Entries Tagged as 'Basketball'

Thursday, November 22nd, 2007

Trying to find an NBA team to root for - New Orleans Hornets Edition

Yes, this series is back.  And yes, I know that it is more than 1/8th into the season, so I am going to try to finish this up as soon as possible.  I have somewhere from seven to nine more teams that I want to cover and am going to try to do so quickly [...]

Saturday, November 3rd, 2007

Trying to Find An NBA Team to Root For - Boston Celtics Edition

Yes, the season has begun. I have, however, failed to choose my NBA team. So far I have profiled the Wizards and the Bulls, but I have at least eight more teams that I want to get around to before making my final choice. I will try to avoid letting current results [...]

Saturday, October 27th, 2007

Trying to Figure Out Which NBA Team to Root For - Washington Wizards

The Wizards are another team with an enigma being a major part of their equation. Granted, superstar Gilbert Arenas is Washington’s enigma while Chicago has to worry about half of its young team freezing up at one time. Arenas is undoubtedly one of the game’s most entertaining superstars, from his crazy mannerisms to [...]

Friday, October 26th, 2007

News Break: Darnell Dodson is a Moron

Whats with Pitt teams losing players just before the season starts?
Freshman guard Darnell Dodson has been ruled ineligible and plans to transfer to Miami Dade College.  Though this loss is not as harmful to the basketball squad as Derek Kinder’s was for the football team, Dodson had a very high ceiling and was supposed to [...]

Thursday, October 25th, 2007

Trying to Figure Out Which NBA Team to Follow - Bulls Edition

I’ve always had a little bit more than a passing interest in basketball, but Pittsburgh’s lack of a team has prevented me from having a natural group of players to follow. This season, however, I am trying to follow a sport that I don’t understand nearly as well as the other three of the [...]

Tuesday, October 16th, 2007

That’s Odd . . .

Syracuse agreed today to give a contract extension to Mike Hopkins, who is going to be the successor to Jim Boeheim.  I understand giving contract extensions to head coaches and all, but to an assistant so that he can be the successor?  That’s usually not something that’s announced to the public.
Either Syracuse knows that Boeheim [...]