8/15/04...Fabulous. Puerto Rico 92, USA 73. The puffed up millionaires have suddenly faced some amateur teams that actually play defense! They can't hit their own NBA moved-in 23 ft. 3-pointers, neither can they hit Olympic 20 ft. 3-pointers. I rarely watch amateur sports, especially the drug-scandaled Olympics, but this one was fabulous. There was nothing else on...

Well it's June, 2004 and here's my yearly two cents for the NBA. The record-setting low scoring games in this year's playoffs are now being credited to "great defense". It has nothing to do with the wide open "bricks" that don't draw iron. It's "great defense". If I wanted to sell tickets, I suppose I'd brainwash the fans with this psychology too.

May 7, 2003 was the one-year anniversary that marked my performance of "Sweet Larry Brown" on Angelo Cataldi's WIP-610 Sports Talk radio show. On May 8, 2003 Philadelphia's #1 sport's hero (a fitting role model for Philly, don't get me started) Allen Iverson missed two key free throws that cost the 76ers a key playoff game against the Detroit Pistons. In honor of this choke, I'd like to rerun last year's editorial about the death of the NBA. It should be noted that I played quite alot of organized basketball in my youth, and today, at 44, could easily hit 12 for 29 shots, carry the ball over, travel constantly, yell at the officials EVERY trip down the floor, make the Olympic Team and average 30 points a game IN MY WINGTIPS (and possibly my Penny Loafers).

May 7, 2002:
"The NBA died years ago. Gone are the class acts and teams that actually run plays. They gave 'em a 3 point shot, then made it closer, and teams barely score 80 points. This year they allowed zone defense, a major step backwards to college. Michael Jordan made "travelling" legal as well as "carrying the ball over". But he did look like the greatest...in the midst of incompetence. This year's leading scorer shot 39% and his team finished last in team scoring. Know the Answer? Bowling's more exciting... Where have you gone Sweet Lou, Big E, Oscar, Elgin, West, Chet the Jet, Butterbean, Pistol Pete, Bird, Magic..." jr