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Kobe Bryant & Pau Gasol Like in the Good Old Days
It’s a rough road back from recovery for Kobe Bryant, having the expected ups & downs in his offensive game since returning to the Los Angeles Lakers, straight into the lineup. It’s nice to have an old battle partner like Pau Gasol come back to life, if only for a moment, to help push the team through a tough road game.
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Urban Meyer Admits He’s a Terrible Loser
Losing to Michigan State in the Big Ten championship game was like hitting a brick wall for Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer, facing the harsh reality of being a sore loser, and having to deal with that fact for an entire offseason.
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Tony Romo Still Has The Support of Jerry Jones
Another big lead, another fourth quarter mistake, another loss. It feels like Deja Vu for Tony Romo and the Dallas Cowboys, finding themselves in yet another fight for survival in order to avoid a fourth consecutive season of missing the playoffs. Despite yet another crunch time interception, Jerry Jones, the team’s owner and general manager, has Romo’s back.
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Damian Lillard Won’t Stop Hitting Game Winning Shots
When you’re hot, you’re hot, and it has nothing to do with set plays, schemes or a coaches plan. Damian Lillard pulled up from very deep in order to give the Portland Trail Blazers another last second victory, this time knocking a game-winning three pointer over Kyrie Irving to put his foot down and decide the duel between the two point guards, while the Blazers left with the 119-116 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers.
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Olivier Giroud Is the Most Wasteful Striker in the Premier League
Thinking that Olivier Giroud has made a great leap this season, taking him into another level? Well, not all numbers and statistics support that theory, showing that among the league’s top strikers, no one is as wasteful and inefficient as Arsenal’s French forward.
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Building a Squad – Manchester City vs Barcelona
One of the interesting clashes in style we’ll see when Manchester City and Barcelona play in the Champions League’s round of 16 in a couple of months will be the approach to building a squad. Barca rely on outside talent, but not anywhere near the way Manchester City have over the years, building a championship […]
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Liverpool FC & Luis Suarez Forever
One thing we’ve learned about Luis Suarez that we didn’t know about him before is that he doesn’t hold a grudge. Despite Liverpool not selling him to a club playing in the Champions League like he wished for, he has been the perfect professional and leader, hands down the best player in the Premier League since the start of the season. The next chapter in the saga? The club trying to extend his contract.
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Chelsea FC – Jose Mourinho Can Start Playing Ugly Football
No one fires managers or makes big changes based on the League Cup. Chelsea are only two points away from the top of the Premier League, but you can tell something’s not right. Losing twice in the Champions League; already six matches out of 16 without a win in the league. Jose Mourinho isn’t happy, feeling slight pressure and knows some change is going to come.
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Adnan Januzaj is The Biggest Diver Right Now in the Premier League
As part of some pregame psychology, Mark Hughes decided to hit out at Adnan Januzaj for building a reputation as a dirty diver, something he’ll need to walk away from if he’s to become a great player. Even though the comment is meant to provoke and put pressure on the officials as Stoke and Manchester United meet to play in the League Cup quarterfinals, he’s got it quite right when it comes to the young Belgian player.
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Jordan Hamilton Ejected for Not Punching Steven Adams
In recent years, the NBA has turned into something of a Big Brother mind controlling organization – to think about something illegal is pretty much like doing it. Jordan Hamilton got ejected for simply thinking to punch Steven Adams after bumping in to him. Not actually going through with it didn’t stop the officials from chucking him out of the game, which means he’ll also be punished by the league itself.