Idiots Write About Basketball

"Basketball" archive

Tuesday 30 January

Like a Rolling Stone (14:59) - "This is uglier than Mick Jagger at an 8 a.m. wake-up call." -- ESPN analyst Fran Fraschilla, during the Kansas...

Monday 5 December

Advice for Our Friends at Stanford... (03:05) - ... if you keep putting UC Davis on the schedule, you're going to have a really hard time holding on...

Wednesday 19 October

Bill King Tributes Better Than Mine (13:20) - As always, Ken Arneson sets the bar high for A's bloggers with this recollection, plus a collection of previous posts...

Tuesday 18 October

In Memoriam: Bill King (13:45) - I miss you already, Bill. Update: OK, I've had some time to gather my thoughts into something that is hopefully...

Tuesday 24 May

What's Next -- Mock Coinflips? (13:26) - Lord knows I hate picking on ESPN -- The Lord: You do? I always got the impression that you kind...

Thursday 17 March

Save Yourself, Sports Guy (11:17) - I enjoy Bill Simmons more or less (though his columns are a lot funnier when his teams are losing). So...

Sunday 13 March

Lute Olson: Closet Cal Fan (13:03) - At this weekend's Pac-10 men's basketball tournament, University of Arizona head coach Lute Olson tackled the issue of East Coast...

Friday 26 November

Nancy Reagan Was Right: Just Say No, Pal (09:31) - Overhead on Southern California sports-talk radio as I drove across the highways and byways of Playa Del Rey, looking for...

Friday 6 August

I Have But One No-Look Pass to Give For My Country (17:00) - What I know about basketball could fit in a thimble. What I care about basketball could fit in an even...

Wednesday 12 May

Phil's Kobe Beef (15:30) - I wouldn't watch an NBA game if the Spurs and Lakers showed up at my front door and asked if...

Tuesday 11 February

Prayer Jordan (09:39) - I'm not much of a basketball fan, but what I was a little bit disturbed by what I saw of...

Saturday 16 March

The Merits of Sports Bars over Big-Screen TVs (20:29) - One drawback to watching the NCAA tournament from the comfort of your own home as opposed to a crowded sports...