In Defense of the World Cup Announcers: They haven't been that bad. Seriously. Weintraub defends O'Brien, but still faults Balboa....
The Wall Street Journal chimes in: Fans Say ESPN's World Cup Coverage Deserves Penalty
Verizon has the best coverage, speaking from someone who works in the industry. However, they've been known to have capacity issues in my area,...
Once past level 60, it helps to be in high-level raid guild. Either that or PvP. I'm playing a hunter and have killed almost every boss in the...
ESPN rates the NBA players: http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2166845 Serbia coach resigns:...
Google Talk is still in a very preliminary stage. Beside the VoIP, it doesn't offer anything more that, say, GAIM. You need a GMail account to...
Guess he's tired of being hacked.
Am I one of the few people who are surprised this hasn't happened earlier? AEG does many things: two of them are soccer and live entertainment....
See if you can keep track of this deal in your head: http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=ap-five-teamtrade&prov=ap&type=lgns 5 team trade
Nets get agreement from Jeff McInnis On paper, at least, the Nets are a stronger team than two years ago. NBA Summer League:...
NBA.com article: http://www.nba.com/fedex/eng/petrovic.html
Actual Contract Signing Delayed Noone can sign a contract yet, since since the NBA's new collective bargaining agreement still not finalized....
Depends on the service provider. The phone you would be using would be a WCDMA UMTS phone. And the 384k bps rates are under optimal conditions,...
Don't use WEP. It's very unsecure. It's what happens when people roll their own encryption algorithms behind closed doors. Use WPA-PSK. Even...
Interesting: how is Phil going to handle Kwame Brown (and Andrew Bynum)? Since no one mentioned it: Veal is worth $15 million over the next...
My favorite is Hakeem Olajuwon. Just from his stats, he's among the top in terms of points, rebounds, shot-blocks and steals. Then, there's...
Summer Leagues Official NBA website isn't up yet, but here's a link: http://www.insidehoops.com/nba-summer-leagues.shtml There's four...
NBA.com free agent list: http://www.nba.com/transactions/player_movement2005_free_agents.html Note that free agents can negotiate but can't...
Better than this? http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/050628 The NBA draft is such a gold mine of unintentional comedy....
Ack. Vitale. I'd rather have Stephen A. Smith over for dinner than a minute of Vitale analysis. Raptors. WTF. As for the Nets: a reliable...
Yeah, DC wasn't a bust. Underachieved? Wasted potential? Yes. But he wasn't a marginal player by any means. Speaking of draft busts: I...
In hindsight, perhaps the biggest loss last year was Mike James. As good as Antonio McDyess is, having a third big man such as an...
Stuff I found particularly interesting: Mininum roster size of 14 Players with less than two years in the league can be assigned to the NBDL...
Manu Ginobili again gets the ball in crunch time. And makes the pass. This guy was a late second round draft pick?
New Head Coaches: Dwane Casey heads up the Timberwolves Mike Brown at Cleveland