For those in a rush to bury the Warriors after Monday’s lopsided loss to the Spurs, it’s worth remembering how difficult it can be to integrate a new starCome with me, if you will, to a time not too long ago; a simpler, more civilized time before the NBA arms race went positively nuclear. 31 October 2014, to be exact. The Cleveland Cavaliers were playing the New York Knicks, not unlike this very year. Just like this year, the Cavs were heavily favored, and the Knicks were predicted to lay down and play dead because, well, they’re the Knicks. It was a festive atmosphere in Cleveland then, too. LeBron James was playing in his first game as a Cav since...
Trump appeared on Saint and Greavsie 25 years ago to help with the League Cup fifth-round draw. Ian St John reflects on the bizarre meeting with ‘daft Donald’“The whole thing is absolutely crazy,” Ian St John says as he mulls over the possibility of Donald Trump becoming US president. “There surely must be someone inside the Republican party who’s a more suitable candidate than him – they’d only need half a brain.”Sadly not, it seems, and in two weeks’ time Trump could be elected to become the most powerful man on the planet. It’s unlikely but possible and St John is among the thousands on both sides of the Atlantic shaking their head in bafflement at the prospect. Related: Thunderous:...
Goodell made it through 2014 with his job and it seems like no one has the energy to try to take him down again even though he’s become worse at his jobEveryone has worked at a job with a colleague who is completely incompetent yet still remains employed. Maybe he knows someone in power, maybe his continued employment is simply an oversight by those in charge, maybe it’s just that no one has the heart to fire him. But day after day, week after week, he’s still there, messing up everything he touches and doing it with zero consequences. After a while, his substandard performance becomes part of the culture of the company, one of the annoying things that just...
The former pitcher’s new show debuted on Tuesday morning and like boiling a pot of water, it took a few minutes for the takes to heat all the way up“Nothing that this government does feels in any way shape or form American. And that’s the thing that scares me. We’ve accepted the fact that our White House and this administration: they are cowards. They are bowing before the world. And they don’t represent any of the things I was brought up to believe this country stands for. So.” Curt Schilling’s podcast on Breitbart.com debuted on Tuesday morning and like boiling a pot of water, it took a few minutes for the takes to heat all the way up. But by...
Will anyone stop the Warriors? Who will be named Most Valuable Player? Guardian writers give their takes on what’s coming up this seasonHow teams deal with the Warriors. Or how the Warriors deal with themselves. I’ll go with both. Seeing teams try to defend a lineup that has Kevin Durant, Steph Curry, Klay Thompson and Draymond Green will be fascinating. As will seeing how the Warriors keep everyone happy in an offense that features Kevin Durant, Steph Curry, Klay Thompson and Draymond Green. DG Continue reading...