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The view from Boston on the Cavs having so much fun

April 13, 2009

Boston is a serious sports town, and the Boston media handles things quite well. So it was good to see that they did not make a big to-do out of the Cavs dancing on the bench in the fourth quarter of Sunday's blowout. Ray Allen didn't like it, but I really feel it was just [...]

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Cavs beat Celtics … who even try Hack-a-Ben

January 9, 2009

Gonna try this live blog thing at least thru the first half … night games produce bad deadlines. The atmosphere at the Q is pretty charged, which is no surprise. Final thoughts will come after the game … so bear with us.
First quarter: The Cavs start fast and shoot the lights out
The Cavs started [...]

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ESPN clears up a key to tonight's game

January 9, 2009

Was watching ESPN while jogging and they had a preview of the Celtics-Cavs tonight. Avery Johnson came on and said that the LeBron James-Paul Pierce matchup was key. Just thought I’d pass that along.

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These stories are going to get real annoying

November 1, 2008

Game 1 of the NBA season was barely over when the first of … oh … 79,134 "LeBron is Leaving" stories hit the national airwaves. This one came from Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo sports. It has some solid reporting that indicates LeBron James might not leave the Cavs, but it also states he might. James [...]

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Paul Pierce just keeps missing the mark

August 5, 2008

Paul Pierce is having an interesting offseason. Celebrating his title, almost getting arrested in Las Vegas and then proclaiming himself the world’s greatest basketball player. Pierce said that in Madrid when asked if Kobe Bryant is the best player in the world. “I don't think Kobe is the best player. I'm the best player,” Pierce [...]

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James Posey and the Indians and Yellowstone

July 19, 2008

Why did James Posey go to New Orleans instead of back to Boston or to Cleveland? New Orleans gave a 31-year-old role player a four-year contract. The Celtics and Cavs were not willing to go that far. Was it right? Well, Danny Ferry constantly stresses the need to be flexible in his contracts, and adding [...]

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Larry King takes a look at things

June 11, 2008

Today's blog is presented by Larry King, the multi-married talk-show host …
The Indians won two in a row! … Must let the lovely Dyan Cannon know of that. … She’s a huge Tribe fan. … Jack looked great last night, didn’t he? … But who was the guy with the hat and sunglasses? [...]

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Paul Pierce is NOT Willis Reed

June 8, 2008

Paul Pierce’s saga continues today. The guy who was so injured he couldn’t walk the other night in Game 1 in Boston might or might not play tonight. Pierce needed to be carried off the court and wheelchaired to the dressing room after he hurt his knee in Game 1. Bill Plaschke, a friend and [...]

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The Indians score! But is Westbrook's situation bad? And other things …

June 5, 2008

The Indians scored 35 runs the last three games in Texas, which either means that park is the ultimate hitter’s park, or the Indians may be breaking out of their hitting slump. Or have broken out. If they are, it’s good. But the prognosis for Jake Westbrook does not sound good. Any time a guy [...]

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Some thoughts on Game 7 …

May 19, 2008

OK … there were computer problems. But I got a kick out of this comment on the previous post stating there were computer problems. “Computer problems??? That's the same silly excuse Windy uses whenever he's running late to meet his espn.com deadline.” Why is that funny? Because it was Brian Windhorst, my esteemed colleague, who [...]

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