Streakin’
I confess, last night, I may have given up. I was unable to watch the game (Vanderbilt desperately needs to get Fox Sports South), and resorted to following the game on my phone. Obviously, gamecasts do not tell the entire story, but it looked ugly. Thirteen points in a quarter? Terrible. But the next two quarters were not a whole lot better. When I stopped watching, we were down 22 in the fourth quarter. Surely,READ MORE
My Thoughts on Opening Day
The following is a text I received on Christmas morning: “Merry Christmas Michael! Hope you are having a good day and watching some NBA!”
And that just about sums up my day yesterday. The gift giving (and receiving) were just about overshadowed by the thrill of the long-awaited opening day. The combination of these two was almost just too much for me to handle. So much joy, hope, and excitement for the new year. Just toREAD MORE
Why I’ll take Bluff City over Lob City
Happy Hollinsdays. The NBA is back. But did it ever really leave? With the new season the NBA brings its over-hyped, big-market, “super-teams” with it. Last year’s was the Heat (Remember the “Heat Index?”). This year’s is undoubtedly the Clippers AKA “Lob City.”
I’m really down on Lob City. The only thing that makes me want to watch them in their season opener is that I get to listen to the unbelievably honest Jeff Van GundyREAD MORE
Merry Grizzmas
Grizzlife started around this day, two years ago. The Grizzlies were pretty bad then–only 8 months removed from the end of a 24-58 season–and had about as much depth as a sorority girl.
With the recent injury to Darrell Arthur, we don’t have much (maybe the depth of the YMCA deep end?) more when it comes to a bench. But it’s Grizzmas–a time of the year wonderful enough to make even Big Shot Bob see aREAD MORE
Why Last Season Wasn’t A Fluke
One season removed from a second-round playoff appearance, there are a number of key questions facing the Memphis Grizzlies heading into the 2011-2012 season. Will a healthy Rudy Gay be able to seamlessly transition into the offensive flow or will he disrupt the team’s mojo? What will the loss of Shane Battier, a seasoned veteran, mean for the team? Will Marc Gasol still play with fire now that he isn’t in a contract year?
The mostREAD MORE
The Glass Isn’t Even Close to Half-Full
In the few days since I’ve been back in Cashville, there have been a flurry of questions thrown my way: How was your summer? What’d you do? Excited to be a senior? (Hell no! This means I’m a real person with real responsibilities in about eight more months. Have you ever seen how excited business school students are to be back in a college environment? I have, and it does not have me juiced toREAD MORE
BSB’s BSB: The Most Pretentious Sentence Ever Written for ESPN?
So I’ve not done anything interesting enough to write about over the past couple weeks, but during my morning checks of vandysports.com (congratulations on Bowles UTK) and grantland.com, I came across what could be the most pretentiously written article I’ve ever read on a site related to ESPN. This may not even be the worst part of that one column because I quit reading after it, but here it is:
I like the Plex when IREAD MORE
Introducing Big Shot Bob’s Beale Street Blog
With the recent lack of material coming from our blog, the NBA lockout, and a shot of inspiration for Will Aldridge, known as Big Bill from here on out, I figured that I would create a venue allowing me to write unfocused ramblings about more than just the Grizzlies. With my very narrow knowledge base, most of the articles from this column will be on Vanderbilt athletics, all things Memphis and/or MUS, and various pop-cultureREAD MORE
