Skip to content

Category Archives: sports

Greatness happens between the lines

Sunday, June 13, 2010

As soon as the Celtics got into the locker room following their victory, Garnett gathered everyone in a circle and let them know it would take more teamwork to close the deal. “It feels like we’re in somebody else’s neighborhood and we’re gonna have to fight to get out of it,” Garnett told them passionately. [...]

Also filed in | | View Comments

More Gladwell Basketball!

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

For those of you who liked the last post, this is pure internet gold: Gladwell meets The Sports Guy! In _three_ parts! Good god, Peaches just exploded!

Also filed in superdork | Tagged | View Comments

The Steal

Monday, February 16, 2009

The Times magazine has a _fantastic_ article on basketball statistics, using Shane Battier as a case study. I enjoyed this article so much that I would make love to it if I had it in hardcopy, nevermind the messiness and social awkwardness that would result. The piece discusses intelligently a topic that is almost never [...]

Also filed in | Tagged , | View Comments

Top 40

Friday, February 13, 2009

The Sports Guy has his annual NBA Trade Value column up, finally.  It is my favorite Sports Guy column every year.  In it, he ranks the top players in the NBA according to these rules: 1. Salaries matter. Over this season and the next two, would you rather pay David West $27 million or Amare Stoudemire [...]

Also filed in | Tagged , | View Comments

Basketball talk

Friday, December 5, 2008

My chief pleasure since I moved to NH is watching the Celtics. Comcast Sports Net broadcasts all of the games, and since my roomate has cable I don’t even have to pay extra for it. I’ve seen every single game except for one, and it reminds me of the high school era when, thanks to [...]

Also filed in | Tagged | View Comments