2013 NBA Playoff Predictions
Conference Quarterfinals
(E1) Miami Heat over (E8) Milwaukee Bucks
(E4) Brooklyn Nets over (E5) Chicago Bulls
(E2) New York Knicks over (E7) Boston Celtics
(E3) Indiana Pacers over (E6) Atlanta Hawks
(W1) Oklahoma City Thunder over (W8) Houston Rockets
(W4) Los Angeles Clippers over (W5) Memphis Grizzlies
(W2) San Antonio Spurs over (W7) Los Angeles Lakers
(W3) Denver Nuggets over (W6) Golden State Warriors
Conference Semifinals
(E1) Miami Heat over (E4) Brooklyn Nets
(E2) New York Knicks over (E3) Indiana Pacers
(W1) Oklahoma City Thunder over (W4) Los Angeles Clippers
(W2) San Antonio Spurs over (W3) Denver Nuggets
Conference Finals
(E1) Miami Heat over (E2) New York Knicks
(W1) Oklahoma City Thunder over (W2) San Antonio Spurs
NBA Finals
(W1) Oklahoma City Thunder over (E1) Miami Heat
Akron star point guard Alex Abreu arrested for drug trafficking, suspended indefinitely one day before the Kent State game and one week before the MAC Tournament.
My new desktop wallpaper.
2012 NBA Playoff Predictions
Conference Quarterfinals
(E1) Chicago Bulls over (E8) Philadelphia 76ers
(E5) Atlanta Hawks over (E4) Boston Celtics
(E2) Miami Heat over (E7) New York Knicks
(E3) Indiana Pacers over (E6) Orlando Magic
(W1) San Antonio Spurs over (W8) Utah Jazz
(W5) Los Angeles Clippers over (W4) Memphis Grizzlies
(W2) Oklahoma City Thunder over (W7) Dallas Mavericks
(W6) Denver Nuggets over (W3) Los Angeles Lakers
Conference Semifinals
(E1) Chicago Bulls over (E5) Atlanta Hawks
(E2) Miami Heat over (E3) Indiana Pacers
(W1) San Antonio Spurs over (W5) Los Angeles Clippers
(W2) Oklahoma City Thunder over (W6) Denver Nuggets
Conference Finals
(E1) Chicago Bulls over (E2) Miami Heat
(W1) San Antonio Spurs over (W2) Oklahoma City Thunder
NBA Finals
(E1) Chicago Bulls over (W1) San Antonio Spurs
Twitter has once again shown that it is truly the place for cowards to throw darts at people who they wouldn’t dare confront in real life. After Brittney Griner’s amazing performance at the NCAA women’s basketball championship Tuesday, twits started questioning the 6’8” athletes’ sex due to her low voice and athletic ability.
Why it is that when a woman is exceptionally good at a sport her sexual preference is put on blast as if it has anything to do with her talent? I believe it goes back to when we were kids and to be told that you play “like a girl” was an incredible insult. Being male or female has nothing to do with the talent that you were blessed with. It’s beyond sad that an amazing basketball player like Griner can’t get the respect she deserves for perfecting her gift because some feel that women who are great at sports must secretly be a man.
Awesome court design for the Women’s Final Four.
(Screen-grab by @cjzero)
(Photos by Chang W. Lee/The New York Times and Jim Rogash/Getty Images)
Former Kent State quarterback Gene Steratore is now a referee, having simultaneously officiated for 15 seasons in NCAA basketball and six seasons in the NFL.
“I’ve had people say I’m the Deion Sanders of referees, and I always tell them that it’s true, except I’ll never be in a video game.”
Steratore began his officiating career when he was about 11, he said, working YMCA basketball games near Pittsburgh “for a quarter and a chocolate pop.” He played quarterback in high school and at Kent State before beginning his officiating career in earnest in 1983.
For Two-Way Referee, It’s N.F.L. One Day, College Basketball the Next - NYTimes.com
