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LA Lakers vs. Oklahoma City Thunder: Good Riddance, OKC
Posted: 1st May 2010 by Jo-Ryan Salazar in NBA
Bloody, bloody heck. After six games of wondering if this Los Angeles Lakers team is ever going to learn how to win the games that matter on the road, I can finally say, at the top of my lungs, "Good riddance, OKC!"
For a few fleeting seconds, I thought Pau Gasol was going to be the goat for sending this heady best-of-seven NBA Western Conference Quarterfinal into a Game Seven.
There are ...
Ten Ways For Fans To Get Over the 2009-10 Anaheim Ducks season
Posted: 8th April 2010 by Jo-Ryan Salazar in NHL
All right, Anaheim Ducks fans. Your crosscounty rivals, the Los Angeles Kings, eliminated you from thae playoffs and placed Randy Carlyle in the hot seat for good. As a Ducks supporter for a half-decade, I feel your pain and commisserate in solidarity. But don't fret. I have come up with ten amazing ways to get over the pain that is the 2009-10 Anaheim Ducks season. And trust me: they work.Begin ...
Clippers-Lakers: Ladies and Gentlemen, the Hallway Series Is Back
Posted: 7th January 2010 by Jo-Ryan Salazar in NBA
It took 10 games. Count 'em, 10 games.
But make no mistake about it.
After more than two seasons of one-sided dominance, the Hallway Seriesùthe rivalry between the Los Angeles Clippers and Los Angeles Lakersùis back.
Can you believe it?
With the Clippers faithful mocking their well-known Jack In The Box tacos promotion, the fires that fuel this battle of Los Angeles were stoked. Mike Dunleavy's Clippers pulled off a 102-91 victory over ...
1972 Miami Dolphins Drink to Jim Caldwell’s Intentional Miscue
Posted: 28th December 2009 by Jo-Ryan Salazar in NFL
For at least one more year, the 1972 Miami Dolphins remain the only National Football League team to go through an entire season undefeated.
And they did it thanks to Indianapolis Colts head coach Jim Caldwell doing an unexpected about face.
The Colts proceeded to lay down their arms against the New York Jets yesterday and got smothered 29-15.
"I knew we were starting a rookie that had no business trying to maintain ...
Cleveland-LA Lakers: James Plays the Grinch in 102-87 Victory
Posted: 25th December 2009 by Jo-Ryan Salazar in NBA
The Los Angeles Lakers picked the wrong time to play their worst basketball of the 2009-10 season. On Christmas Day, even. LeBron James became the Grinch, and Staples Center turned into Whoville as he scored 26 points en route to a 102-87 victory for the Cleveland Cavaliers. Mo Williams had a breakout game for Cleveland with 28 points to lead the Cavs, who improve to 23-8. Shaquille O'Neal, ...
East Coast Defeats West Coast, Wins Coastal World Series
Posted: 26th October 2009 by Jo-Ryan Salazar in MLB
Fans of the West Coast Baseball Club were in tears and some despondent senior citizen diehards chose to immolate themselves after the East Coast Baseball Club won Game 11 of the Coastal World Series, 5-2, to win the Best-of-14 series eight games to three. Co-manager of the West Coast, Mike Scioscia, was defiant in defending his club's lack of performance. "That's baseball," he said. "It is what it ...
Les Capitales De Quebec: Canada’s Other Baseball Powerhouse
Posted: 22nd September 2009 by Jo-Ryan Salazar in MLB
Canada has never been a major force in the so-called "Great American Pastime" since the watershed years of 1992 and 1993.
In those days, the Toronto Blue Jays proved that a Canadian team can rule a league dominated by its neighbors to the south.
It would not be long before the Montreal Expos made their move to Washington, making the Jays the only beacon of hope for the Great White North in ...
Cubs Say Farewell to a Legend as Milton Bradley Leaves Chicago
Posted: 22nd September 2009 by Jo-Ryan Salazar in MLB
And so another chapter ends in a city that has witnessed one of its teams win a World Series title in the last 93 years—and the team in particular is NOT the Cubs.
The Cubs, under manager Lou Pinella and crow-eating general manager Jim "Boo-Boo" Hendry, ended their ties with two-timing renegade switch-hitter Milton Bradley by suspending him for the rest of the 2009 Major League season for decrying their ineptitude ...