Now that the U.S. is on daylight savings time, we here in Abu Dhabi, in the UAE, are eight hours ahead of EDT, 11 hours ahead of PDT. So, late afternoon/early evening sports events in the U.S. are right in the middle of the night, here, and those that I will get up to see […]

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Wow. What do we call him? The “president ‘n’ chief prognosticator?” No matter your political orientation, we have to concede that Barack Obama apparently knows something about college basketball. The president went 15-1 today to run his two-day record in the NCAA basketball playoffs to 29-3. Yes. 29-3. Where does that put his bracket among […]

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The guys at Caltech are conditioned to think in terms of big numbers, but this was getting ridiculous. Caltech, one of the world’s leading mathematics and science schools (if not the leading), finally won a conference basketball game today, 46-45 at home over Occidental. The victory snapped a 310-game losing streak in Southern California Intercollegiate […]

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I did an entry a month ago about some of the sports venues I have been in, and seen games in and filed stories from … that are gone. I had the Spectrum in Philadelphia on that list, but it was a bit premature. No longer. They got around to actually knocking down the building […]

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I liked Kevin Love from the moment I saw him. A big lumpy kid who couldn’t be as good as everyone said he was … but was. As I mentioned just a few days ago, I saw a lot of the Bruins during that stretch of three-straight Final Fours … and Kevin Love played for […]

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Allen Iverson, new point guard for Besiktas of Istanbul in the Turkish League. Certainly, the former MVP would prefer to be in the NBA. But after a couple of rocky seasons filled with a lot of off-the-court issues, he was not offered a job in The League, and it’s not as if he had a […]

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Sometimes we “experts” in the world of sports journalism get one wrong. Way wrong. Russell Westbrook is a recent example. He is the second-best player for the Oklahoma City Thunder, a team with Kevin Durant and a huge upside. Some of us same experts now believe OKC could finish the season with a better record […]

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Anyone who has edited copy has pet peeves. “Ironically.” Split infinitives. “Stamping ground vs. stomping ground” and “gauntlet” vs. “gantlet.” Well, and “pet peeves” is more than a little worn, isn’t it? Many of these peeves we editors share. Some are primarily personal. One of mine: The reckless use of the word “surreal” — a […]

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Historically,  the Sunday paper is the big one. In the Western world, anyway. Here in the UAE, Sunday actually is Monday. The first day of the work week. But let’s make believe it’s our biggest and best section of the week. What are our top 10 stories in the paper tomorrow? Let’s count them down.

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So, the news … the NFL has fined Chad Ochocinco $25,000 for tweeting on a game day during the time when social-networking is banned by the league. He is not the first professional athlete to get dunned for posting on his Twitter account. And I can understand why it’s generally not a good idea. But […]

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