Sisters slipping... closers cutting... owner out... and Spygate played out in this week's Treehouse Fort.
The following transcript is from the May 16, 2008 edition of the BC Sports Treehouse Fort.Spygate continued to rumble through the NFL offseason this week, with calls for Congressional intervention and independent investigations, newspaper apologies and beat writer explanations, Kraft blame for the Super Bowl loss on Spygate, and indecent Boston fan...
Hank has a loud bark, but the context of what he is saying will build another Yankee dynasty.
In the far-reaching cult of Yankee-haterdom, the main target of the fiercest venom from those who subscribe, the arch villain, and the manifestation of the inequalities that were the sole reason for every Yankee dynasty since 1976 was George Stienbrenner. Like Nixon to the Yippies, George was gleefully portrayed as a heretic of pure evil,...
Holding onto C.C. Sabathia for the rest of the season may be the Cleveland Indians' best bet.
It's easy to think of players as transient commodities. And as the years go by, free agency and salaries caps only emphasize the point. But every once in awhile, a player actually has a point....
Knicks hire D'Antoni ... Romo "sings" at Wrigley ... speedboat hits golf course.
The following transcript is from the May 13, 2008 edition of the BC Sports Treehouse Fort.The biggest story of the weekend in the NBA featured a team not in the playoffs. The New York Knicks hired Suns coach Mike D'Antoni to be their coach for the next four years, signing him to a $24 million contract. D'Antoni's style of coaching suits the Knicks...
Pegged as contenders before the season began, Seattle's tailspin has many culprits and no accountability.
While the world struggles through Myanmar, the credit crunch, and seemingly ceaseless Democratic bickering, the sports section has provided a bastion of light for the dark days in which we find ourselves. Tales of unbridled generosity on the softball diamond, a Boston Dream Team for the ages, and a certain Webb awing audiences with his gems over...
Unlike Willie Nelson, this year's NBA playoff teams just don't care if they're on the road again.
We're 13 games into the second round of the NBA postseason. Only one game has gone the way of the road team, and it happened to be the Detroit Pistons eking out a 90-89 victory in Orlando ... without Chauncey Billups.Down in Old Mexico, San Antonio responded to getting deflowered by the New Orleans Hornets in consecutive games by whipping their...
The Baltimore Chop, one of the most underused plays in baseball, has found unparalleled success on the softball field.
The game of baseball has many great moments -- the suicide squeeze, a do-it-yourself triple play, and a successful "daylight" pickoff move represent just a few of the best. Not only do these plays result in gleeful grins from fans, but baseball writers of years of yore scrounged for nicknames to describe them. From basket catches to worm-burners,...
They may be different sports, but the problems of the Cleveland's Cavaliers and Indians are similar, neither can hit.
When things are going well, you never expect it to last, especially in Cleveland. When things are going poorly, you never think it will end, especially in Cleveland.Witnessing the remarkably similar trajectories of the Cavaliers and the Indians lately, it seems like each team is stuck in an endless loop of missed layups and strikeouts. The only...
Is the military letting good athletes walk away scot-free? Is it even any of our business to judge?
Our venerable head sports honcho recently penned an article about Army cadet Caleb Campbell's being drafted by the Detroit Lions in the seventh round of this year's NFL Draft. Mainly, he was talking about the polarization this has caused with a lot of fans and writers. Most seem to be decidedly on one side of the line or the other, a line...
