When the Bulls Celtics series ended I was a little disheartened. I sat there thinking, “well, this was an amazing series. There is no way the rest of the playoffs will come close to this series.”
Boy was I wrong. Watching Lebron’s game winning shot on Saturday night, I officially decided that this year’s post-season was something special. Lebron’s shot is one of those sports moments that are forever seared into your memory–you will always remember where y... Read Full Story
Sorry that it has been a little while since I wrote a post, it has been a crazy time, with graduation day only two days away. Between finals, saying goodbye to friends and professors, and writing for a few other sites these last couple of weeks have been busier than Pacman Jones at a strip club.
I’m sitting here watching Orlando and Boston in game 5, and I can’t help but think that this series will be another this playoffs to go seven games. This years playoffs has been wildy en... Read Full Story
The Houston Rockets ended the Cinderella season for the Portland Trailblazers earlier this week with a 4-2 series win. And while the Trailblazers—a team with the youngest rotation in the playoffs this year—got burned in their final game the entire team learned a valuable lesson: good just isn’t good enough.
As the Blazers sift through the debris of their disappointing loss to Houston, their fans have a lot to look forward to. Brandon Roy has established himself as one of the finest player... Read Full Story
Pro Football Talk
Today, Pro Football Talk reports that Tony Dungy, retired NFL coach, evangelical Christian, and all around morally righteous guy will meet with Michael Vick to discuss life after incarceration.
Michael Vick is set to get out of prison in May, and could be eligible to play football again in June. Michael Vick may be one of the most gifted athletes to ever play professional football, with absurd speed, agility, and arm strength. He never quite succeeded at the NFL level. The... Read Full Story
So, you may have already seen this video but it is absolutely hilarious, and makes me want to travel to the Ukraine.
2) In some other News, based off a twitter report from NFL PR guy, the NFL is considering extending the NFL draft to go from Thursday to Sunday.
Shutdown Cornder, from Yahoo Sports, is pretty adamantly against it. I think it’s kind of a cool idea, but the more interesting part about this story is the idea that this year’s NFL draft will be considered “the f... Read Full Story
It’s a beautiful Friday afternoon, and I am off in a couple of hours to watch the Indians play the Twins in Cleveland this evening. Tomorrow is “Summer Sendoff” here at school where Clipse will perform. Without further ado, the things I am feindin for this weekend:
1) NFL Draft, my “guest blogger” Chase Updike wrote a gorgeous analysis of the NFL draft yesterday. Beyond that fascinating piece of writing, I read a very interesting Sociology article about race an... Read Full Story
Today we are going to try something new on the Spectator. We are going to have guest blogger, Chase Updike, a Freshman Lacrosse sensation from Denison University in Ohio. He hails from Bethesda, MD loves BBQ’s, the Ladies, and drinking Long Island Ice Teas outside on a sunny day.
Disclaimer: Chase in no way represents the viewpoints of the sports spectator, we are just trying to expand and tap into the misogynistic world of sports blog coverage. This post is very close to being NSFW... Read Full Story
I tried to avoid this post as long as possible, but now that Oprah is twitter it is inevitable.
For readers who may not know Twitter is a micro-blogging service that has taken over the Internet. A lot of people I talk to “don’t get it”, or are wary of a service that would seem to facilitate constant narcissism. I understand those arguments, there are plenty of people on Twitter who post things like, “I went to the store today”, or “i’m taking a poop... Read Full Story
I’m fiendin for the NBA playoffs. They start this weekend and I could not be more excited. Tomorrow we have Detroit at Cleveland and Chicago at Boston. It is clear that Cleveland is just going to handle the Pistons, anything less than a sweep and i’ll be shocked. However, with KG out of the playoffs the Chicago Boston series just got a lot more interesting, neither team can beat the Cavs, but without the dominance of KG the Bulls may have a shot. I will be talking about the play... Read Full Story
Gordon Wittenmyer, Chicago Sun Times
It is common knowledge in the baseball world that Cubs Fans and Red Sox fans have a history of racial confrontations. As Wittenmyer states, “crowds at Wrigley and Boston’s Fenway Park also are considered among the worst by African-American players for a racist element comprising at least vocal minorities.”
With this in mind, it is interesting to think about a player like Milton Bradley playing for the Cubs. Wittenmyer talks about Milton... Read Full Story
