After a game four loss to the Bulls in the ‘96 Eastern Conference Semi’s, Derek Harper told the New York media that the Knicks would take the fifth game, guaranteed. They’d only lost game four 94-91, and Harper tossed in 15 points and 5 assists. But Harper’s words made it to the chalkboard in the […]
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Let’s #&$%’n Go!
Gilbert Arenas (photo. David Deal)
It’s funny how people like us — you know them as “The Media” — will find anything to do to kill time in between big events. For example, we were watching “SportsCenter” at the office yesterday and they started a debate: “Which big man’s legacy is more on the line: Shaq […]
Full Circle
Photo. Robyn Twomey
Has it really been FIFTEEN years since Chris Webber put on that Warriors cap on draft night (after he was traded for Penny Hardaway)? Our younger readers will one day learn that once you get into your 20s it seems every other day something makes you feel old, and of all the stuff […]
Alumni Game - St. John’s vs. Georgetown
Photo. Gary Land
In the 1980s and up through the late-’90s, Georgetown vs. St. John’s was a truly big-time rivalry. The two Big East powers, who play tonight at Madison Square Garden, have seven Final Four appearances between them, with the Hoyas winning a national ‘chip in ‘84 and the Red Storm holding status as the […]
Slim-Fast
First Kobe, now Rasheed. Word out of Detroit is that Rasheed Wallace has dropped 25 pounds since the end of the season — so much that Joe Dumars has been calling him “Slim Jim.” Thinking back, ‘Sheed did seem kinda slow last year, but we figured it was just age/ankle problems. And not saying Wallace […]


