Month: September 2005 (Page 9 of 26)

Tribe so hot they are now causing lack of sleep

I have been resisting Tribe playoff mode for a while, mainly because I knew that the moment I got into it, I would not be able to stop paying attention, no matter how tired I am.

As I write this, the Tribe is up somewhat safely on the Royals, 9-6, middle of the 8th. Normal human beings would go to sleep right now. Not me. I’m afraid I’m going to be losing a lot of sleep in the coming weeks.

Lebron lays it out on Oprah

How many sports blogs you know cover Oprah? None? There’s one now. Damn straight!

Oprah was her lovable, head-waggin’ self, saying about all the money, the posse, all the cousins who come out of the woodwork, “I worry ’bout you!” asking Lebron about all the “girls standin’ outside the game with their panties on their heads…” Lebron was at his clean cut, good guy best. Lebron’s mom, and his girlfriend Savannah (who he’s dated for more than 3 years – how on earth can that thing last?!?!) were in the audience, and he was ready with the right answer to that one. “I seen ’em! But my mom taught me right from wrong.”

On the whole being the best basktball player of all time thing….Cavs management take note.

“I think long term, in basketball, the ultimate goal is to win the NBA championship,” Lebron says. “I got to. I have to. My life won’t be satisfied without winning an NBA championship.”

Kid’s got the money. Got the fame. Got the girls with the panties on their heads. He ain’t goin’ nowhere if he thinks Cleveland is where he’ll win that championship. That’s the challenge for Gilbert, Ferry, et. al.

Browns not running much

Tony Grossi details the Browns aversion to the running game.

Through two games, they have thrown 75 times and run 41. That 65-to-35 ratio is not abnormally high — Baltimore is throwing a whopping 74 percent of the time — but it is higher than you would expect.

I’m a little worried about this. The offensive line has proven solid in pass blocking, are they just not measuring up on run blocking? Not sure I see that…their first half performances with Reuben Droughns have been pretty good.

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