June 5, 2009
By SportsNerd at 12:31 pm
The problem with following soccer, ironically, is that there’s just too much of it. If you’re an MLS fan, you probably also follow a team or two in Europe, Mexico, or South America, where the soccer season comes to a close just as the MLS is heating up. And then domestically there’s the U.S. national [...] read more →
June 3, 2009
By SportsNerd at 12:40 pm
[Editor's Note: For those of you who hate the NBA because they stole the Sonics, here's the reason you should care about this year's NBA finals between L.A. and Orlando: It's up to former Sonic Rashard Lewis, Orlando's sharp-shooter, to save America from the evil Kobe Bryant.] Rashard Lewis. We’re counting on you. Please please [...] read more →
May 20, 2009
By SportsNerd at 12:22 pm
Thoughts on the Western Conference Finals. The Lakers will probably beat Denver but you have to believe that the Nuggets are the last team Kobe wanted to see. First there is his uncomfortably public adultery trial which left him with some not so fond memories of Colorado hotels. And then there is the menacing specter [...] read more →
May 18, 2009
By SportsNerd at 6:07 pm
It’s been about 45 hours since the Sounders’ embarrassing draw with Dallas, but the pain remains. What happened? On Friday, I indentified three goals for the game: do get red cards, manage the heat, and don’t get cocky. The Sounders managed with the first–our Archilles heal so far–but lousy officiating still gave Dallas an equalizer, [...] read more →
May 13, 2009
By SportsNerd at 11:02 am
The second round continues so I’ll lay it down on each of the remaining three series: Bad calls, bad injuries and bad nicknames. 1) Dallas’ tragic game three loss to Denver actually answered a question I’d been wondering about for a while: If your team is up by three but your opponent has the last [...] read more →
May 6, 2009
By SportsNerd at 1:01 pm
(Editor’s Note: For all you prigs who complained about our decision to have SportsNerd cover the NBA playoffs instead of local Sounders volley ball or whatever, I say: Boston v Chicago. And thank you Derrick Rose and Rajon Rondo for making the lay-up the new three-pointer. Take it to the baskets. Anyway, here’s SportsNerd.) After [...] read more →
April 29, 2009
By SportsNerd at 1:49 pm
For the first time ever an NBA playoff series has gone into overtime three games in a row. The depleted Boston and the young and hungry Bulls are so evenly matched that these games might as well be simulcast on ESPN Classic. As I predicted in my NBA playoff primer two weeks ago: “Also don’t [...] read more →
April 22, 2009
By SportsNerd at 2:14 pm
Opening weekend was fantastic. Here is the run down of every matchup so far: #2 Celtics v #7 Bulls (Tied 1-1) If there is one thing Boston proved last year, it’s that every playoff series Paul Pierce is in will be taken to heart stopping extremes. Last year it took the full seven games to [...] read more →
April 17, 2009
By SportsNerd at 1:31 pm
[Editor's Note: Just in time for the NBA playoff's, PubliCola now has a SportsNerd. March "Madness" is right. Time for some real basketball.] We all know the finals this year is going to be Cavs-Lakers but Goddamn! Every other match up along the way is so close that this postseason is poised to be the [...] read more →
February 11, 2009
By SportsNerd at 11:10 am
January 31st should have been a great day for the UFC. Ultimate Fighting Championship President Dana White called “UFC 94,”—the latest UFC welterweight championship— “More than sold out.” Officials at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas had spent the day adding more seats to accommodate the 14,885 fans. The event pulled in $4.3 million at [...] read more →
February 4, 2009
By SportsNerd at 4:31 pm
I hate the Arizona Cardinals. I love Kurt Warner. The Arizona Cardinals are my Oklahoma City Thunder. I grew up in St. Louis, and when I was a kid, the NFL’s St. Louis Cardinals—we also had a Major League Baseball team named the St. Louis Cardinals—were uprooted by their owner and dragged to Arizona so [...] read more →
