Month: May 2010

  • DIO OR NO DIO

    Dio-A:  On a very Black Sabbath, Ronnie James Dio is reported dead, then alive, then dead, as The Man on the Sivler Mountain is now at Last In Line to Rock Heaven with a little Hell (or vice versa) “The ending is just a beginner…” The End came too soon yesterday, for…

  • KING JAMES BYE-BYE

    False Idol Thumped:  LeBron is not God, or even the Savior of Cleveland, as he dispels all that fiction by plaguing his own people with NINE Turnovers and thirteen bricks, Numbers that were the Genesis of the Cavs’ epic-fail Playoff Exodus 27 Points, NINETEEN Rebounds, and 10 Assists:  A Triple-Double Royale for…

  • BRIAN CUSHING: THE MARION BARRY OF FOOTBALL

    Cushing The Envelope, Please:  Just like the former D.C. Mayor, the former sc player is re-awarded by voters, AFTER getting busted for drugs — Moral of the Story?  Just Say Yes to Drugs The AP Voters are Absolutely Pathetic. The Associated Press Voters sent a pointed message to America’s Youth…

  • WHILE MY GASOL GENTLY SWEEPS

    My Sweep Lord:  By George, Pau is Leenon towards a Ring-o, as Gasol and Kobe Come Together and Beat the Help!-less Jazz 111-96 Yesterday, to Best them 4-0 and Get Back to the Western Finals — but Here Come The Suns (and LeBron is thinking:  “I’ll Follow The Suns”) Hello,…

  • THE A-TEAM IS ON THE JAZZ

    Nice, L.A.!  I love it when a plan comes together, and I pity the fool who bet the Van on Utah, as the explosive Lakers hit 13 bombs to barely survive, 111-110, and build a 3-0 Series lead over the soon-to-be-underground Jazz (who Face elimination and are Howling Mad over…

  • CUSHING UP DAISIES

    Ex-trojan’s NFL career could go six feet under, after the Juicer from Juice U. gets squeezed with a 4-game suspension for Steroids Another trojan Award Winner who should give the Award BACK.  First Bush, now Cush. The NFL’s current Defensive Rookie of the Year (and ex-trojan) Brian Cushing has just been suspended…

  • TEEN-AINGE WASTELAND

    He Can’t Explain:  It may not be a Legal Matter, but Boston GM (and Honorary Trojan) Danny Ainge, Who was a Celtic Sub-sti-tute from My Generation, shows his low class and immaturity by Fiddling About with a towel-toss, orchestrated to Rock a Cleveland Free Throw shooter Can you see The Real He he…

  • GUTTY WHITTLE BRUINS

    Forget “The Hurt Locker” — The toughest job in the World is trying to pare down to 20, the 50 or so dynamite nominees for the UCLA Spirit Squad Welcome to the third day in a row of me leading you in a cheer of “We’re not worthy!” in honor of the…

  • HEART-BREAKERS, DREAM MAKERS, AND LOVE TAKERS

    The heart-breaking process of selecting the next heart-breakers is not for the faint of heart Pat Benatar.  The Rolling Stones.  Led Zeppelin.  They each sang a different song called (something very close to) “Heartbreaker.”  UCLA Spirit should have taken those three songs and played them in a continuous loop on Sunday, as about…

  • MISS-SHUN IMPOSSIBLE

    The Hunt to replace the Cruising heart-throbs had to include choosing NOT to accept quite a few “can’t-miss” girls, proving that the UCLA Spirit Squad will not be self-destructing in 5 seconds, or any time soon How do you replace a legend?  And how do you replace THREE legends? The answer…

  • WHOLLY RAIL TO HOLY GRAIL

    Did you choose wisely?  Calvin Borel and his mount Super Saver take the inside path to a Kentucky Derby win, giving the jockey called “Bo-rail” a miraculous TRINITY of Derby Triumphs IN FOUR YEARS, a Sport of Kings barrier that no one before could Cross It’s a Three-out-of-Fourpeat.  Jockey Calvin…

  • WELCOME TO “THUNDER DONE”

    Two Teams Enter, One Team Leaves, and thanks to the Gas Man topping it off, that One Team is the Lakers, who leave the Okies in their dust, Mad to the Max Russell Westbrook ran out of gas, and Oklahoma City ran out of Gasol-blockers. On a night when the…