Tag: NBA
Dumb-Dumb Maker DeAndre Baker, Maple Leafs, MLB Life Support, NBA Defying COVID
LOCKDOWN, NJ – After returning from a two-day attempted social distancing stay with the family upstate, I’m back to replace Short Matt today. It’s what I do. Here’s what caught my eye: Dumb-Dumb Maker DeAndre Bake, Maple Leafs, MLB Life Support, NBA Defying COVID JUST IN DEPARTMENT DeAndre Baker was just charged with four counts […]
Our Kids’ Kids’ Terrifying Future: Mark McGwire, Kanye West, XFL, ST. Louis Blues, Joe Namath?
DENVER, CO – Where in the world is Carmen San Diego? Where’s Waldo? Who Framed Roger Rabbit? Dude, Where’s my Car? What’s Eating Gilbert Grape? Why is San Diego’s mascot a Chicken? Why doesn’t The Chicken wear a Padres uniform? Why did Payne Stewart’s plane depressurize? Who let the dogs out? Why didn’t OJ’s glove […]
The Good and Bad Of Hiring Tom Thibodeau
SPANISH HARLEM – Last week, the New York Knicks announced that they were hiring Tom Thibodeau to be their next head coach. This was no surprise, as Thibbs has been the favorite for months – more so because of his relationship with the Knicks new President, Leon Rose. Rose was Thibbs’ agent while Rose was […]
Angry Ward Wednesday: Black Baseball Players, Better Football Uniforms and Let’s All Hate the Islanders Again!
NEW YORK, NY – With sports being played in the afternoon, people getting shot right and left, and sharks taking the beaches back and biting people in half, my long wait for a return to 1970s normalcy is over. Can the re-pornification of Times Square be far behind? Let’s hope so. And, since we’re rethinking and […]
Big Ben: Bombers Bombing in Bumpy Season, Rangers on the Brink, Swan Song for The King
STAMFORD CT – The New York Yankees are storming through a season that might get shut down before it gets going. The New York Rangers are one game away from being ousted in a Stanley Cup tournament that looks like it will have a champion. I might be a week or so away from going […]
Jonathan Isaac, Slim Sabathia, MLB Alternate Programming
COVID BUBBLE, FL – The out-of-whack continues to permeate the air of Zombie Apocalypse Earth. Before the asteroid hits, let’s get to today’s topics: Jonathan Isaac, Slim Sabathia, MLB Alternate Programming Jonathan Isaac stood for The National Anthem. That is now a gasp-inducing headline in our topsy-turvy world. For those of you living in a […]
COVID-19 Hits Baseball… What Do We Do Next?
SPANISH HARLEM – The baseball world was turned upside down this week and dealt with its first major Covid-19 issue. The Florida Marlins had about half its team test positive for the virus and stunted a couple of teams in the process, including the New York Yankees, who were to play the Philadelphia Phillies on […]
Autonomous Ward: Kill Your Sports Darlings… At Least for One Week
BRONX, NY – It’s Wednesday July 29, in Year Zero. Yep, this is the year we were forced to unplug the world, in hopes that it would just reboot and correct itself when we plugged it back in. So far, I’m not convinced. It feels to me like we’re starting from scratch, blindly trying to cobble […]
Sports Return: New Team Names, NHL Seattle, Washington Football Club, Fauci vs Dell’Abate
SLEEPY, NJ – Welcome, finally, to an exciting weekend. Yes, sports have returned. We have something to nourish our empty souls; previously filled with unmarked federal agents and wind-bag officials. Major League Baseball kicked things off and soon the NHL and NBA tournaments will be upon us. The real world is sure to interfere with […]
Sports Rain Man: No College Football, COVID Cards Folding MLB Season, NBA Playoffs
EL BARRIO, EL FALLS – Happy Monday… Here we are after enjoying another weekend of sports… in some Covid version. These renditions suck but they are the best we got until things get back to normal. I hear the over/under is 2 years for that. Anyway, here is what is on deck for today: No […]
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