papers do offer an early glimpse at Bonds’ legal strategy. Legal experts said prosecutors must prove Bonds lied and that their questions before the grand jury were direct and open to little interpretation.

      Bonds’ lawyers wrote “some portions of the indictment are so vague that it is simply impossible to be certain what untruths Mr. Bonds is alleged to have uttered.”

      I’m sure the judge is just going to say, “Sure Barry – anything you want big guy. Is there anything else I can get for you? Need a soda or a backrub while I’m throwing out these federal perjury charges?”

      Does this guy live in reality or does he literally think that the world revolves around him? Why doesn’t he just ask George Bush to name a state after him while he’s at it?

      MLB

      Wiley craps all over Falcons new head coach

      January 23, 2008 /

      The Atlanta Falcons have reportedly made an offer to Jacksonville Jaguars defensive coordinator Mike Smith to become their new head coach. On ESPN’s “First Take”, one of Smith’s former players, Marcellus Wiley, called him “a puppet” to Jags’ head coach Jack Del Rio.

      Wow, tell us how you really feel, Marcellus.

      This seems like a safe hire for the Falcons and there’ s certainly nothing wrong with that after the Bobby Petrino fiasco last year. I don’t know why a guy like Smith would be more impressive than Rex Ryan or Mike Singletary, but obviously new Falcons’ GM Tom Dimitroff sees a guy that he can work with and help get Atlanta back on the right track. The bottom line is that the Falcons need to bring stability and motivation back into a fragile locker room. If he can do that like Jack Del Rio obviously does in Jacksonville, then Smith was a good hire. If he’s just going to be a “yes man” for Dimitroff, than the Falcons might be looking for another head coach in three years.

      NFL

      Kudos and a Gag Order

      January 23, 2008 /

      First off let me say congratulations to Scott Drew and the Baylor Bears. He has Baylor back from the ashes and has them ranked in the top 25 for the first time since 1969. In fact, he wasn’t even born yet! In only four years he has taken a program wracked by death and scandal and rebuilt them in his own image. Don’t underestimate that choir boy look, Scott learned how to build a program alongside his father (Homer) as they took Valparaiso from a little school in Indiana to the top of the heap. Can anybody forget the miracle shot by his brother Bryce in the NCAA tournament that led the Crusaders to the Sweet Sixteen? Well, don’t look now, the Baylor Bears are for real and knocking on the door of the NCAA tournament only two years after they were not allowed to play any non conference games.

      Led by Austrailian import, Aaron Bruce, Baylor is on a two game road win streak and sits tied with Kansas at the top of the Big 12. Also, it should be noted that his father has Valpraiso in the top three of Horizon League in his first year in the conference.

      Speaking of the Horizon League, can you believe Butler is still ranked after two losses in the conference. That show a lot of respect for the league. Granted they were road losses at Cleveland State (7-0 in the league and banging on the door) and at defending champions (Wright State) home court. However, Arizona State had the same thing happen and fell out of the top 25. Glad to see the Horizon League getting the due it deserves.

      Gag Order
      Coach Rick Majerus is in some hot water as he attended a Hillary Rodham Clinton rally. It seems that a reporter cornered him and asked his views on abortion. The quotable target Majerus told the reported he was pro choice and now has caught some grief for speaking his views. I thought we lived in America..

      College Basketball

      NFL All-Spectator Team

      January 23, 2008 /

      We get it – Tom Brady was great this year. So were Randy Moss, LaDainian Tomlinson and Bob Sanders. But what about the players whose great seasons didn’t translate into postseason berths for their teams? Don’t they deserve recognition too? You bet they do, and they’ll get it with our second- annual NFL All-Spectator Team. The selection process is simple: any player on a playoff team is immediately disqualified from our All-Spectator roster. That’s right, no Patriots, Colts, Packers or Cowboys found their way onto this team. We’ve heard enough about them anyway.

      To check out the entire All-Spectator Team roster, click here.

      NFL

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