Monday, February 18, 2008

Monday 02/18 A.M. Quickie:
All-Star, Daytona, Belichick, Wake, More

Today's Names to Know in today's Sporting News column:

Ryan Newman, Kurt Busch, Roger Penske, Jeff Teague, Bill Belichick, Ray Allen, LeBron James, Dwight Howard, Chris Paul, Jason Kidd, Mike Bibby, Kelvin Sampson, Kevin Love, Memphis vs. UAB, Brenda Frese, Andy Pettitte, Mark Prior, NFL Combine and More!

Including...

Why this NBA All-Star Weekend ruled...
Why "push from heaven" is NASCAR's new hotness...
Why Dwight Howard is Superman...
Why Ray Allen should have been All-Star MVP...
Why Bill Belichick is disingenuous in denial...
Why Wake beating Duke should scare Duke fans...
Why trading for Kidd won't matter, but...
Why trading for Bibby will...
Why Kelvin Sampson can breathe easy (for now)...
Why Syracuse fans' season was made...
Why Brenda Frese had the Best. Weekend. Ever....
Why all eyes are on Andy Pettitte today...
And so much more... after the jump.

I'm still getting over Dwight Howard in the Dunk Contest. Vince Carter was my previous (post-Jordan) gold standard, but what Howard did arguably topped Carter. Personally, it was like an antidote to the toxicity of last week's Clemens hearings.

Happy President's Day, for those of you checking in.

-- D.S.

1 comment:

John said...

I think Howard's routine was one of the best all time, not just from the post-Jordan era. Here's hoping he'll defend his title next year and that given his success Stern will finally give into his request to raise the rim for the contest.

I thought what made the Globe article interesting was what Scott Pioli had to say. I don't think he had ever commented on any of this publicly up to this point. He didn't exactly paint Walsh as the model employee, accusing him of taping conversations between the two. Whatever the case may be, I just hope that Matt Walsh produces those damn tapes he supposedly has sometime soon, so this doesn't keep dragging out.