August 2006

Sapporo, Japan — Journalists are trained to be coldly objective, a trait that sometimes can make it seem to fans like we actually are rooting against the teams we cover.  But it is a bit of a different challenge, and a new challenge for me, at an event like the FIBA World Championships.
Above all else, [...]

Sapporo, Japan — There is a word I keep repeating to myself over an over as I encounter new things at these world championships…bizarre. It is just so different from what I am used to with the NBA and in so many unexpected ways. I can totally understand why it is challenging for [...]

I’ve gotten several e-mails about a blip in an AP story today about a foot injury Anderson Varejao suffered in a game against France.  I’ve spoken with the Cavs, who have spoken with Andy from Korea and they report that it isn’t serious and he’ll just need a few days rest.  He is expected to [...]

Spokane, Wash. — Sorry for the absence, I’ve been bounding around Western Canada for the last week with two high school friends on a long-planned road trip.  Been in beautiful places like Vancouver, Revelstoke, Radium Hot Springs, Banff and Canmore.  Been offroading on an ATV, whitewater rafting, in a hail storm at the top of [...]