Oden Gets a Vote for Standing Up for His Beliefs- February 29, 2008 It's not as if Greg Oden declared he was refusing induction into the U.S. Army or staging a sit-in or starting a boycott. But in these days of political and social inactivity among America's richest and most famous athletes, Oden's conversation with and subsequent public endorsement of Sen. Barack Obama for president qualifies as an eye-opener.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/28/AR2008022804230.html?nav=r... Clearly, He Stands Alone- February 26, 2008 We're about at the point with Tiger Woods when it's pointless to limit the conversation about his competitive brilliance to the game of golf. With only Jack Nicklaus in that discussion we have to search for a larger context to put Woods's still ascending career into proper perspective. Winning the Match Play Championship over the weekend was another emphatic reminder that we're about at the point where Tiger's peers aren't Phil Mickelson and Ernie Els as much as they are Michael Jordan, Joe...http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/25/AR2008022502782.html?nav=r... Celtics Still Ahead Of the Curve in East- February 25, 2008 PHOENIX -- The Boston Celtics started this basketball makeover craze. Back at the end of July, before the Lakers had any thought of trading for Pau Gasol or the Phoenix Suns had any inkling Shaq might become The Big Cactus, Danny Ainge remade and as a result reenergized the Celtics. Even as they've struggled now through their first three-game losing streak of the season out west, the overall numbers make it fairly easy to argue that the biggest trade in the season of swap took place not in...http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/24/AR2008022402167.html?nav=r... Bryant Spoils O'Neal's Suns Debut- February 21, 2008 PHOENIX, Feb. 20 -- The Phoenix Suns didn't have much trouble running with Shaquille O'Neal. Problem was they couldn't catch the Los Angeles Lakers. On a night when the entertainment level somehow matched considerable pregame hype, the Suns and Lakers put on a show worthy of a conference championship game.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/20/AR2008022002984.html?nav=r... Fantasy Basketball In the Real World- February 20, 2008 PHOENIXhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/19/AR2008021902925.html?nav=r... Mavs' Trade for Kidd Is Still on Hold- February 15, 2008 The proposed trade that was to send New Jersey's Jason Kidd to the Dallas Mavericks still did not materialize last night. Dallas forward Devean George, who exercised a no-trade clause in his contract, was once again in a Mavericks uniform for his team's game against the Suns in Phoenix.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/14/AR2008021403582.html?nav=r... All-Star Format Change: Pit U.S. vs. the World- February 13, 2008 We're five days from the NBA All-Star Game and I'm not feeling the love. I'm not sensing that people, even real pro basketball fans, are dying to see it. Oh, they're down for the All-Star Weekend parties, for hanging out in the French Quarter, for craziness up and down Bourbon Street, for supper at Emeril's. But the game itself It's, shall we say, a little stale. As a matter of fact the least exciting thing about All-Star Weekend is the All-Star Game.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/12/AR2008021202686.html?nav=r... More Than Sizzle At Stake- February 10, 2008 It didn't work out particularly well when Daniel Snyder went out and boldly hired Marty Schottenheimer and gave him control of the entire football team for a year. It certainly didn't work out particularly well when Snyder wooed the Ol' Ball Coach, Steve Spurrier, out of Florida and the college ranks to come and coach the Redskins. And while the Washington Redskins have made two playoff appearances in the last three years, that's certainly not the extent of what Snyder envisioned when he...http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/10/AR2008021000078.html?nav=r... Shaq Welcomes Wake-Up Call- February 8, 2008 PHOENIXhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/07/AR2008020704267.html?nav=r... A Huge Sunspot Appears- February 7, 2008 PHOENIXhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/06/AR2008020604840.html?nav=r... |