According to New York Knicks head coach Mike D’Antoni the fans at MSG chanting the words Melo, Melo, Melo (in reference to bringing Carmelo Anthony to NY) have distracted the Knicks and made it tough for them to play. Message to coach D’Antoni: The crowds chanting Melo is not the problem with the Knicks. How about the fact that in their last 10 games the [...]

Well the calendar has just turned to February but its beginning to feel a lot like March Madness to me. Last week marked an unbelievable week full of upsets in NCAA basketball. Of the top 25 teams, 17 of them lost last week, including 7 out of the top 10. One of the biggest upsets in my mind was Duke going into MSG to play [...]

On monday night David Stern once again reiterated that he would like to see Lebron James re-sign with Cleveland this offseason. Stern was quoted as saying “I hope he’ll stay, thats the way the system is designed”. The system which Stern is referring to is one where small market teams have had much success in the past retaining their superstar players after competing in the playoffs [...]

The Minnesota Twins are off to a blazing start this season thanks in part to the comeback of Francisco Liriano. After having Tommy John surgery in 2006 and having a rough couple of years after that Francisco Liriano is back to his old ways. Through his first 4 starts Liriano is 3-0 with an ERA of 0.93 and a WHIP of 0.97 and has 27 [...]

Its time to give credit where credit is due. Greg Monroe has the hoyas playing some big time basketball when it matters the most. In making picks the other night I predicted Marquette would win a close one over Georgetown, but I couldnt have been any farther off. Monroe poured in 23 points, 13 rebounds and 7 assists in Friday’s first semifinal game, nearly missing [...]

There is an old saying that “It’s hard to beat a team three times in a row” And that rang true on Thursday as Georgetown took it to the Syracuse Orange. Syracuse goes 1 and done in the big east tournament and are now possibly looking at losing their #1 seed in the NCAA tournament. Even more damaging could be the loss of Arinze Onuaku, [...]

With the regular season over its time for the best part of the year in my opinion…Conference Tournament time and then straight into the NCAA tourney. The Big East tournament is one of the premier if not the most anticpated conference tournament every year and this year especially. With a #1 seed in the big dance on the line who is going to come up [...]

Before he heads to New York to join the jets, Antonio Cromartie has one more thing to tend to. Hes got a court date in San Diego to discuss some $25,000 in unpaid child support. The New York Jets for the 2nd time in a few months have signed a player who has more than his fair share of legal issues (see Braylon Edwards). Cromartie has [...]

File this one under “shocker”. The New Jersey Nets go in to Boston and beat the slumping Celtics on their home floor. After the game Kevin Garnett said he was flat out disgusted, and for good reason. The Nets began the day 5-52 a win percentage of .088. The Celtics % was .643. That’s a difference of .555. Over the past 15 seasons, this was only the fifth time that [...]

Did you hear that sound? That was the sound of the bubbles bursting for some mid-major teams whos hopes of getting an at-large bid to the big dance just took a major blow. Saturday started off with a shocker as Georgetown got handled easily at home by Notre Dame who was without Luke Harangody for the 4th straight game. Georgetown has now lost 3 of their [...]