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Boston Celtics: If Only Larry Bird Was Walking Through That Door
Posted: 17th March 2010 by Stew Winkel in NBA
After another defeat to an elite team followed by a blow-out victory at home over the Pistons, I have decided to take a break from this back and forth struggle of trying to figure out the 2009-10 Boston Celtics. Rather, I want to take a look back.
You see, this week is my birthday. Usually, I am not one to make a big deal out of my birthday, but this year ...
Is Rajon Rondo the NBA’s Best Point Guard and Other Boston Celtics Questions
Posted: 10th March 2010 by Stew Winkel in NBA
I have come up with five questions for this year’s Celtics team, while still waiting for Doc Rivers to decide to send a double-team at Andrew Bogut:
Is Rajon Rondo the best point guard in the NBA?
I ask this question not to set up an argument with myself. Rather, because there are definitely points during games when I watch Rondo play and think he is as good a point guard as ...
Boston Celtics Uneven Play Has Nothing To Do with Boredom
Posted: 3rd March 2010 by Stew Winkel in NBA
Following last nightÆs Celtics game against the Detroit Pistons, I found myself thinking about Dennis Green and his now famous rant after his Arizona Cardinals lost to the Chicago Bears.á
We all remember.á It began like this, ôThe Bears are who we thought they were. They're who we thought they were.ö Green continued on, but it is really the beginning of the quote that is relevant to the Celtics.
The Celtics are ...
The Boston Celtics returned from the All-Star break needing a win, and they did just that in their first game back, defeating the Kings in Sacramento last night 95-92.á Why then do I not feel any better about this teamÆs chances?
The Celtics went into the break losers of back-to-back games, against Orlando and then New Orleans.á In both games, the Celtics looked awful in the third quarter and only marginally ...
Five Reasons the 2009 New England Patriots are Struggling
Posted: 6th December 2009 by Stew Winkel in NFL
The New England Patriots lost on Sunday to the Dolphins in Miami, falling to 7-5, and have now lost three of their last four games.á
This team, while 6-0 at home, has not won a game in an opponentsÆstadium all season and has blown second-half leads in four of their five losses.
In the span of a few weeks, the conversation has swung from do the Patriots belong mentioned among the ...
How To Fix Major League Baseball’s Fiscal Imbalance
Posted: 12th November 2009 by Stew Winkel in MLB
First, let me get this out of the wayùcongratulations to the New York Yankees and their fans on winning the World Series.á They were the best team and deserved to win.
Okay, now I can move on to why the rest of baseball needs to see what the Yankees accomplished in the last twelve months, and why they should be afraidùbe very afraid.
Over that time, the Yankees signed three of the ...
Roger Goodell’s Cowardice Shows in Handling of Tom Cable Situation
Posted: 13th October 2009 by Stew Winkel in NFL
News today out of the NFL is that if Oakland Raiders head coach Tom Cable is implicated by police in the assault of an assistant coach, then commissioner Roger Goodell will act, and Goodell expects to receive a report from the police ôin the next couple weeks.ö
For someone who has attempted to paint a picture of himself as this get-tough commissioner who will not tolerate anyone tarnishing the NFL brand ...
NFL: With All Due Respect, Mike Florio Writes Pure Fiction About Randy Moss
Posted: 28th September 2009 by Stew Winkel in NFL
When it comes to journalism in this Internet era, there should still exist a difference between opinion pieces and stories fabricated out of thin air.á That difference, however, apparently matters little to Mike Florio or NBC Sports.
It is really my own fault for reading the web site. Florio runs profootballtalk.com which, as of recently, is part of NBC Sports.á
And it appears Florio, a notorious spreader of baseless rumors in my ...
After only scoring nine points, and zero touchdowns yesterday against the New York Jets, there is some cause for concern this morning among New England Patriots fans.
Entering the year, even the most level-headed Pats fan could not help but dream back to the offense of 2007 and think with Tom Brady healthy and Randy Moss, offense should not be a concern for this year’s team.
As we have witnessed in the ...