Happy Thanksgiving

Spanning the globe, to bring you a constant variety of sports……………………………………………………………………………………………………..


Basket Brawl: Concerning the fight that took place during the Pacer/Piston game. I just feel that under any circumstances, the players can not go into the stands. There are probably 100 security people there, and once the cup was thrown, security should have been alerted and the fan escorted out of the stadium. End of story. I heard Al Saunders try to defend Artest and mention after the game if someone walked up to you on the street and threw a cup of beer on you, you’d go after them….. We’ll sure I would, however I’m not surrounded by security people in that situation (unless I’m with my entourage, in which case Turtle, E and Drama are going after the guy!). Conversely, fans cannot come down on the floor either, those individuals got what they deserved…….. I agree with all the suspensions, with one exception being I would have lowered Jermaine O’Neal’s suspension (he got 25 games). He didn’t go up in the stands (that I saw), only fought with a fan on the court… I’m thinking 10-15 games would have been appropriate. On the other hand maybe I’m biased because that just killed one of my Roto teams! Also I feel this is an opportune time to revise my NBA prediction….. I’m going with Miami out of the East to face the Spurs in the finals.

Seringho: I know, I know, you’re going who???? Well he was a Brazilian soccer player who collapsed on the field and died of heart failure last month (can anyone say Hank Gathers???). Interesting in that the police in Rio De Janeiro are filing murder charges against Sao Caetano club officials because the club President and team Doctor knew Serginho had heart trouble, but let him play anyway. This story is being followed throughout the sports world, because of the precedent it could set. In instances like this in the past, the families might file a private suit against the teams, but to have the police file murder charges raises it to a whole new level. Watch for this to get a lot more play here in the States if this goes to trial.

Jay Williams: With all the negative press, l wanted to mention something positive. For those of you not familiar with Jay Williams, he is a former point guard at Duke who 3 years ago was the 2nd pick in the NBA draft by the Chicago Bulls. Before the season last year he crashed his motorcycle and nearly became paralyzed. The Doctors told him he would never play basketball again, and would have issues even walking. He’s been rehabbing and last week he was able to dunk a basketball for the first time. He thinks he’ll be ready to attempt a comeback next year. He seems like a good guy, and with all the negative press going on, it was good to read about a nice guy trying to get back on top.


Potpourri: Welcome to the catch all category…………. Reports this week that Butch Davies would be fired by the Cleveland Browns. Look for him to finish out the year, and then negotiate a buyout on the 2 remaining years of his contract. Don’t be surprised to see him take the head coaching job at either Texas or North Carolina.

Not that I’m a big Lou Holtz fan, but I’m sad to see him retire. He won wherever he went, and seemed to run a fairly clean program at South Carolina and elsewhere. Look for Spurrier to contend in the SEC within 2 years. The man is a GREAT recruiter. His failure with the Redskins not withstanding, the man can coach football (and certainly College Football).

Mets and Dodgers are still discussing a Shawn Green, Mike Piazza trade, but instead look for Piazza to go to an American League team where he’ll be able to DH. Don’t be surprised to see him with the Angels, as Arte Moreno would love to put a popular Los Angeles player in an Angel’s uniform.

The Trail Blazers and Raptors are still discussing a Vince Carter/Shareef Abur Rahim trade, but don’t look for anything to happen until the trade deadline. However a trade that might take place soon, is the 76’rs trading Glenn Robinson to the New Orleans Hornets.


Love Em/Hate Em: Surprisingly last week, over 70% of you responded that you loved Barry Bonds……. That surprised me. This week, I’m tweaking it a little bit and asking do you agree (love) with Sterns suspensions over the fight, or disagree (hate) them? As I said earlier, I love them……


Link of the week: This just seemed appropriate: http://www.ronartest.com/




Hope everyone has a nice Thanksgiving!


Until next time,


Bill