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It all came down to the age-old sports adage, a good defence will always beat a good offence. It’s actually ridiculous that most people didn’t see this coming. The Lakers with their high powered offence, fuelled by MVP Kobe Bryant and their middle-of-the-road D just [...]
I wasn’t surprised that Tiger Woods won the U.S. Open. I was surprised that he had to go to a playoff to do it. Furthermore, I was shocked that he had to go to sudden death since he didn’t beat Rocco Mediate (ranked 158th in the world) within the 18 playoff holes. Sure, Tiger was [...]
The first two quarterfinal matches are now set with hardly any drama this afternoon. With Germany making Austria join co-host Switzerland on the sidelines coupled with Poland being sent packing by a Croatian side resting many of its players, we’re looking at Turkey-Croatia and — more interestingly — a rematch of the World Cup’s third [...]
The Lakers repeated how they started out Game 4, running up the score and gaining a big lead. Then, just like in Game 4 again, they started stinking out the joint and the Celtics made a game of. It was a classic case of shooting themselves in the foot. The Celts didn’t even step it [...]
That’s what the Czechs should be asking themselves after their stunning loss to Turkey. “Instant Classic” might not be the correct phrase, but it’s the first that comes to mind. Can the final 15 minutes of any game possibly live up to that segment? One goal to get things rolling then one more to tie [...]
Being a Laker supporter and Boston hater, it’s difficult to pen out what exactly I saw happen last night without throwing things – mainly half-full beer bottles – at stationary objects near me. I’ve tried to type about the record first quarter but it’s coming out more so in keyboard scream form than anything readable. [...]
The suspense might have been given away a week or so ago when the NHL’s website briefly began selling Alex Ovechkin MVP shirts, but it shouldn’t take the shine of this moment at all. Alex deserved the Hart trophy more than the other candidates last night at the NHL awards and if you want to [...]
After watching the Germany-Croatia game for 90 or so minutes in agony, I realized why it was so painful after it ended. Croatia didn’t win the game per se, Germany lost the game. Ze Germans were at what could be described at their worst. Their passes weren’t crisp, their defence was lackluster and — for [...]
When watching Portugal’s 3-1 win over the Czech Republic, I noticed something very much out of the ordinary. Towards the end of the first half, the captain of the all-flopping team, Cristiano Ronaldo, not only had two opportunities to ply his trade – and didn’t take them – but he also fought through them and [...]
Well you didn’t have to be clairvoyant to see that the Lakers would be getting more calls in Los Angeles en route to their win than they did at Boston for games 1 and 2. It wasn’t as if the Lakers had as much of an advantage as Boston had at home, but at least [...]
