If I were slightly more paranoid and were a bit more inclined to carry the race card more easily positioned to play, I’d swear that, when Jay Buhner told Seattle radio station ESPN 710 that he would “vomit” if his former team, the Mariners, re-signed his former teammate, Ichiro, to a fat, multiyear contract extension, …
Game of Thrones, Mid-Season 2 Grades
Way back in another career, I covered the NBA and an annual rite was assigning grades to players at mid-season. Nowadays, the only seasons I obsess about are those of HBO’s Game of Thrones or as the late, great Khal Drogo once put it, “Trrhones.” Had I been swept up in the show last season …
Susan Cronin’s Unforgettable Life
Several months ago, my late, great friend Dr. M Susan Cronin asked me if I’d write about her after she was gone. “I don’t want to be forgotten,” she said. Susan was so wise about so many things, it’s hard to imagine that she didn’t have a better sense of how unforgettable she truly was. …
Mad Men and the End of Linsanity
The signs all are there. The end of a news cycle. The end of a coaching tenure. The end of focused, team basketball in New York. The end, that is, of Linsanity. And, for many reasons, the end of watchable professional basketball. If you’d hoped this NBA fairy tale was going to end with Jeremy …
The Buzz: Glenn Nelson 