Saturday, May 31, 2008

Leave of absence

I am having technical difficulties with the computer. Motherboard and associated issues. I should be back on by Tuesday.

Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Bryant Leads Lakers Past Spurs in Game 4

Kobe Bryant looked back and found himself all alone. All but guaranteed the basket, he went up and slammed the ball with a little extra oomph, just for good measure.

One more win, and Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers will be all alone in the Western Conference and on their way to the NBA Finals.

The Lakers beat the San Antonio Spurs 93-91 on Tuesday night - surviving a last-second 3-point attempt that would have given the Spurs the win - for a 3-1 lead in the conference finals.

"It is a big step for us,'' said Bryant, who led the Lakers with 28 points and 10 rebounds. "Tonight we came out and did a much, much better job to win in this building in this particular game. It's big for us.''

The defending champion Spurs lost at home for the first time this postseason and they face elimination when they play Game 5 in Los Angeles on Thursday.

The Lakers were last in the Finals in 2004 when they lost to Detroit in five games.

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Ewing Upset Over No Coaching Call From Knicks

"There's nobody who is an assistant coach who doesn't want to be a head coach," said Ewing. "Unless you've already been a head coach and you're older and you're just putting in hours until you retire. I'm young. I'd definitely want to be a head coach one day. And I'm disappointed I didn't get a call, yeah.

"I think I'm an up and coming coach. I think I'm going to be a good head coach one day. Even if I don't get the job, I felt I deserved at least to get an interview."


Noah receives another citation

Roughly 17 hours after being arrested and charged with misdemeanor drug and alcohol offenses, University of Florida police issued two traffic citations to >Joakim Noah on Sunday.

Noah, who attended the Gainesville school, received citations for driving with a suspended license without knowledge and for not wearing a seat belt.

Paxson Impressed with Rambis

Rambis, 50, went 25-13 in 1999 when he took over for Del Harris as Lakers interim coach. He also led the team during training camp last season when Phil Jackson recovered from hip surgery.

Rambis interviewed for the Kings' job that went to Reggie Theus last season. The Lakers granted Paxson permission to interview Rambis and fellow assistant Brian Shaw during their break between the conference semifinals and finals.


The article went on to say that an interview that was suppose to be with Avery Johnson has not been rescheduled.

The article also noted some names of coaching candidates the Bull want to interview this week.

  • Eric Snow
  • Elston Turner
  • Jeff Bzdelik


I like both Kurt Rambis and Jeff Bzdelik for the Bulls job.

Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Late Night Joan Jett and the Blackhearts - Crimson & Clover



Woods says he’s ‘on schedule’ to play US Open

Tiger Woods entered the room with a slight limp and unwavering determination to play the U.S. Open.

“The knee’s doing better,” said Woods, who had arthroscopic surgery on his left knee April 15. “The rehab is boring. It gets really old riding that bike, man. But everything’s on schedule. Just been training and trying to get this thing organized for the Open, and it’s right on schedule for that.”

Woods spoke Tuesday at Congressional Country Club. The second annual edition of Woods’ own PGA Tour event, the AT&T National, returns to Congressional in July.

The U.S. Open will be at Torrey Pines in San Diego on June 12-15, a major that could prove a bit dicey for the world’s No. 1 player following a two-month layoff.

Woods had hoped to fine-tune his game this week at the Memorial, but he withdrew and has no plans to play in next week’s Stanford St. Jude Classic in Memphis, Tenn.

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