Mike D’Antoni, who’s come under fire for his short bench, can shut his critics up by guiding the Suns into the NBA Finals. The Phoenix Suns have been knocking on the door for a while, and while their big win over Dallas two weeks ago was sweet, it will mean nothing if they can’t get […]
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Until last night’s performance by Carlos Boozer, the last Jazz player to score 41 points in a game was Karl Malone in 2000. Carlos Boozer strapped the Jazz on his back on Monday, leading them to a come-from-behind victory over the Wizards. The dude was simply unconscious, scoring 36 of his career-high 41 in the
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If you have an autographed Norm Hutchins card lying around, I have some bad news: you’re headed back to work tomorrow morning. How many of you out there remember Norm Hutchins, the switch-hitting outfielder that the Angels grabbed in the second round (40th overall) back in 1994? Hutchins spent four years on the Angels’ top
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Remember when Travis Lee was going to be a fantasy stud for years to come? When a draft loophole allowed him to cash in with a big-money deal from Arizona as a player who was going to be the cornerstone for that fledgling expansion club back in the day? Well, it never happened. And now,
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What? Doesn’t everybody need a lap dance in their darkest hour? You know, things have been just a bit too quiet in Portland this year as the team works hard to shed itself of the Jail Blazers tag. Thank goodness for Zach Randolph. Off on bereavement leave, he not only gets spotted at a strip
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In just two years, Chien-Ming Wang has progressed from dressing like a cheerleader to being the likely Opening Day starter for the Yanks. The problems with Andy’s Not-so-Dandy back earlier this week made me wonder if the Yankees could survive a major hit to their starting rotation. So in this week’s Offseason Lowdown, we put
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Isiah Thomas has salvaged his job, but can he salvage a playoff spot for the injury-ravaged New York Knicks? The Knicks have certainly been a lot better than last season’s debacle which found them occupying the Eastern Conference basement. It’s progress enough to save Isiah Thomas’s ass, but probably not sufficent enought to get back
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