Meet Gilbert Arenas. He is the NBA’s Biggest Scoring Threat.

That’s right I said it. Arenas is the most dangerous scorer in a league chock-full of standout offensive players. He scored 60-points in a win over Bryant’s the Los Angeles Lakers last night, setting a Washington Wizards franchise record for points in a game. Read the rest »

OK, LET’S PRACTICE. The name is pronounced Dice- Kay Mat-su-za-ka. Can everybody say that? Dice-kay, not Di-su-kee. Everybody got that? Good.

Daisuke Matsuzaka may well be the Boston Red Sox’s newest off-season addition, but his name is also the one most worth knowing how to say. Not because it’s more difficult to pronounce than J.D. Drew’s or Julio Lugo’s, but because according to those who have actually seen him pitch–and there aren’t many–he’s got the stuff to be Boston’s ace. Read the rest »

Picking games is never easy, particularly this late in the year, with so many teams going in different directions. I may as well pick the weather at the stadiums hosting games today, but that wouldn’t be as fun. Here we go; my week 15 NFL projections for Sunday afternoon are as follows. Read the rest »

 Allen Iverson is a brash loud-moth. He is to the National Basketball Association what Terrell Owens is to the National Football League and Barry Bonds is to Major League Baseball. He is a supremely talented athlete and a problem-child, who is viewed universally as a bad-boy. 

I wouldn’t want Iverson on my team, not even if all I had to give up in exchange was a cup of Gatorade. Especially if it was the yellow kind. I wouldn’t trade a bag of balls for Owens, and you couldn’t pay me enough to welcome Bonds into my clubhouse. That’s just the way I am. Read the rest »

Okay kids, let’s practice. Dice-Kay Mat-su-za-ka. Can everybody say it? Dice-kay, not Di-su-ke. Are we good? Good. 

 Daisuke Matsuzaka may well be the newest Boston Red Sox offseason-addition, but his name is also the one most worth knowing how to say. Read the rest »

Another long Sunday of football has come and gone. Here are Grant’s Slants for the week-14 that was…  Read the rest »

THERE IS LITTLE loyalty in sports anymore, and the days of players spending their entire careers with one team are a thing of the past.

San Diego won’t soon embrace another Tony Gwynn and Baltimore shouldn’t hold its breath waiting for the second coming of Cal Ripken Jr. Ambassadors like those two gentleman are also a thing of the past. Read the rest »

Why is it that a backup can’t just be a backup. Why is it that people want to see every backup who does their job become a starter? Am I not making any sense? Let me start over then.

Backup players in sports are just that. They are reserves, and they are second on the depth-chart at their position. A backup’s job is to be prepared to play at all times, and to play well when called upon. Why is it then that every time a backup plays, and plays well, the instant reaction is to think that they should be promoted to a starting role? Read the rest »

The Washington Redskins held the ball for more than 15-minutes longer than the Philadelphia Eagles, and even out-gained their opponent by over 150-yards. They still lost though. With the setback the last-place Redskins fell to 4-9 on the season, sliding to an equally as unimpressive 3-4 at home. Ladell Betts ran for 100-yards for the third-consecutive week and Antwan Randle El completed his first pass as a Redskin. But neither Betts nor Randle El could help that Washington’s defense couldn’t stop Philly in the game’s final minutes, and because of the defense’s inability to force a punt in the game’s final three-minutes, the Redskins walked off of the field losers. Read the rest »

Don’t look yet, but the Washington Capitals are playing good hockey. Okay, you can look now.

I spent two nights this week at the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C. watching the Capitals play host to a couple of the NHL’s premiere teams. The Capitals scored seven goals and dropped the gloves six-times in the two games I attended, winning one and dropping the other. Read the rest »