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Saturday, May 31, 2008
Did you know MLL conducted their draft today? Do you know what the MLL is? Heck, do you even know what lacrosse is? I bet the majority of you answered no to a majority of these questions. And, I bet, your only "yes" answer was marked with an apprehensive defensiveness. Sure you know what lacrosse is. Don't you? Did you know what it was before the Duke scandal? Are you really sure what it is now? Do you care? Mmmm...curious as to why certain sports get certain attention. Why football as a cultural phenomenon? Lacrosse players wear cool helmets. They wear shoulder pads. Is it the size of the ball? They use a ball about the size of a baseball (I think), yet MLB is our national pasttime. Is it the scoring? The NBA enjoys a multi-million dollar ledger of sales on their gear because guys try to get the ball in the net. Watched any lacrosse lately? Yep, a net. The MLL has cool names like the Barrage and the Outlaws, they have cool colors and logos. It's athletic. It's fast. It's furious. It's colorful. It's sport. They even have a 2-point shot outside the arc. How cool is that? So why no love for lacrosse? Hey, football junkies... do you realize that lacrosse is a "full contact sport"? And you diamondheads, with your love for the history of baseball... do you know lacrosse is over 300 years old at the least and possibly the first sport to be played in North America? Look it up. And who could not get excited about a sport that has a position call attackmen? Come on! And, one more thing... ever heard of Jim Brown? Fantastic running back, actor, activist, yada, yada, yada. Let me reintroduce him as Jim Brown, member of the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame. Yep, John and Yoko had it right... give lacrosse a chance!
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Thursday, May 22, 2008
What makes the greatest eras of sports? If I ask you, what was the greatest era of the NBA, what would you say? I was born in the late 60's. I was a kid and teenager in the 80's. Guess what I would say. You got it... Bird, Magic, Kareem, Dr. J., Showtime. But why? Because it was or because I was there? What about Wilt, Oscar and those guys? I'm sure others would say they had the greatest era. Determining the significance of any era is unavoidably tied to proximity. In other words, your era is the greatest. No offense, but maybe it's not. I remember a lull in the league in the early to mid-90's that, to me, had only one exciting attraction... MJ alone. That's just me, of course. I lost interest in the league. College, marriage, kids, you know, just lost the time. But now... now, things have changed. LeBron, CP3, Dwight Howard merged with older active vets like Garnett, Kobe, Duncan... all awaiting the infusion of new talent like Michael Beasley, Derrick Rose and OJ Mayo. All this makes the league worthy again. Solid teams like the Spurs, revived dynasties like LA and Boston actually competing for the title, Maravich-like ball handlers like Ginobili, true shooting guards, imposing centers, extraordinary passers.... ohhh boy, the league is back. It's back in a good way. Oh, and by the way, have you noticed who many of the coaches, execs and administrators of these teams are? Names like Joe Dumars, Danny Ainge, Michael Jordan, Kevin McHale, Byron Scott among others. Now tell me, when did these guys play in the league? Right.
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