Our house, was our castle and our keep.  Our house, in the middle of our street.  Our house, that was where we used to sleep.  Our house, in the middle of our street.  -Madness

Public Service Announcement:  Ok, here we go!  Miss me?  Sure you did.  C’mon.  Of course you did.  Why wouldn’t you?  How couldn’t you?  I know I’ve been remiss in bringing you all the sports that’s fit to print.  All the sports that’s all that and an after-dinner mint. Hotter than something put out by Larry Flynt. I know I’ve been remiss in bringing you the one blog to read when you’re reading more than one.  I know and I’m sorry.  I’m currently in the middle of a gut rehab job of my house.  A job I’m doing myself.  That coupled with my two real jobs is making posting here rather difficult.  But I will make a concerted effort to put up one article a day.  Like the man says, an article a day keeps the doctor away.  At least he says something like that.  And like my main man Paul McCartney always says, “For all we know our love will grow.  That’s what the man said.  So won’t you listen what the man said?”

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Peace out homies. Six two and Even!

Don’t you know I’m still standing better than I ever did.  Looking like a true survivor, feeling like a little kid.  I’m still standing after all this time.  Picking up the pieces of my life without you on my mind.  -Elton John

Public Service Announcement:  Ok, here we go!  Like Mark Twain, the reports of Baron Davis’ death have been greatly exaggerated.  There was a time when Boom Dizzle electrified the crowd on a nightly basis.  Electrified the crowd with acrobatic lay-ups.  Electrified the crowd with half court buzzer beaters.  Electrified the crowd with posterizing dunks.  Last night, he gave us a little taste of thet once again.  Last night, Baron Davis scored 27 big points.  Last night, Baron Davis grabbed 12 huge rebounds.  He handed out 12 tremendous assists while pilfering five titanic steals in the Clippers’ 104-102 loss at Memphis.  Big deal you say?  Who cares you say?  I say since 1973, when the NBA began recording steals, only two other players reached all four of those statistical levels in one game.  I say only Magic Johnson and only Fat Lever.  The bad news?   Davis, Johnson  and Lever all played for the losing team in those games.  You can’t have everything. What Baron Davis has is 19.5 ppg, 11.3 apg, 5 rpg and 2.8 spg in the new year. Should old acquaintance be forgot, and never brought to mind? Not B-Diddy. He’s finally playing like the All-Star guard he was a few years ago.

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Peace out homies.  Six two and Even!

(ESPN 9PM ET)  Tonight, undefeated Kentucky will have its toughest road test of the season.  But that’s not why I’m watching.  That’s not why you’re watching.  We’re watching this game because we’re watching the future of the NBA.  We’re watching this game to see wunderkid John Wall.  We’re watching to see this kid to come riding in on his white horse to perform many great signs and wonders.  Wall is one of those rare guards who possesses  size, speed and athleticism.  At least once or twice a game he will make a jaw dropping play.  An awe dropping play.  There should be a law dropping play.  He is able to consistently finish above the rim.  He has an extra gear which allows him to turn the corner or to explode by defenders in the open court  At full speed, he is not only faster than anyone else on the court, but he is faster while handling the ball as he is weaving through defenders.  Yowza!  Get your popcorn ready!

Peace out homies!  Six Two and Even!

How he crossed the desert sands and could not enter the chosen land.  On the banks of the river he stayed to face the price you pay.  -Bruce Springsteen

Public Service Announcement:  Ok, here we go!  Karl Malone has been a spokesman for the National Rifle Association, and he loves shooting rare wild animals for sport.  But, Malone is famous for his stance against NBA players packing heat.  Malone:  “Now why do these guys carry guns?  Is that the ‘cool’ thing to do?  Well ‘cool’ gets you dead!”  Well now, cool gets you broke.  At least it looks as if it’s gonna get Gilbert Arenas broke.  In some places, like your local NRA rifle range, it might be free to wave a couple of guns around with your friends if you don’t waste any of those increasingly expensive bullets.  For Arenas, however, it could cost a little bit more than 111 million American dollars.  According to TMZ, the Washington Wizards have told locker room pistolero Gilbert Arenas they believe he is in violation of his contract and they have the right to void the deal.  See what happens?

Peace out homies.  Six two and Even!

Another one bites the dust.  And another one gone, and another one gone.  Another one bites the dust.  Hey, I’m gonna get you too.  Another one bites the dust.  -Queen

Public Service Announcement:  Ok, here we go!  While many people think of wrestling as a big joke, there is one thing about wrestling that isn’t funny. The death rate among wrestlers is alarmingly high.  Shockingly high.  Exorbitantly high.  Unfortunately, the least common way that wrestlers seem to be dying is due to old age.  Add another one to the list.  Add Ludvig Borga.  Add a finnish ex-boxer out to destroy all Americans.  A heel among heels, Borga’s claim to fame was his ending of Tatanka’s undefeated streak.  The grappler, real name Tony Halme, was found dead at his home in Helsinki, Finland at age 47.  Rest in Peace Ludvig Borga.

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Peace out homies. Six two and Even!

The best things in life are free, but you can keep ‘em for the birds and bees.  Now gimme money.  That’s what I want.  -Beatles

Public Service Announcement:  Ok, here we go!  Just a quick one.  A run and stick one.  A treat or trick one.  When Mo Vaughn left the Boston Red Sox to sign the highest contract in the game with the Angels, Sports Radio WEEI in Boston ran a soundclip adnauseum of the Hit Dog saying, “It’s not about the money.”  That soundclip has always stayed with me.  It’s always stayed with me because it’s always about the money.  Always.  Mark McGwire took steroids for the money.  Yes, he took them to improve his health.  Yes, he took them to improve his power numbers.  But both of those things improved his bank account.  Now he comes clean.  He comes clean because he needs a job.  He comes clean because he needs the money.  That’s it.  He can cry.  He can wish he played in a different era.  He can call the widow Maris.  It doesn’t change a thing.  It’s about the money.

Peace out homies.  Six two and Even!

It takes two to make a thing go right.  It takes two to make it outta sight.  Hit it!  -Rob Base

Public Service Announcement:  Ok, here we go!  Word on the street says the Timberwolves are prepared to start exploring the trade market for Al Jefferson.  Word on the street says there are questions about Jefferson’s compatibility with Kevin Love.  Like my main Jay-Z always says, “When the streets is talkin, niggaz is gossipin.’”  The gossip is a deal was in the works to send Al Jefferson to Indiana for Danny Granger.  Minnesota Timberwolves president of basketball operations David Kahn quickly shot this down saying  he has no desire to do anything with the team’s core pieces this season.  I hope he’s telling the truth.      Read More »

Now we know why Peter Gammons left ESPN.  To pursue his dream of being a rock star. Here he is at House of Blues in Boston from Friday night:

Peace out homies. Six two and Even!

I set that place up on fire, as they came out, batted their heads like I was Mark McGuire.  I’m in the darkness.  -Insane Clown Posse

Public Service Announcement:  Ok, here we go!  Extra!  Extra!  Read all about it!  Read all about Mark McGwire.  In a just released AP story that should come as a shock to just about no one, Mark McGwire finally came here to talk about the past.  In a just released AP story that should come as a shock to just about no one, Mark McGwire  came clean and admitted he used steroids when he broke baseball’s home run record in 1998.  He said in a statement sent to the Associated Press that he used steroids on and off for nearly a decade.  McGwire:  “After all this time, I want to come clean.”           Read More »

Proving, once again that military and intelligence don’t necessarily go together:

Peace out homies. Six Two and even!