Writing off a talented team with a good coach is a foolish thing to do in February, and the same is true in the first week of March. So this is not the time to pen an obituary for Arizona, because Sean Miller can coach and he’s working with talent.
Matt Youmans
No longer is LeBron James a comical figure or a punch line. The King owns one ring, is getting fitted for a second, and at last count has 7.4 million Twitter followers, which in today’s society means he’s a big deal.
A quick look at the updated NBA Draft board, topped by Kansas guard Ben McLemore, explains in part why this college basketball season has become a circus of unpredictability.
After all these years, it’s still easy to put Tom Brady at the top when ranking NFL quarterbacks. Some impressive young guns are on the rise, and Brady’s trigger finger might be a hair slower and his legs a little heavier, but time has not passed him by.
A majority of sports books in Southern Nevada have reported a small win, and all reported a big handle for Super Bowl XLVII. The Nevada record handle for a Super Bowl might fall when figures are announced by Tuesday. The record stands at $94.9 million in 2006.
If the Los Angeles Lakers’ season is a scripted reality show, the writers in Hollywood deserve some sort of award. It’s hard not to follow every episode, featuring Kobe Bryant and his dysfunctional supporting cast of characters.
This smelled like another hoax. These days, not all sports stories are to be believed, and this one painted Joe Flacco as a Super Bowl quarterback.
It’s part of Bill Belichick’s routine. Put on a hooded sweatshirt, mumble during news conferences, appear bored and humorless, and coach the New England Patriots to the Super Bowl. It’s routine greatness.
One fluke play turned a great season into a great depression. Peyton Manning jogged into the tunnel, one with no light at the end, and just like that, the Denver Broncos went dark.
What you see is what you get with Aaron Rodgers, a truly elite NFL quarterback. Anyone who has combed profiles on a dating website, such as Match.com, probably has a sense of false advertising. The photo almost always looks better than the person in reality.
It’s tempting to fast forward to next weekend, because what we just witnessed was not easy on the eyes. Tom Brady and Peyton Manning can’t come back soon enough.