Gathered on Thursday, presented on Friday.
A Quote
Denver Nuggets coach George Karl after his three year extension with the team:
"I think I have no problem with our team right now...I hope everybody doesn't think we're going to be any good because I'm pretty confident that we're going to be a damn good team."
One of the unexpected story lines of the NBA season is the surge of the post-Melo Nuggets. I think I can safely speak for most Nuggets fans when I say I did not think that I would be this excited about the new team. They play as a team, they play defense, they're big, and they're fast. I'm not saying that this team will win a championship, but I sure do like them and I think I like them better than the Carmelo Anthony team. Consider their win last night in Phoenix. Five scorers in double figures, and when was the last time a Nuggets team held the Suns under 100 points on the road?
If nothing else, it makes it a lot easier to see Carmelo Anthony's first game-winning shot for the Knicks again and again on Sportscenter. Say what you will (and I have) about his all around game, but that guy is a crazy clutch shooter down the stretch of games.
A Video (or two)
Check it before you chuck it, as Jim Rome says. Check the clock before you heave the basketball in joy or desperation. He was referring to Justin Brownlee of St. John's and his premature jocularity at the end of a victory over Rutgers in the Big East tournament. With about two seconds left and a two point lead, Brownlee started celebrating the victory and traveled, stepped out of bounds, and chucked the ball 20 rows up. Time should have been left on the clock. The Big East officials did not call anything and booked it off the floor, which has been a hot conversation topic.
Here is the video you have to watch. Earlier this season, Roscoe Smith made himself the poster boy of Jim Rome's "check it before you chuck it" motto. Seriously, watch that. If you've already seen it, watch it again.
A Photo
I believe that we have two of the classiest coaches in sports in George Karl and Jim Tracy. Here is a cool picture of them in Arizona, where Karl joined Tracy in the dugout for part of a spring training game.
A Tweet
@notthefakesvp (Scott Van Pelt): To be fair, Rutgers still would have needed to make a bucket with 1.7 but my God - the refs just stopped working the game. Pitiful
A Thought...
...about the notion that smaller conference tournaments should not necessarily have an automatic NCAA bid on the line. I understand the logic: that another team out of a big conference will be more competitive than the Oral Roberts Universitys of the world. Or all it takes is a team that gets hot for a week even if they were not above .500 during the year, and if that team gets the automatic bid they do not belong. To all of this I say...so what? The small conference tournaments are way too much fun, and let's take a moment to give a shout-out to the University of Northern Colorado Bears on their first ever bid.
A Discovery...
...that made me cringe. There is a twitter account for @NFLlabor. Really? Keeping fans updated is one thing, but do you really want to bring extra attention to this situation? I don't understand this at all.
Something that really made me go HUH?
Tiki barber is back! I guess he figures there are a couple people in the NFL who he did not anger on his way out the first time that he can get this time around. There's a lot of nasty things being said about Tiki. He fell on his face (hard) as a "journalist" and some people believe that this is just a cash grab because he is going through a divorce. I just think Tiki has underestimated the damage he did by running his mouth on his way out of the NFL for his first retirement. Here is an article with additional thoughts on this situation.
(WARNING: contains a totally creepy picture of Barber)
A Suggestion...
...for baseball fans. Bookmark Roger Angell's baseball blog. Don't get hung up on the fact that he's on newyorker.com. Angell is one of the best baseball writers...ever.
Links
Dan LeBatard with a local take on the Miami Heat situation http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/03/08/2102109/miami-heats-recent-losses-troubling.html
As Selection Sunday approaches, Seth Davis gives us his "all glue" team http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/seth_davis/03/10/all.glue.team/index.html
Jeff Ritter was inside the ropes with Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, and Graeme McDowell http://www.golf.com/golf/tours_news/article/0,28136,2058335,00.html
Curious which bubble teams will make the tourney? Rivals.com has a daily tracker http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/news?slug=rivals-1198605
Tracy Ringolsby writes about Zach Greinke and other dumb baseball injuries http://www.foxsportswisconsin.com/msn/03/09/11/Injury-bug-continues-to-hit-Brewers/landing_brewers.html?blockID=436915&feedID=5059
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