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Mayweather-Cotto Preview
On the third HBO 24/7 episode previewing this Saturday night's Floyd Mayweather (42-0 26 KO's) vs Miguel Cotto (37-2 30 KO's) junior middleweight title bout at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas (8 p.m. on HBO PPV), it was deemed resurrection vs perfection. The fight has been dubbed as a battle of "Ring Kings," but resurrection vs perfection [...]
Karma Hits The Taints
Roger Goodell is one bad cat. Ever since he has taken over as NFL commissioner/king bad-ass, he's made it a point to exploit the liars that parade around in his league. Make no mistake, the severe penalties given to Sean Payton, Mickey Loomis, Gregg Williams were because the Taints' brain trust lied to iron fisted commish. And now the player [...]
Sucker Punch Stoudemire
"The Knicks are back." Do you remember Amare Stoudemire making that insanely bold and completely false proclamation upon signing an insane $100 million contract with New York in July of 2010? It was easy to laugh and brush off the notion that one of the NBA's most horrifically run organizations was finally out of the doldrums, but Amare at [...]
Why Believe In Anything?
I'm often criticized for being a combination of cynical, negative and one that always assumes the worst no matter the situation. I'm the ultimate realist (and an elitist depending on how well you know me), and my pure optimist days have long been retired. When you've been jaded enough by teams you root for and players you admire [...]
Only In Chicago
There was 1:22 seconds left in a game that was decided despite a garbage time run by the Sixers. That's when the Bulls 50-16 season potentially crumbled to the ground like a LeBron James flop. Derrick Rose was left in the game by his maniacal head coach because he had to "close a game out." That totally makes sense, Thibs. It's similar to the [...]
Embracing Reality
After the February 27th edition of Monday Night War (the night where The Rock verbally destroyed John Cena), I wrote about how the two mega stars' personal disdain for each other was as good as reality... http://chicitysportsfan.com/wp/2012/02/as-good-as-reality/. The point of the piece was how the return of The Rock brought an energy, [...]
Bears Draft McClellin
By no means do I consider myself a draft guru, but the immediate backlash after the Bears took Boise State's Shea McClellin was kind of mind boggling. New GM Phil Emery has had a fantastic off-season thus far (trading two 3's for Brandon Marshall, signing Michael Bush & ridding the organization of Mike Martz), so I'm going to give [...]
Mocking The Mock Drafts
The NFL Draft is my unofficial 2nd birthday. I live for it, and normally park my happy ass in front of a TV for 3 days and soak up all of the hype and verbal diarrhea that is spewed by all of the talking heads. The coverage is over the top and most of the players will turn into afterthoughts or trivia questions, but it's a holiday for NFL [...]
It’s All On Bowman Now
It started out like a game that Blackhawks fans haven't seen in two seasons. The Hawks were flying all of United Center ice with the ferocity, skill, speed & overall talent that defined the '10 Stanley Cup champs. They were peppering Coyotes goalie Mike Smith with shots that elicited feelings that Phoenix could not keep up, let alone beat [...]
Throwback Artist Of The Week
The Wu-Tang Clan is this week's throwback artist of the week. It remains possible that one of rap's most influential groups can still bang out their 6th studio album, but it's not a formality. Even still, their work in the 90's and early 2000's with "The Iron Flag" placed them in the elite category. When deciding to feature them this week, I [...]
