2010

September 13, 2010 – Kevin Burke Back for it’s 3rd season, the award-winning Gatorade REPLAY stages re-matches of classic games between some the nation’s best high school sports teams and gives former teammates the chance to prove once you’re an athlete, you’re always an athlete. This year, it reunited two South Side Chicago high school [...]

September 12, 2010 – Dr. Dime We’ve all heard that ‘Defense Wins Championships’ a million times over. Well today the Americans proved once again the validity of that statement by locking down Turkey in the FIBA World Championship Finals. Team USA for the first time since 1994 are your World Champions! Team USA came out [...]

September 10, 2010 – THD Rumor Patrol The New Jersey Nets signed veteran free agent forward Joe Smith to a one-year contract and hired Milton Lee as director of basketball operations on Friday. Smith received the veteran minimum of $1,352,131, the team said. The first pick overall in the 1995 draft, Smith is joining his [...]

September 10, 2010 – Kevin Burke To say the least, the Washington Wizards have taken a couple of steps back. Just a few short years ago, they were a perennial playoff team. Fast forward to today, they are somewhat a punchline. That was due, in large part, to franchise player Gilbert Arenas and his decision to bring a gun into the [...]

September 10, 2010 – Kevin Burke The summer is usually very quiet for the NBA. There are the dog days of summer for baseball, and then football starts to heat up as the summer winds down. Both of which contribute in making basketball a distant thought. But this is isn’t just any summer. This is the [...]

September 10, 2010 – Kevin Burke In May of this year, the University of Connecticut men’s basketball program was officially accused of eight NCAA infractions stemming from alleged telephone calls and text messages between coaches and recruits. Moreover, Head Coach Jim Calhoun was cited for failing to promote an “atmosphere of compliance.”  It was the [...]

September 6, 2010 – THD Rumor Patrol For how long will the Kings be in Sacramento? Marcos Breton of the Sac Bee has his say on the matter… If Sacramento wants to keep the Kings and remain in the business of big-time sports, it needs to grow up. The capital city has wasted enough time [...]

September 5, 2010 – THD Rumor Patrol Hedo Turkoglu really came through for the home team at the FIBA World Championship Round of 16 when he led the Turkey team to a win over France to eliminate Boris Diaw and company…. Turkey used a 21-4 run spanning the second and third quarters on Sunday to [...]

September 4, 2010 – THD Rumor Patrol Someone remind us why Juan Carlos Navarro is not in the league anymore? The cat can flat at score with the best in the world…. Juan Carlos Navarro scored 22 points for Spain in an 80-72 victory that eliminated Greece from the basketball World Championships on Saturday. The [...]

September 2, 2010 – Kevin Burke Six NBA Championships in eight years. That’s what made the Chicago Bulls the team of the 90s. They were the team everyone else wanted to beat and they were the envy of the league. Many feel that if Michael Jordan didn’t take a hiatus to play a mediocre outfield [...]