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Hey Mastermind Phil: 10 rings, but you can’t beat zone?

The Bostonian comedian goes after zone defense, college educations, Dick Motta, baseball and more in another classic sports rant
PAUL NARDIZI
Kobe and the Lakers are now tied 2-2 with the Suns.  The Lakers, a team most NBA losers thought would roll to the Finals, are now in a dogfight that could go the distance.  The Lakers [...]

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Suns defy the critics, media in tying series up

With toughness and big time production from what had been an underachieving bench, the revived Suns head back to L.A. tied at 2, very much alive
SCOTT JACOBS
The Phoenix Suns waited three grueling games to see their much ballyhooed bench finally produce.
On Tuesday, their bench did more than that.  They outplayed the Lakers… starters, and set [...]

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Good grief, Suns finally rise to the challenge

Phoenix finally joins the series in a spirited game 3 win.  That’s Amar’e!
SCOTT JACOBS
En route to Phoenix I almost anticipated a breaking news story, reporting that the Lakers had changed their flight plans and were heading back to Tinseltown.  Afterall, the media had conceded them the series.  It wasn’t that they were up 2-0 heading [...]

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Sure Cleveland, you love Shaq now…

… but after the games are played, and the war of words are exchanged, will Cleveland’s latest saving grace be all that he’s getting hyped up to be: mainly the final piece for the Cavs to win a championship, not some washed up big name star holding on desperately to remain relevent and in the [...]

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Wayman Tisdale, 1964-2009

The College Basketball Hall of Famer fought cancer for two years, but today the disease took his life.  Tisdale was 44

JOSH DHANI
Today was a sad day as former Pacer great Wayman Tisdale was announced dead. Tisdale was a three-time All-American at Oklahoma, played twelve seasons in the NBA, and  after retirement even found success [...]

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Shaq’s got something left in the tank afterall

The Big Cactus refuses to end his career as just another guy who played too long; Instead, Superman’s got his cape back
SCOTT JACOBS
Don’t tell Shaquille O’Neal he’s done.
He isn’t.
After a pair of 30 plus point games, and two resoundig wins over Toronto, and more importantly his former team, the Lakers, Shaq not only looks fresh, [...]

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Uneventful trade deadline passes with no big deals

Phoenix’s decision to stand pat took much of the luster off of what could have been a wild trade deadline
SCOTT JACOBS
Amare Stoudemire is staying put.  So is Shaq, who the Cavs were apparently in hot pursuit of.  And with those two big names staying in the Valley of the Sun, and the over-hyped Vince [...]

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Welcome back to the show, LA Clippers

Free agency is under way, and the Los Angeles Clippers, yes, Donald Sterling’s Clippers, have made the first huge splash
SCOTT JACOBS
Elton Brand opted out of his contract on Monday, giving him the freedom to parade his services around the league like Paris Hilton does at high function parties. But as soon as he [...]

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