The Morning Hangover - That Was Embarrassing Chatter
10,000 Takes —
NBA: Celtics 131, Lakers 92. The most embarrassing part of last night wasn't the Lakers getting crushed by 39 points, it was the antics of KG on the sideline and during his post game interview. We should be writing about how Kevin McHale failed miserably to win a championship during KG's twelve years in Minnesota, but we can't ...
Kevin Garnett scares Michele Tafoya, rest of America
Sports stories from Newsday —
Look, Kevin Garnett from all accounts is a good guy, a great player and an emotional fellow. Mazel tov and props to him for his big victory Tuesday.
But as I watched Michele Tafoya's scary/fascinating post-game interview with Garnett, during which he seemed to be speaking in tongues, I was thinking this:
It is impossible to imagine Bob Cousy or Bill Russell or Larry Bird or Dennis Johnson acting this way on national TV after winning a title. And why is that?
Because the cultural expectations for publicly displayed emotion and celebration have changed, whether it's because of SportsCenter or ...
The Most Awkward 150 Seconds Of Michele Tafoya’s Career…
Can't Stop The Bleeding —
…or simply, KG Blowing His Line. Adidas really would’ve prefered “Impossible Is Nothing” to “anything is possible”, but perhaps that can be fixed in the editing room.
Hail to the victors: Celtics claim NBA Title
The Postmen // A Sports Blog // Chicago, IL. —
Seeing as any good blogger/Internet writer had something up last night on the Finals, this is all old news by now, but hey, hats off to the Celtics. It was rough sledding making it to the final round, but they proved they were better than the listless Lakers when it mattered most. (Seriously, Kobe, all you guys could muster was a 39-point trashing? And have you ever played defense before? Ever?)
As a fan, I was torn before the series started. On the one hand, I’ve always been a KG backer and used to rock his Minnesota jersey in middle school. But Kobe is otherworldly, and he and the Lakers stomped through the West on their way to the Finals. I ...
The Redemption of Kevin Garnett
Intentional Foul —
OK, time for a quick house-cleaning segment: when I said the Lakers would win in six over at With Malice, obviously I made a typo. I must have meant Boston but it just came out as LA. Yeah, we’ll say that.
Anyway, besides bringing another title to Beantown and besides adding Paul Pierce to the list of all-time great Boston Celtics players, it also served as some redemption for Kevin Garnett. Not only was the Big Ticket maligned for his play in Game 5 (and the rest of the playoff games where he didn’t put 26 and 14 on the board), he was also getting the point of joining players like Patrick Ewing, Karl ...
MICHELLE TAFOYA INTERVIEWS KEVIN GARNETT'S BELLY BUTTON
SPORTS UNFILTERED —
KG Goes Apeship LIVE!
Hugging Harold Reynolds —
Kevin Garnett loses his mind on live television. If anyone watched the post game festitivies of last night's Boston Celtics romp over the LA Lakers to claim the NBA Championship you know where this is going. Almost as entertaining as watching the Celtics light up the Lake-Show was Michelle Tafoya's interview with an out-of-control Kevin Garnett. I had read the stories throughout the playoffs that Garnett didn't sleep for something like four nights at one point and is so hyped for games he can barely control himself. This apparently bubbled over during the final moments of the game and postgame. After ...
Which is the Most Awkward Post Game Interview?
Play is Under Review —
KG after winning the finals? Or Joakim Noah's interview after they won the championship? Or Lundquist's reaction to Noah's dance after the SEC championship?
Boston Celtics World Champions
BallerBlogger.com —
[image] Bill Russell knew . Of course, Russell is a Celtic at heart. The man led Boston to 11 NBA championships in 13 seasons. But he’s also the greatest winner in the history of professionals sports. Russell saw KG playing the “way he should play.” Leading Boston by example. Playing selflessly. Leaving every ounce of energy on the floor each and every night. Just like Russell did. Russell knew the Boston Celtics were destined for greatness. That they would etch their names in the record books. Paul Pierce was the Finals MVP. But Kevin Garnett is the heart and soul of the Boston Celtics. And the Boston Celtics were all heart. They were all soul. The Celtics ...
KG Mangles Marketing Slogan During Celebration
SPORTSbyBROOKS —
In video linked by Jason this morning, here’s Kevin Garnett once again during a postgame interview with Michelle Tafoya last night: Note the long, painful pause before Garnett explodes with “Anything Is Possible!” Kevin Garnett Goofs Up Adidas Marketing Slogan After NBA Finals (Video now surely will be taken down, so here’s a screen shot) To many, that appeared as a genuine reaction from Garnett as he was overcome with emotion. But if you know anything about Garnett’s association with Adidas, you realize that that reaction was anything but off-the-cuff. Instead, it was designed to celebrate his shoe endorsement. Except Garnett got it wrong. Very ...
Thursday (camera-conscious) edition: Wha’ Happened?
Randball —
kobe.JPG pierce1.JPG What happens when someone takes a picture of you? Well, if you’re like us, you either try to look halfway decent or you make a ridiculous face. Regardless, though, you try to do something memorable — it’s your frozen moment to do something that says, “I’m this good-looking, this funny or this interesting ALL THE TIME,” even when that is typically not true. Now imagine you’re a professional athlete playing on the grandest stage. Every minute of your existence is potentially being recorded up close for posterity, and you know it. The trick, though, is that we’ve been embedded in this sports hyperculture for long enough now that fans know it, too. So ...
NBA Finals: Perception Is A Funny Thing
Intentional Foul —
It’s funny how people perceive things. Take Kevin Garnett for instance. When the Celtics secured their 17th title Tuesday night, the Big Ticket was, in all likelihood, the one Celtic who celebrated the loudest and with the most emotion. Considering the way he approaches the game of basketball, this is certainly understandable.
However, while perusing the feed reader, I noticed not everybody reacted to Kevin’s apparent glee (relief?) with the same sense of appreciation. The moment under scrutiny takes place during his post-game interview with Michelle Tafoya (I hope this blog meets your level of expectation, ...
Kevin Garnett's Post Game Interview: A Translational Breakdown
Football Crack —
A lot of hoopla has been made about Kevin Garnett’s post championship win interview with Michelle Tafoya. This is mainly because it is perhaps the greatest interview to have ever taken place in the history of our universe. Another reason is that a lot of people have been confused by some of things he said during it. Some of it was inaudible while other things just haven’t made much sense to people. Well, the entire thing was crystal clear to me. Call me enlightened, but I was not confused at any moment during the entire interview or subsequent playbacks. Maybe it’s because I have a ton of common sense and look at things as simply as possible. Or perhaps it just means ...
SwaggerJack: From Phoenix to Toronto. Boom Tho.
Hardwood Paroxysm —
Holly MacKenzie is a contributing writer for Hardwood Paroxysm and SLAM. She writes SwaggerJack every Wednesday from here on out. Or I'll kill her. - Matt If you’re looking for NBA talk, skip to the fourth paragraph. It’s been awhile. Over a month, in fact. I just wanted to let you know I don’t normally pull the disappearing act and there is no need to worry, my swagger has not been jacked. I’ve been dealing with some traumatic events as of late. Yes, I am speaking about my Lakeshow. Now that the draft has come and gone and I’ve gotten to see team USA in all of their glory (at least, lots of photos), I am ...
18 Days....
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HCH Team Previews: Boston Celtics
HalfCourtHeave » Page not found —
October 28th is fast approaching and before we get there, I gotta preview every NBA team. Who’s going to break out, who you are going to want to see break his leg, where they will end up…everything. At the end of all these, we are going to have a nice little playoff bracket going. You are going to be seeing 2-3 a day, so pay attention! Up now, the Boston Celtics (as always, agree/disagree let me know in the comments!).
Last Year: Went 66-16 and won the whole fucking thing, leading to KG going bat shit crazy, and a Gatorade shower that the media made way too big a deal about. Although ...
NBA Opening Night Live Thread
FanIQ Blog —
The end of October is always one of my favorite times of the year. College Football and the NFL are really hitting their strides but what I like best about late October is the return of the NBA.
Tonight we have the Celtics raising the banner and opening their title defense against LeBron and the Cavs. Following that will be Greg Oden and everyone's new favorite team, the Portland Trailblazers, making their debut against Kobe and the Lakers.
LeBron told the Sporting News that, "I know I've improved five times than I was in Game 7 of the Boston series."
We all now get to look forward to LeBron having a 225-point, ...
The Crying Game - NBA's Best Crying Moments
Hoop Heads North —
Here are the NBA's top 5 crying moments: 5. Adam Morrison 4. Kevin Garnett, Boston Celtics 4. Former Raptor, Tracy McGrady 3. Former Raptor, Vince Carter 2. Sasha Vujacic, LA Lakers 1. Glen "Big Baby" Davis, Boston Celtics (shoutouts to the thehoopdoctors.com for the ...
2008 Year In Review: Top Sports Moments
FanIQ Blog —
2008 has come and (nearly) gone, so its time to take a look back at the year that was. We saw a year full of suspense, surprises, and history. Here's the top 10 moments in the 2008 sports year.
10. Red River Rivalry - October 10
Its rare when a highly anticipated rivalry game actually lives up to its billing, but when Texas and Oklahoma met up this year it did just that. Texas kept falling behind Oklahoma and coming back until the second half when they finally took the lead and ended up winning the game going away by a score of 45-35. Colt McCoy and Sam Bradford had amazing games, and ultimately went on ...
Best of 2008: Hip 2 Da Game's Top 5 Athletes of 2008
Hip 2 Da Game —
Before we start, let me just say that this Top 5 is not based on who had the best year statistically or who is the best player in their sport. This is simply just what athletes best embody what this blog is about: hip hop & sports. In other words, you have to bring something extra to the table to entertain the masses or the way you represent on the field and not ...
Celtics/Bulls Series Preview
SLAM Online —
By Russ Bengtson
In 1994, the eighth-seeded Denver Nuggets defeated the top-ranked Seattle Supersonics in the first round, shocking the world—not to mention the Sonics. It was one of the biggest upsets of all time, and remains the standard by which all playoff upsets are measured. During the regular season, the Sonics had won 21 more games than the Nuggets.
The 2009 Celtics and Bulls have regular-season records separated by the same number of games.
This is not to say a Bulls first-round victory would be anywhere near as shocking—after all, the Celtics aren’t coached by George Karl. It’s just an attempt to give the ...
Sixers rally from 18-down to beat the Magic on Iguodala's game-winner
Liberty Ballers —
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Philadelphia 76ers forward Andre Iguodala (9) gets a hug from teammate Reggie Evans as forward ...
Fine, Bill Simmons Will Run Your Stupid Team For You
Can't Stop The Bleeding —
I’ve been writing its history in the form of churlish, triannual blog posts over the course of the last few years, but the transition of Bill Simmons from ordinary-bro sportswriter to nightmarish egobeast has been working itself out in print for all to see for some time now. For those of us scratching away at the margins of the writing game — making very little money; getting, like, edited — Simmons’ life seems pretty good. A lot of that is just his (yooge) paycheck, but also the fact that he apparently can just wave into print whatever he wants. GC lets me do that here, of course, but my lifestyle is a few (dozen) frills shy of Bill’s. ...
In Which We Get Around to Congratulating the Lakers, Finally
Ladies... —
Undoubtedly you’ve noticed that us current Ladies are not the biggest NBA fans in the world, given the number of Stanley Cup related posts vs. NBA finals posts over the last week. Of course in some ways the Stanley Cup was considerably more exciting than “The” Finals (and why can’t they come up with a catchy name? ...
