This is painful to watch.
Dontrelle Willis was just taken out of the game in the second inning. It’s already 8-0.
Willis threw 64 pitches and got exactly four outs. He walked five of the 12 batters he’s faced and gave up two long home runs.
This is a guy that was an All-Star in 2005, and [...]
6) Da’Tara: Almost certainly better than Guadalcanal. That’s about the best thing I can say about him.
OK, maybe not. In my defense, though, I did get the second and third-place horses correct.
It was pretty obvious by the midpoint of the race that Big Brown wasn’t going to do it. He was stuck wide, but he [...]
The horses of the Belmont, in post position order:
1) Big Brown: You might have heard of him. A perfect 5-for-5 in his career, and has never been seriously threatened in any of the races. The only question mark is a minor stress fracture in one of his hooves, but his connections swear it won’t be [...]
I said yesterday that the Pistons might fire Flip Saunders, and I told someone this morning that I figured it might happen as soon as today.
An hour later, I got an email from the Pistons saying that he was gone and Joe Dumars would be holding a press conference at 2:00.
So, is it a good [...]
Detroit Red Wings (lead Stanley Cup finals 3-1)
Barring both a massive collapse by the Red Wings and a sudden revival of the Pittsburgh offense, Detroit is going to win its fourth Stanley Cup in 11 years, probably tonight.
It’s going to be very strange to see Nick Lidstrom raising the cup instead of Steve Yzerman, but [...]