Ed O’Bannon – PLAYER’S CLUB. From the SOSB personal collection. Note the ladder pose and the camera-shine effect. Fans of the 1995 UCLA Bruins have no shortage of great memories regarding their classic NCAA tournament run that would eventually lead to a national championship win. Tyus Edney and his 4.8 second, coast-to-coast, season-saving bucket in…
“… anger harms no one more than he who harbors it…”– Dean Koontz, “Sole Survivor” As the Oklahoma City Thunder wrapped up its seven game battle with the Memphis Grizzlies in their Western Conference semifinals series, ESPN/ABC play-by-play man Mike Breen set the stage for the next round with a phrase that seemed to mean…
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The Choklahoma City Blunder Sort of witty, a little harsh, and most than a little deserved in light of what became of the Thunder in these Western Conference Finals when the going got rough. Their collapse in Game 4 ranks up there with Portland in game 7 of 2000 and Sacramento in Game 4 of…
All drawings courtesy of the immensely talented Eamonn Dalton. Check out his (literally) fruity comic strip here. #1 THE GOOD DR. NAISMITH #2 JIMMERMANIA …
Mike Brown, huh? Allow me a minute to get my mind around this one. First things first, Brown doesn’t strike me as a guy with enough presence to be the Lakers head coach. It’s probably the least splashy hiring they’ve ever made, or at least since Del Harris got the job in 1994. More…
Worth noting that Monta Ellis is my favorite player in the NBA right now. No, I’m not kidding. The guy happens to be the most dynamic offensive player in the game today, a veritable whirling dervish of offensive majesty and whatnot. Watching him teeter on the thin line between offensive genius and out of control,…
> Damn, I hate the foul out rule. Always have. Thing is, over the years it’s gone from something I saw as a mild imperfection to this ghastly stain on the dress shirt of Basketball, or whatever. I’m Still trying to wrap my mind around why it hasn’t been changed or ammended over the years. I…
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