Monthly Archives: February 2010
Figure Skaters Must Be Very Lonely
What is the most naked, isolated feeling in sports? The moment that, more than any other, leaves you thinking you’re the only person in the world? Is it being on the mound with runners on second and third in the bottom of the ninth? Or maybe lining up to kick a field goal to win […]
This Will Keep You Busy For Months
This might be the most glorious thing the NCAA has ever done: Every Sweet 16 game and beyond from the past decade. Seriously.
Is Kevin Durant The Next George Gervin?
Regular readers know that I have a man crush on Kevin Durant. But even I think this is ridiculous. For some reason that is inexplicable, other than simple media kerfuffle, it has become fashionable to ask whether Durant should be an MVP candidate. I’ve seen several stories to that effect, and SportsCenter did a piece […]
Putting History Into Perspective
Sunday’s column was about a big part of Clark County sports history. Camas defeated Prairie last week in girls basketball. And if you aren’t sure how significant that is, you can read about it here and here and here and here. And you can check out some photos here. So, yeah, we’ve covered Camas’ victory […]
How Did Schrempf End Up In Centralia?
In a previous post, we included an All-Star team of the best NBA players to come from Washington high schools. One of them was Detlef Schrempf, who of course wasn’t really from Washington, but spent his senior year at Centralia High School. Which must have been like having Beyonce star in your high school’s musical. […]
Sports Illustrated Focuses On Seattle
Here’s your surprising stat of the day: The Seattle area has produced 13 players currently in the NBA. That’s tied for fifth among metro areas, although Seattle ranks 15th in population. That’s one of the revelations in this week’s Sports Illustrated, which includes a feature story on a little-known secret: Seattle is a hotbed of […]
The Best Place For Olympic News
If you have any remote interest in the Winter Olympics, or even if you don’t, here is the place to go for your Olympics news. Yahoo! Sports does a great job with its Fourth-Place Medal blog, providing news both serious and off-beat. As I write this, four of their five most-recent posts have included info […]
Blazers Have Wealth Of Possibilities
Brian T. Smith summed it up pretty well, as the Blazers traded for Marcus Camby: “The Trail Blazers finally have a healthy, legitimate big man.” And with that, Portland has a reasonable chance of getting out of the first round of the playoffs. A day ago, I wasn’t even sure the Blazers would make the […]
Fallout From Evergreen-Kelso
Sunday’s column was about an offensive poster directed at Evergreen that was posted in the Kelso High School gym. The column has generated a firestorm of comments. It even generated a rebuttal from Rick Alvord, Sports editor of The Daily News in Longview. Alvord raises some good points, but there is one factual error: The […]
Blazer Fan Makes Peace With 2007 Draft
You gotta hand it to ’em — Blazer fans haven’t lost their sense of humor over this whole Kevin Durant thing. Here’s what one diehard in The Columbian newsroom wrote: You know what keeps me from popping two cyanide tablets every time Durant puts up 25 like you or I put on your socks every […]