Filed under: Heat , NBA Draft , Miami As we count down to the moment when, apparently , Pat Riley snubs the guy who just put up the greatest college season in two decades ... as a freshman, said "bad seed" -- Michael Beasley -- unleashes a torrent of philosophy on the assembled media in NYC. From the Miami Herald’s Sarah Rothschild and/or Michael Wallace : On whether he needs to change and what he says to people who say he should mature: "Why change? I think they need to smile more." Yes, people: smile more. I really can’t believe Riley could leave this guy on the board if he doesn’t find the right trade, just because he apparently has a personality . (No offense to the shy, demure, or straight-laced draft prospects. I just happen to think this sort of character-fearing is bad form.) There’s a question (that Shoals of Free Darko hints at ) of whether this is all a bit of a Gilbert-induced act from Beasley, whether he really contain...
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by Brett Edwards Filed under: Heat Rook Check takes a look at the progress of NBA Rookies throughout the season. Normally we like to wait a little bit between filing Rook Check reports on a single player, but the situation with Michael Beasley deserves an update. The other day I mentioned that Beasley was moved to the bench, after starting every game up to that point this season. He didn’t seem to take it well (at least performance-wise), finishing with zero points in just 13 ... more
Chris Quinn hit a tying 3-pointer with 7.1 seconds left in overtime, Michael Beasley stole the ensuing inbounds pass and made the decisive free throw10 Vote(s)... more
by Brett Edwards
Filed under: Heat
Rook Check takes a look at the progress of NBA Rookies throughout the season.
Normally we like to wait a little bit between filing Rook Check reports on a single player, but the situation with Michael Beasley deserves an update. The other day I mentioned that Beasley was moved to the bench, after starting every game up to that point this season. He didn’t seem to take it well (at least performance-wise), finishing with zero points in jus... more
Filed under: Cardinals , NL Central , St. Louis , The Dugout We’re a little late on the Spring Dugz tonight (consider it "Autumn Dugz") and the topic isn’t technically the St. Louis Cardinals, but we can never resist these baseball noir, or any chance to give a guest appearance to our most successful and longest-running NPC the Lady Cop. Not since the woman ran out a grits have we needed her so badly. Scott Spiezio . What else can be said? The guy is a grade-A douche... more
Filed under: Broncos , Raiders , Denver , Oakland , NFL Free Agency The NFL was baffled when the Oakland Raiders gave an enormous contract to defensive lineman Tommy Kelly . Now the bafflement can continue. Adam Schefter of NFL Network reports that the Raiders gave a stunning six-year, $55 million contract to free agent wide receiver Javon Walker , a deal that includes $27 million in the first three years and $16 million guaranteed. The deal is better than the one Randy Moss sig... more
Filed under: Gonzaga Basketball , Mid-Majors Basketball , March Madness , Butler Basketball , UNLV Basketball , MWC Basketball There seems to be a larger than usual pool of teams across the college basketball landscape from the non-power conferences that could make their own case for an at-large bid. These are some of the conferences that have teams that could pop other teams bubbles if they don’t win their conference tournament. The conference tournaments kicked off today for th... more
Filed under: Alabama Football , Auburn Football , SEC , NCAA FB Police Blotter , The Word Of course, "ridin’ dirty" has a looser definition in Alabama, where it can encompass having the audacity to put an Auburn license plate on the front of your cruiser while patrolling the Alabama campus, as seen here: That picture comes from the blog Alabama Gameday , who also links to a thread on the TideSports fourm where a member says he emailed the Tuscaloosa chief of police and "addre... more
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