So Long, Little General

Mike D’Antoni goes out the door earlier, now Mavericks coach Avery Johnson has gotten the boot after two successive first-round playoff exits in Dallas.
I get the sense the Mavericks never really recovered from the Dwyane Wade Rules in 2006. The run-up to the best record the next season in order to make the run back [...]

Full Of Sound And Fury, Signifying Everything

(Video via Awful Announcing.)
Everyone’s up in arms today over last night’s Costas Now, in which Will Leitch basically fended off H.G. “Buzz” Bissinger and Bob Costas as they ranted about blogging’s abusive tone and profane writing.  Bissinger’s particular diatribe reeks of a noxious sort of desperation, one that a writer of his talent should never [...]

Stealing Signals: Bizarro AL East

Orioles 7, Rays 4 - I’m still getting accustomed to the idea of Baltimore and Tampa Bay high up in the AL East while it still lasts. O’s starter Garrett Olson threw six shutout innings and was propelled by an Aubrey Huff jack and two more Melvin Mora RBIs to the win.
Mets 5, Pirates 4 [...]

Above The Rim: Eclipsing The Suns

Spurs 92, Suns 87 - San Antonio sends both the Suns and their coach packing after a five-game series, despite only getting double digits out of two players: Tim Duncan’s 29 and Tony Parker’s 31.  The Spurs take out the Suns for the fourth time in the last five years of the playoffs — complete [...]

No More Pornstache In Phoenix

Sports Illustrated’s Jack McCallum is reporting that Suns coach Mike D’Antoni son’t be coming back after last night’s elimination at the hands of the San Antonio Spurs in Game 5 of their first round series. The question is really now over whether D’Antoni will be offered a job by another team and accept or whether [...]

The Nomad Returns To The Bench

Update your flow charts, everyone: Larry Brown is returning to an NBA sideline, if the AP is right and he doesn’t get cold feet before a press conference this afternoon. This would make for Brown’s 9th NBA team (Pistons, Clippers, Spurs, Pacers, Knicks, 76ers, Nuggets, and Nets — obviously, not in that order), and represents, [...]

Trapped In The Rundown Of Love

Anything involving Roger Clemens these days has descended into pure unintentional comedy (you couldn’t come up with parody as good as his testimony in front of Congress over Brian McNamee), and you’ve likely read the news that has been all over sports and music blogs better than this one you are reading about an “intimate” [...]

Above The Rim: Brooms Out

That was a pleasant week or so off. Miss me? Doubt it.
Lakers 107, Nuggets 101 - Geez, I thought the Nuggets could at least take a game on their way out of the first round, but given the way the team just caved in on itself during the series, not even an attempted comeback by [...]

I’ve Not Gone Completely Off The Grid

However, I am in the middle of a week of vacation and mostly away from a computer and a TV with audio, so obviously, the posting has suffered and will continue to suffer this week.
There are occasional sporting thoughts available, though: if you care enough to follow that and other nonsense, feel free to follow [...]

Stealing Signals: Victimized by Utley

Phillies 5, Mets 4 - Chase Utley goes deep off of Mike Pelfrey twice to get a 4-0 lead going, the Phillies then give it all back later, and Pedro Feliz, of all people, takes Pedro Feliciano out in the 7th for the game-winning run. Blech.
Red Sox 6, Rangers 5 - Four run rally in [...]