Tag: Chicago Bulls
Mayweather vs McGregor Presser and My Thoughts on the Hardaway and Baker Knicks Signing
SPANISH HARLEM, NY – Just my luck! I get stuck with the rare day of year when no professional sport is played (NBA Summer League doesn’t count). Due to the All-Star break baseball doesn’t resume until Friday but it’s my job to entertain you so I will try to give you a little bit of […]
Cheesy Bruin’s 50 Year Sports Retrospective
MARLBORO, NY– Today marks the first day of my 50th year on this earth and when you get to be this age you pretty much think you’ve seen it all if you’re a sports fan. Not that I consider myself a know-it-all, but a sports fan my age has witnessed some of the G.O.A.T. in […]
Anthony Mason: New Yorker and Knick For Life
SPRINGFIELD GARDENS, QUEENS – He left a mark in fan’s memories the same way he bruised the opposition attempting to travel inside the paint in hopes of filling the hole on a basketball court. Anthony Mason played larger than his 6’7″, 250-pound frame and got the most out of his ability based more upon determination than an […]
Blaber’s Blabberings: O’Bannon Vs NCAA, Selig’s Replacement, LeBron Ripple Effect And #WordCrimes
“I hate these word crimes You really need a Full time proofreader You dumb mouth-breather” – “Weird” Al Yankovic, from his latest track Word Crimes. EL BARIO, BRONX – This week’s Sports Bully Pulpit required some real scrambling. The mid-season MLB All-Star game break creates the absolute slowest week in sports. There is nothing to […]
Blaber’s Blabberings: Inappropriate Jokes, Lebron James to Cleveland, World Cup, MLS, WNBA
“That’s a sad story. No one should have to be in Cleveland for 10 years.” – Mikel Jolsman, (my rugby friend), on the 3 girls held captive in a Cleveland home for 10 years. EL BARIO, BRONX – The above joke was crude but made me laugh so hard I spilled my coffee. Where I spilled it […]
Blaber’s Blabberings: Tim Howard as Lundquist, Escape To Victory, NHL, NBA Moves
“Are you mad? That was the greatest goalkeeping performance by an American since Captain Robert Hatch in Escape to Victory.” – Azlan Rore, Junoir’s Rugby friend. EL BARIO, BRONX – This week’s article was done by Thursday night as your good Deacon Blaber got an ultimatum from his wife to NOT mess up the holiday weekend. […]
Blaber’s Blabberings: Carmelo, Lebron, NBA Draft And World Cup Notes
“The man is chasing rings. Its strictly business! Nothing personal dude.” – Maceo Battles, Junoir’s childhood friend. EL BARIO, BRONX – There was a lot going on this week, so much so that it was really hard to fixate on one thing so I will focus on two sports and the many talking points that […]
Blaber’s Blabberings: Carmelo Anthony To Bulls, Deone Bucannon Brick Response, MSL
“If we gave you a brick how many things could you do with it? You have 60 seconds to answer” – Cleveland Browns Management to Deone Bucannon EL BARIO, BRONX: Woohoo! In case you are wondering why I am so happy, it is because it is Spring Daylight Savings Time. Sure, that means that we lose an […]
Time To Step Up Derek Rose
The Chicago Bulls won Game 7 of their First Round match-up against the Brooklyn Nets without Luol Deng, Kirk Hinrich and of course Derek Rose; and not to mention center Joakim Noah played with plantar fasciitis and dominated. Now that the Bulls face League MVP LeBron James and the Miami Heat in the Second Round they […]
The Week That Was: Yankees, Eagles and Knicks
The week that was has not been good to me. The New York Yankees lost in the ALCS and though the Philadelphia Eagles won on Monday, they lost two key players in Jordan Hicks and Jason Peters for the season. To matters worse the New York Knicks are 0-3… I knew the Knicks would be […]
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