You can't argue with results but you can argue with the methods. And there certainly is a hole in the Lakers' methods.
LeBron James has the power to form a duo or trio that can potentially earn maximum salaries, play together and put them in a position for sustained success.
Here are my five rules for acceptable home team adoption once your real home team has been knocked out.
Believe me, I'm under no false illusions. Luring LeBron James away from the NBA and signing him up for my Monday night game at the Santa Monica YWCA, is going to be tough.
At some point. I stopped having sports heroes. Their time on the stage is so brief and what awaits many after they retire from the game is a lifetime of sore limbs and decades of anti-climax.
Is the "Greatest City in the World" really reduced now to begging for an athlete to play here? That is so Boston.
Throughout this World Cup, stories of athletic prowess and come-back victories have been sharing the headlines with stories of the legal and business aspects of the event.
Former Tiger and Dodger Kirk Gibson is the new interim manager in Arizona after they fired the manager and general manager.
The recent weekend series between the New York Yankees and the Los Angeles Dodgers produced hyperbole about the teams' bygone days of glory and hotly contested rivalry.
Everyone seems to be 100% sure as to where LeBron will go. They have sources "inside the NBA" or "close to LeBron." Their sources are impeccable, unimpeachable, and almost certainly, wrong.
American sports fans love action in their team sports. Sure, they love scoring too, but most of all they crave the excitement presented by the chance of a score on every play.
If LeBron wants to keep the title of "King," he has to win a couple of those glorious crowns. And on July 1st, when the clock strikes midnight, the world will find out what city he will make his throne.
The refereeing has been so bad, it's turning the matches meaningless as sports contests. Pro wrestling, anyone? Bad luck, a bad call, is one thing. Bad call after bad call is just non-sport. Astounding.
The World Cup is moving right along, and it's hard to believe that we are already in the quarterfinals. With some time off before matches resume, here is a primer on each of the games.
Though African teams -- Ghana notwithstanding -- fared poorly in this year's Cup, the excitement and quality of play they brought to the field foretells a bright future for African soccer.
I feel bad for anyone who thinks soccer is boring. And being American, I want to help.
In the Twilight movies, there's an abundance of severed heads but no sex. Meanwhile, at the World Cup, the only scoring comes after the matches.
Ingenuity and media entrepreneurship, helped out by technological changes, provided a rare opportunity for many Jordanians to follow their favorite teams vying for the World Cup.
In 24 hours, I'll most likely be at work -- despite all my urges to take a half day -- with my cell phone on waiting text messages and Twitter updates with a general theme: "NBA Player X signs with Team A."
Andrew Brandt, 2010.07.02
Richard Greener, 2010.07.01
