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Nats mania!
Hop the bandwagon (unlimited seats!). Sweep D-Backs,
5-game W-streak, first in NL East, draw more fans for
3 games than the Expos did for a dozen.
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The Lead Item
Two Words For You:
LEBRON. CHOKES.
Maybe the Cavs should trade
LeBron, instead of listening to more of the
LeBron-leaving rumors.
Because the All-LeBron strategy ain't working.
Despite LeBron's MVP efforts (way too many
48-minute games, only the fifth player to average
25-7-7 in a season), the Cavs have collapsed.
If he could opt out of his contract now, I bet he'd
bolt, frustrated by the direction of a team that three
months ago was a playoff lock.
But coaching is a concern, new ownership is oblivious
and management is a mess.
Help on the way? Hardly. Given the Cavs' collapse,
free agents will think twice before signing (even
local guys like Michael Redd).
And don't look toward the draft; the Cavs aren't bad
enough to escape the Lottery's talent twilight
zone. (Think early '90s Bullets. Yikes!)
LeBron is arguably the most talented NBA player
EVER ...
... But right now he's nothing more than on track to
become "the Best Player to Never Make the
Playoffs."
That's no title to savor.
NBA Playoff Races
East: Cavs out?! Now tied with Nets for
8th with 2 G to play (and NJ holds tie-breaker).
Sixers 1 GA of both.
West: Griz clinch, field set: Race for 5-6-7?
HOU and SAC tied (edge to HOU), DEN is 1 GB both. That
could change.
Monday intrigue: DEN at PHX! Nuggets get one
more shot at only other team to beat them in the last
two months besides Houston (Saturday).
Yankees Panic
If 2004 was about Buster Olney's explanation
of "The Last Night of the Yankees Dynasty," then in
2005, I'd like to spark "The First Day of the Yankees
Sucking."
From the Boss himself:
"Enough is enough. I am bitterly disappointed, as I am
sure all Yankee fans are, by the lack of
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Wily Mo Pena: New Joe Randa? 3 RBI, 500-ft HR in Reds W
Celtics: Clinch first Atlantic Division title since '92
Ben Sheets: 4yr/$38m deal is biggest in Brewers history |
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Marion Jones: Finishes LAST in her comeback race at 400m
Magglio Ordonez: He's no Vlad '05; out 4-6 weeks (hernia)
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performance
by our team. It is unbelievable to me that the
highest-paid team in baseball would start the season
in such a deep funk.
"They are not playing like true Yankees. They have the
talent to win and they are not winning. I expect Joe
Torre, his complete coaching staff and the team to
turn this around."
No interpretation necessary.
Two games vs. Tampa could help, starting today. But
two games at first-place Toronto follow. (OK: Who's
NOT rooting for more losing?)
MLB Weekend
"Complete" domination: Blown-saves
epidemic? So what! Meet the Marlins, whose pitchers
have thrown five complete games already, following
A.J. Burnett's second on Sunday.
It's phenomenal now, but given the injury histories of
Burnett and Josh Beckett (along inconsistency from Dontrelle Willis), what's the
over-under on the day the arms all fall off?
More pitching: Dream Weaver blanks Padres in
6-0 LA W (how 'bout that 9-2 start, DePo haters?);
Braves 'pen still stinks, blows lead to Phillies in
10-inning loss (Smoltz lost again, too).
T'wolves Bounces
The T'wolves should trade KG: From West
finals in '04 to not even making the playoffs in '05?
Rebuilding time has come.
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This summer, Cassell and Spree are as good as gone;
Wally would love a trade, too. What a perfect time to
dismantle the entire losing structure.
Why not listen to KG offers? How about for Kobe,
straight up? Or for Brand, Maggette and Livingston?
What do the T'wolves have to lose?
Afraid of fan backlash? Remember: Rebuilding is better
than mediocrity.
Patriots Day
Are fans across the nation sick of more too-precious
New England sports traditions?
Too bad: But that's no reason to take it out on the
hardy thousands who will run the Boston Marathon,
including Curt Schilling's wife, Shonda.
Meanwhile, Curt is starting the traditional 11:05 a.m.
Sox game at Fenway, vs. Toronto. (Of the
couple, he's got the tougher challenge.)
Free Rosie Ruiz!
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Marion Jones:
Didn't she used to be the best female athlete on the
planet? Now she's finishing LAST in minor track
events, like she did in Cali on Sunday.
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Today on ESPN.com
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| Most intriguing prospect
|  Charlie Frye
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|  Jason Campbell
| Auburn star underrated
|  Ryan Fitzpatrick
| Harvard star aced Wonderlic
|  A. Smith/A. Rodgers
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Today's MLB marquee matchup: Tim Hudson vs. Roger
Clemens. For all of Hudson's talent, he's still not as
good as the P nearly 2X his age.
Lance watch: Will hold announcement today, possibly to
explain his career decisions to follow the 2005 Tour
de France. Tracking ...
Is Richard Jefferson the next T.O.? No, not a contract
crybaby, but a key team star making a huge injury
comeback in time for the playoffs?
Only analysis to make about the talk that the NBA
might put its 2007 All-Star Game in Las Vegas: Best.
Weekend. Ever.
Good times in South Carolina: Nearly 40,000 pack the
football stadium to see Steve Spurrier's
spring-practice finale. (Team didn't look too
great.)
Jordan Classic: I'm against an NBA age limit, but FOR
prep-to-pro wannabes using common sense. (Blatche?
So-so ... Junior Oden? Declare NOW!)
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