April 10, 2013
Champions League Underdog of the Week: Juventus
We have reached the wonderful part of the UEFA Champions League where a truly elite team can be a heavy underdog. Juventus has dominated Serie A this season after cutting through it unbeaten last season. They lead their domestic league in goals scored and goals allowed. They have one of the best keepers in the […]
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Derek Jeter’s Diary: Pottery Is No Substitute for Baseball
The baseball season is a long and lonely road. To preserve his sanity, Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter keeps a diary. These are excerpts from The Captain’s private journal. Monday, April 1: vs. Red Sox, Opening Day Opening Day. At the Stadium. Versus the Red Sox. CC on the mound. Pettitte in the dugout. Mo in […]
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NBA Short-Attention-Span Power Rankings: The Closer
A survey of the players and teams making moves in last night’s NBA action. 1. Kobe Bryant Robert Mays: I haven’t looked at the box score from last night’s Lakers win, and that’s on purpose — because I really don’t care to see it. I don’t know if Kobe Bryant went 10-for-30 or 15-of-25. I […]
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B.S. Report: Chad Ford and Joe House
Bill Simmons talks to Chad Ford and Joe House about the NCAA tournament, the upcoming NBA draft, and whether Nerlens Noel will still be the no. 1 pick, despite a torn ACL. To listen to this podcast, download it on iTunes here or listen at the ESPN.com Podcenter.
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A World Without Gallo: Can George Karl’s Nuggets Survive?
Predicting the impact of Danilo Gallinari’s season-ending knee injury on Denver’s playoff hopes is one of the trickiest bits of analysis the NBA’s roulette wheel of injury luck has given us this season. The Nuggets might be one of the league’s deepest teams, full of wing types ready to sop up Gallinari’s minutes and ballhandling […]
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About Last Night: New York’s Lucky Number 13
In case you were busy letting yourself go after realizing that a late push for a role in Pain & Gain was a fool’s errand, here’s what you missed in sports on Tuesday: In a battle of red-hot Eastern Conference foes, Carmelo Anthony and the New York Knicks outdueled John Wall and the Washington Wizards, […]
Read moreApril 9, 2013
We Went There: The Streets of Louisville After the National Championship
Thirteen hours before Peyton Siva’s free throw sealed his team’s first national championship in 27 years, Jon DeSalvo was in Louisville’s Holy Trinity Catholic Church. A lifelong Kentucky Wildcat with a visceral hatred for the city’s red half, he was not there to pray for Michigan to deliver the sweetest of blows and extend the […]
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Jerry Jones Stands by 2008 Draft, Continues Distancing Himself From Reality
Earlier today, David Moore, of the Dallas Morning News, posted a story on the paper’s website laying out Cowboys owner Jerry Jones’s thoughts on the team’s 2008 draft class — for which, of course, he is responsible. “We got starting time out of both of them,” Jones said. “That’s not enough, but those guys aren’t […]
Read moreCheck Out This Letter Bill Clinton Wrote Chris Webber in 1993, After the Infamous Timeout
If this happened today, it would probably come in the form of a text and feature rain, sun, and angel emojis. Here’s the text:
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When JaVale McGee Insults Luther Vandross, We Draw the Line
RT @javalemcgee34 NO ONE WANTS TO HEAR THIS LUTHER SONG AS INSPIRATION ON THIS TOURNAMENT MONTAGE! LOL — JaVale McGee (@JaValeMcGee34) April 9, 2013 Oh, really, JaVale? What do the people want, then? A living, breathing Not Top 10 that retweets his retweet-starting tweets? Is that it? Probably. Yeah, they most certainly want that over […]
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Love ’Em or Hate ’Em, the Marlins Continue to Develop Players
Quick, what’s the first thing that pops to mind when you hear “Miami Marlins”? Odds are your mind’s drifted to “Jeffrey Loria,” “SEC probe,” or “fire sales” — very possibly all of the above. Given the franchise’s history, those associations are largely deserved, no matter what kind of spin you want to put on it […]
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NCAA Championship Shootaround
The national title game in riffs and GIFs. All In Brian Phillips: At some point during the White Hyperspace portion of the proceedings — between, say, Spike Albrecht’s 19th consecutive falling-away 30-footer and the moment when Luke Hancock actually turned into a flock of doves — it hit me that life would be easier if […]
Read moreNBA Countdown: Who Will Be the NBA’s Top Scorer?
Jalen Rose and Bill Simmons break down the suddenly tight race for the NBA scoring title between Carmelo Anthony and Kevin Durant. They also explain how Melo and Durant were born to score baskets the way sharks were born to kill fish.
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The Pain of Losing Well: Michigan’s Heartbreak
In the hallway outside the Michigan locker room, we the media huddled on the far side of the retractable dividers, a mass of cameras and notebooks and digital recorders. Inside, head coach John Beilein had a few minutes to speak in private with his players after they’d lost the national championship game to Louisville. When […]
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About Last Night: It’s All in the Cards
In case you were out demanding that Red Lobster serve you a never-ending pasta bowl, here’s what you missed in sports on Monday: In a thrilling conclusion to the NCAA tournament, the Louisville Cardinals beat the Michigan Wolverines, 82-76, to win their first NCAA title in 27 years. Reserve forward Luke Hancock was named the […]
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