JAG’s Sports Blog

Any college basketball fan has to be watching the battle for the scoring title and player of the year honors in the NCAA between Duke star guard J.J. Redick and Gonzaga star forward Adam Morrison. They seem to be able to score at will, but what is either players potential to have such an impact in the NBA next year.        

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So, I know the postings have been a bit slow.  I hate to see blogs that are slow.  We are looking for 2 more writers for this blog.  Are you interested?  As it grows their will be some plitting of the benefits that come as a result.

As we get this going, please check out this great post by James on the NBA controversy.

I saw this picture of Kobe Bryant and Shaq at the All Star game.  I couldn’t resist posting it. Everyone has funny pictures from time to time. I probably have them more often than not. This picture though of Kobe Bryant and his goofy grin behind Shaq tops them all that I have seen of Kobe.  Pretty funny. The headline on ESPN said Kobe and Shaq are all smiles since breaking the ice last month.

New York Knicks mighty might 5 ft 9 point guard Nate Robinson won the NBA All-Star week slam dunk competition against players close to 8-12 inches taller than him Saturday Night in Houston. This will lend a lot of credibility again to the slam dunk competition with a player under 6 feet winning, but it was not without a little controversy.

Robinson defeated last year’s champ 6ft 9 Josh Smith, Hakim Warrick and 6ft 6 Andre Igoudala in the finals. Robinson’s win in the finals over Igoudala is where a bit of the controversy came in. Igoudala led off the final round with a spectacular behind the back reverse dunk that earned him a perfect 50. Robinson was behind and had to nail a couple of dunks to catch up. He took the lead with a dunk over 1986 Slam Dunk champ 5 ft7in Spud Webb. Igoudala tied Robinson with another high-flying dunk to force the first ever dunk off in the competition. By this time it was obvious that Robinson would win as long as he made his dunk as the judges were determined to score Robinson higher no matter what Igoudala performed. (more…)

It is to early to really know what happened with Gretzky and his wife.  I find it hard to believe that a woman gambles huge, and a husband doesn’t know about it.  I would think that she is betting for him, but who knows?

I do know that both of them are huge gamblers in Vegas.  Gretzky a bigger gambler as the rumor has it than his wife and is a “whale” in Las Vegas.  Having a credit line in the millions.

So, will this hurt Gretzky’s image, or not?

Michelle Kwan pulls out of her final Olympics due to her health.  Her recurring groin injury did not have her up to what her expectations were.  She pulled out of the deadline and another skater will fill her skates.

We will miss her.

Team USA (women) had a easy first win against Switzerland.  Team USA played a pretty consistent game and look pretty good. 

The feeling is that Team USA is headed towards a gold medal face-off against Team Canada.