Chances of winning the Olympic Gold Medal... Oddsmaker Style:
Canada - 30%
Sweden - 23%
Russia - 21%
USA - 10%
Finland - 6%
Slovakia - 6%
Czech Rep - 2.5%
Germany - 1.1%
Others* - 0.1%
* (Belarus, Latvia, Norway, Switzerland)
I just hope Don Cherry doesn't see this post... he might attempt to suicide bomb the Furriners Offices.
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Monday, February 15, 2010
"Damaged Goods"?!?! You're Damaged Goods!!!
Rotoworld is speculating that:
(T)he Browns figure to shop (Derek) Anderson around for the next few weeks to see if they can get a late-round pick for him. They most likely won't find any takers. D.A. seems to be damaged goods at this point, but should generate interest from teams that run vertical offenses.
This blogger wonders if there are any offenses that run backwards... because they'd be perfect for Brady Quinn. Or perhaps I am being redundant.
Anyway, we're waiting to see where Anderson ends up for the 2010 season. While my preference is to see D.A. get a starting job, I certainly wouldn't mind seeing him back up Matthew Stafford here in 'The D'.
Monday, February 1, 2010
The Truthiness of Michael Wilbon
Memo to ABC Sports:
If you're going to insist on putting Michael Wilbon on ABC's NBA coverage... you need a fact checker! Here is what Mr. Wilbon had to say on Sunday (while discussing the declining Big Three of the Boston Celtics):
"And these guys (Allen, Garnett, Pierce) are deep into the playoffs most of those years too. They're not doing, you know, the 80 game regular season and done. They're out there double-digit playoff games as well every year."
Reality:
Ray Allen - 14 seasons w/ 4 seasons of double digit playoff games ('01, '05, '08, & '09)
Kevin Garnett - 14 seasons w/ 2 seasons of double digit playoff games ('04 & '08). Was injured for '09 playoffs and didn't even make the playoffs in '05, '06, or '07.
Paul Pierce - 11 season w/ 4 seasons of double digit playoff games ('02, '03, '08, & '09)
And here is a look at career playoff games comparing the Boston's "Big 3" to some other future Hall-of-Famers:
Shaquille O'Neal - 203 games
Kobe Bryant - 159
Tim Duncan - 147
Chauncey Billups - 130
Jason Kidd - 111
Paul Pierce - 77
Kevin Garnett - 73
Ray Allen - 59
Hmmmmm. Oh well. I'm sure Wilbon felt it to be true when he said it.
If you're going to insist on putting Michael Wilbon on ABC's NBA coverage... you need a fact checker! Here is what Mr. Wilbon had to say on Sunday (while discussing the declining Big Three of the Boston Celtics):
"And these guys (Allen, Garnett, Pierce) are deep into the playoffs most of those years too. They're not doing, you know, the 80 game regular season and done. They're out there double-digit playoff games as well every year."
Reality:
Ray Allen - 14 seasons w/ 4 seasons of double digit playoff games ('01, '05, '08, & '09)
Kevin Garnett - 14 seasons w/ 2 seasons of double digit playoff games ('04 & '08). Was injured for '09 playoffs and didn't even make the playoffs in '05, '06, or '07.
Paul Pierce - 11 season w/ 4 seasons of double digit playoff games ('02, '03, '08, & '09)
And here is a look at career playoff games comparing the Boston's "Big 3" to some other future Hall-of-Famers:
Shaquille O'Neal - 203 games
Kobe Bryant - 159
Tim Duncan - 147
Chauncey Billups - 130
Jason Kidd - 111
Paul Pierce - 77
Kevin Garnett - 73
Ray Allen - 59
Hmmmmm. Oh well. I'm sure Wilbon felt it to be true when he said it.
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