Author: Tim Russo (Page 51 of 89)

Read this closely

This might be the most telling sentence I’ve seen yet about this year’s Cavs team.

James scored 26 points, including a momentum generating 3-pointer that tied the score and eventually led to an 88-84 Cavaliers’ victory.

No surprise LBJ scores 26. Not really a surprise that he’s hitting big 3-pointers, in the clutch, in a close game. The final score is the kicker. The Cavs gave up 84 points. This team is already looking like one of the better defensive teams the Cavs have ever fielded.

If we put those three things together consistently, night after night….LBJ scores a lot, LBJ hits 3’s, and the Cavs hold teams under 90 points….this team will win A LOT of games.

“Give us the Cleveland plan”

New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin.

“I’m ready to go to the NFL and to [commissioner Paul] Tagliabue and say, ‘Give us the Cleveland plan,'” Nagin added, referring to the league awarding Cleveland an expansion team almost immediately after the Browns moved to Baltimore after the 1995 season. “Whatever the Saints want to do, you let them leave, but they can’t take our logo, they can’t take our name, and you give us a promise to give us a franchise when this city’s back.”

How classless are the Saints owners? I thought Art Modell was the epitome of evil, but these guys are reaching a new low.

Detroit QB saga never ends

Can you name the last good Detroit Lions QB? I can’t. Whenever you start to fret about the Browns’ QB situation, just take a look at this litany of crapola.

It’s not like we don’t know how vicious this town can get toward its quarterbacks. Scott Mitchell knows it. Rodney Peete knows it. Andre Ware knows it. Charlie Batch knows it….For a while, Joey was the answer. Now Jeff Garcia is somehow the answer. Garcia, who has never played a down that counted for this franchise. Garcia, who is 35 years old. Garcia, who relies on mobility, yet is coming off a broken leg. Garcia, not even cleared to play this week, is somehow, already the answer.

The above-linked story has a great interview with Harrington, giving a unique view into the world of a kid who’s been a golden boy his whole life, and who is now in a real no win situation. I’d feel sorry for him, especially if he just had a dress code forced on him this week like Allen Iverson….but I just can’t bring a tear to my eye.

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