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Radnich: I’d skip the Olympics, too
We are about a month away from the Rio Olympics and I’m starting to see why so many of our top athletes are not heading to Brazil. It’s just not worth it. Forget the fact that the two best stars in basketball are sitting out due to injury and overall fatigue. That’s something that has happened…
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Radnich: NBA Draft a bore for casual basketball fans
After one of the most interesting and exciting regular seasons and adding to that a terrific playoffs and Finals rematch – the NBA Draft was a bore. Fifteen of the first 30 players drafted were international, of those in the first round only five played all four years in college. Even the most ardent fan…
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Murph: Red-hot Giants have that familiar Bochy Era sheen
Riddle me this, baseball Batman: How does a team that rolls out a lineup with Mac Williamson at the 3 hole, Trevor Brown in the 5 hole, a left side of the infield of Conor Gillaspie and Ramiro Pena, all featuring Albert Suarez on the hill — your basic Scottsdale split-squad special — skate out…
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Radnich: Warriors have no time to mope as offseason work awaits
The offseason would have started at the same time whether the Warriors won or lost Game 7. However, the way the season ended should send the Warriors front office into an offseason fervor trying to make themselves just one game better than the Cavs. The Warriors have a lot of internal decisions to make first,…
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Murph: Streaking Giants don’t need new closer or Braun
Trade for Ryan Braun! Dump Santiago Casilla as closer! The back end of the rotation is an inferno waiting to happen! There. Had to throw some red meat to the more voracious and angst-ridden Giants fans out there. Because there are other storylines, you know: The Giants open a road trip Friday with a nifty…
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Radnich: Warriors should be worry-free heading into Game 6
The Cavs did something in Game 5 that has never been done before in the Finals: Kyrie Irving and LeBron James became the first set of teammates to go for 40 or more points each. But, there is no reason to panic in Warrior-land. Consider the facts in looking at the dismantling of the Warriors…
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Brooks: Draymond knows better than to take LeBron’s bait
So the natural order of things has occurred. LeBron James suckered Draymond Green into doing something wholly unnecessary. No doubt that James’ deliberate step over of Green was itself an act of provocation. No doubt that Draymond’s reaction was a natural one. But who had more to lose? In this case, Draymond Green. Who always…
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Radnich: Cavs better be prepared for inevitable bounce-back game from Curry
Friday night, we’ll all find out together if this will be one of the all-time great NBA Finals or if this could be over on Monday. Was Game 3 an aberration or was it a growing trend? I watched the game the same as everybody else and I didn’t see anything to get alarmed about.…
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Radnich: Cavs need LeBron to inject life into NBA Finals
What a difference two weeks can make. The Warriors went from facing elimination by a taller, quicker Thunder team to being up 2-0 on the Cavaliers in the NBA Finals. Wednesday’s Game 3 will be a night for the stars to shine. Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson have both had self-proclaimed poor starts to the series. Game…
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Brooks: Muhammad Ali is your hero’s hero
One of my earliest sports memories is watching the first Muhammad Ali-Leon Spinks fight (more than likely, it was a television rebroadcast of the event on ABC’s Wide World Of Sports). Since I was only six years old, specifics and details about the bout are non-existent, but I will never forget the overwhelming sadness that…
