THIS is hip-hop

by | May 21, 2007 | Culture, Hip-hop, Pop Culture, Sports | 6 comments

[kml_flashembed movie=”http://youtube.com/v/pPmfbhVGbIQ” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /] I got this from Both Teams Played Hard (the name of the website taken from an infamous Rasheed Wallace quote). They...

Halberstam and Yeltsin pass away

by | Apr 24, 2007 | Announcements, Sports | 1 comment

For those of you who’ve read me here and elsewhere, you know that when it comes to sports journalism, there is Ralph….and then there is everyone else. And given the background that many sports journalists of the generation before Ralph had? I’d trust...

Opening Day Thoughts in Baltimore

by | Apr 9, 2007 | Sports | 4 comments

I’m a fair weather baseball supporter. When the Tigers are doing well, I keep up. When they aren’t doing well? Not so much. I’m getting a chance to go to Camden Yards tomorrow. And because I’m not really going to see the game (a colleague of...

Kobe Bryant's scoring jag

by | Mar 28, 2007 | Sports | 5 comments

Kobe’s been on a tear over the past week, prompting at least one to proclaim that he’s better than No. 23. Now whether folks think this position is right or wrong, is really immaterial. At this point in the game no one is better at what Kobe does. And off...