Monday, July 01, 2013

7/1 (Bucs, D12, O's, Puig) Quickie

Welcome to July. The story of the summer is that the Pittsburgh Pirates -- who won their 9th straight yesterday, on a walk-off no less -- have the best record in baseball...

NBA free agency starts today. Chris Paul is going to re-sign with the Clippers, making THE story that it sure seems like Dwight Howard is going to jump to the Rockets. Daryl Morey wins...

The Orioles aren't too shabby themselves, coming off a weekend sweep of the Yankees in Baltimore and currently in the AL playoff mix...

By the way, Chris Davis now has 31 HR, and if you were smart enough to draft him in your fantasy league, you are probably in the mid-season playoff mix yourself...

As he has been since literally his first day in the majors, 100 at-bats ago, Yasiel Puig is the most must-see player in all of sports right now...

Was the pressure from Brooklyn the reasons the Knicks are going to take on Andrea Bargnani's contract from Toronto? He's a 7-footer who can shoot 3s, but he can't rebound or defend. Besides the tens of millions in salary difference, is that so much different from Steve Novak?

The other intriguing NBA FA situation: Is Detroit going to break the bank to land Josh Smith?

Mostly because he is 36 but also because he has been doing the X Games since they started, I always root for Bob Burnquist in the Skateboard Big Air comp. He won his fifth straight gold in the event yesterday at X Games Munich.

Yup, Brazil is ready for next year's World Cup...

-- D.S.

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