Public Knowledge

A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is still putting on its shoes.  -Mark Twain

Public Knowledge: 

1.  King James.  Long live the King.  King James recorded his seventeenth career triple double last night.  Triple trouble.  LeBron is now tied for twenty-first all time.  Tied for twenty-first all time with Scottie Pippen and Bill Russell.  Now, if they only counted blocks back then, would the King still be tied with Russell?  I don’t think so. Wait, it gets better.  LeBron led the Cavs in points, rebounds and assists last night.  The 46th time in his career he led the Cavs in points, rebounds and assists.  Since 2004, James’ first season in the NBA, only one player has done that more.  That’s right, my man, the Big Ticket.

2.  Dwyane Wade will miss the remainder of the season.  Will miss the remainder of the season so he can further rehabilitate his surgically repaired left knee.  Maybe it’s me, but I don’t think the Flash will ever return to his old flashiness.  Think Ken Griffey Jr.  Think Yao.  Think Eric Lindros.   Think Grant Hill.  Think Terrell Davis.  Think those guys there.  Oh, what could have been.

3.  No gnews is good gnews.  Here’s the good gnews.  Team doctors have told Boom Boom Beckett his sore back is gnot result of a disc problem.  Phew!  Here’s the bad gnews.   Boom Boom Beckett is still hurting, and gnot planning to throw again until the problem is resolved.  Let’s get that problem solved before opening day, shall we?  Roll Sox roll!

4.  Often imitated, never duplicated.  Dikembe Mutombo:

5.  Shaun Alexander is not a happy man.  He thought he was stabbed in the back before.  Paul Pierce style.  He thinks he was stabbed in the back again.  The Seattle Seahawks have just announced the signing of running back Orange Julius Jones.  The second running back Seattle has signed in the last week (TJ Duckett).  Shaun Alexander is a running back with talent.  Loads of talent.  Bucket loads of talent.  Truck loads of talent.  Talent that has been decimated by injuries.  It looks like his days in Seattle are numbered. 

6.  She said it’s really not my habit to intrude.  Furthermore, I hope my meaning won’t be lost or misconstrued.  But I’ll repeat myself, at the risk of being crude.  There must be fifty ways to leave your lover.  Fifty baby, fifty!  The Celtics beat the 76ers to become the first team to 50 wins this season.  Woooo doggy!   It has been 22 seasons since Boston was the first team to 50 wins all by themselves back in 1986.  You know what happened then.  They won a championship then.  They say the next big thing is here, that the revolution’s near.  But to me it seems quite clear that it’s all just a little bit of history repeating.

7.  Everybody’s yipping about Johann’s start yesterday.  Everybody’s yapping about how great he was.  What about my boy?  Huh?  What about Jon Lester?  Here are the lines.

Johann:   4IP  2H  0R  0ER  0BB  4K

Lester:    4IP  2H  0R  0ER  1BB  5K

I’m just saying…

8.  Just so you know.  Not for nothing.  Not that it means anything.  Jeremy Shockey’s house just hit the market.  Hmmmmm.  So if have 2 Mil lying around, love NYC views, then call your local real estate agent.

9.  Don’t look now, here come the New York Rangers.  It took a while but the Rangers are hot.  Red hot.  My gal is red hot.  Your girl ain’t doodely squat.  The Rangers have now earned at least one point in each of their last 10 road games.  That matches the second-longest streak of its kind in team history and the longest since 1972-73.  Since Jean Ratelle.  Since Brad Park.  Since Rod Gilbert.  These new look Rangers are suddenly on a roll.  Suddenly Susan.  Suddenly on a roll and challenging for top spot in the Prince of Whales Conference.

10.  Yankees still suck!

Peace out homies.  Six Two and Even!

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