Growing up, the name Larry Bird was one of those sports figures you just knew about – even if you didn’t play basketball. Playing the Dr. J vs. Larry Bird on the Atari was always fun. Of course, those days are behind him as a player, so he switched gears. He was a coach for [...]
Archive for June, 2012
Larry Bird Won’t Return to Indiana Pacers
June 26th, 2012 
Jeffrey Powers 
Posted in Basketball 
Tags: atari, Basketball, celtics, ceo, coach, gears, health issues, herb simon, indiana pacers, larry bird, new york knicks, personal issues, sports figures 
1 Comment »What’s your strategy?
June 24th, 2012 douglasawhsport Doug here again. I’m deep into readings from IIPSJ, but I wanted to ask everyone a question. Is it better to go all-in with a fantasy team picking players from Germany and Spain only for a predicted final or should I sprinkle in some players from other teams such as a Rooney, a Pirlo or [...]
Posted in Compete, Fantasy Sports, Football, Soccer Tags: euro2012, fantasy, Football, Soccer No Comments »Your official Euro 2012 Soundtrack
June 23rd, 2012 douglasawhsport Doug here. I couldn’t stay away. I wanted to tell you that over on Music Manumit I released a Euro 2012 special. Most of the tracks just deal with Poland and Ukraine generally, but there is one track dedicated to football specifically. If people want more football specific shows, let me know and I can [...]
The King gets his ring
June 22nd, 2012 coloradoheat It was a coronation, but it wasn’t a one man effort like in previous decisive games on this playoff. The Miami Heat came together as a TEAM. The most convincing win of the series make the Miami Heat show its true colors. From Rio who came out from a surprising game 4 to Shane who [...]
Posted in Basketball Tags: attack mode, bosh, dirk nowinsky, dwight howard, king without a crown, last christmas, lebron, magic johnson, man effort, miami heat, michael jordan, mike miller, miller time, nba finals, paul pierce, plan of attack, plenty of times, reggie miller, talented players, true colors No Comments »Unimpressive England Wins Group Amid Controversy
June 19th, 2012 Evan If you had asked me at the beginning of the tournament who was going to win group D, I probably would have said France. But after they flamed out after acting like five-year-olds in the previous World Cup, there wasn’t much promise there. Next I might have said Sweden, who have strong players all over the [...]
Posted in Football, Soccer Tags: carlos puyol, controversy, crowd, euro2012, five year olds, forwards, gerrard, host nation, opposition, pitch, quarterfinals, roberto carlos, second half, soil, star player, sweden, tabloids, three minutes, ukraine, wayne rooney, world cup game No Comments »Jesus Navas Sends Croatia Home
June 18th, 2012 Jeffrey Powers Knowing that the match will decide their fortunes, both Spain and Croatia started the game very energetically in the last match of Group C Euro 2012. However, the superiority of the Spaniard midfielders pushed the Croatians in defense zone in the first twenty minutes. But it was not until the 22nd minute; Spain got a [...]
Posted in Football, Soccer Tags: casillas, critical decision, croatians, defense zone, euro 2012, euro2012, fabregas, flares, goalkeeper, good chance, jesus navas, last match, midfield, midfielders, modric, perisic, th minute, time spain, top scorer, xavi, yellow card No Comments »UPDATED: I’ll see you on July 29th
June 17th, 2012 douglasawhsport UPDATE: I’ve been informed that our old stats engine was flawed. We’ve upgraded to a new version of WordPress and hopefully we’ll get more accurate stats in the future. For now, I still want to focus on the other two sites, but I may rethink Euro and Olympics coverage. Even with three new authors for [...]
Euros Day 10: Die Mannschaft Wins “Group of Death”, Denmark Eliminated
June 17th, 2012 Evan Coming into Euro 2012, Germany and Spain were picked by many to win the tourney. They were my picks, but that might there might have been a little bias in that pick. Given the toughest group, could the Germans even survive to the Quarters? Today, Germany escaped the “Group of Death” completely unscathed winning 2-1, [...]
Posted in Football, Soccer Tags: agger, back of my mind, bias, danish, dehli, euro 2012, euro2012, euros, free kick, germans, half hour, hero, nature of the game, possession, quarters, ronaldo, rout, score, second time, turnover, two games, victory No Comments »