tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33212562011-12-15T09:58:49.080-05:00logoshak.com blogTHE ORIGINAL LOGOSHAK.COM BLOG...THOUGHTS, OBSERVATIONS AND HAPPENINGS IN THE WORLD OF SPORTS AND COLLECTING.logoshaknoreply@blogger.comBlogger1671100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321256.post-4487666249439060262011-12-15T09:47:00.002-05:002011-12-15T09:58:49.089-05:00As the year races to conclusion, my thoughts about the sports world tend to depress me. The instances of child abuse amid the veil of a sports foundation and the downfall of a coach such as Joe Patero who should be ranked among the Staggs and Rocknes of coaching is indeed sad. To turn Paterno 's work turning out men of character over the years into a well of deceit based on association with a logoshaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321256.post-453155039708045862011-10-20T09:23:00.002-04:002011-10-20T09:35:09.875-04:00Well, it seems eBay is determined to challenge China as the biggest seller of counterfeit goods on the planet. Now they let schmucks steal copyrighted material and make those who challenge them to prove that sellers are criminally in the wrong. Guess they are still trying to recoup Meg Whitman's political losses by raking in profits of illegal merchandise sales. Graphic artists and teams should logoshaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321256.post-61519860407376351852011-08-22T09:51:00.003-04:002011-08-22T11:14:31.367-04:00It seems eBay has ventured into the dark side. Once the online auction site was the graphic artist and minor league's best friend when it came to stopping the sale of unlicensed and counterfeit merchandise. Logoshak has stopped the sale of our marks in the not so distant past on items ranging from clothing to clocks. Now eBay not only doesn't stop the sale of counterfeit items anymore, it logoshaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321256.post-88813143443843951762011-07-09T15:36:00.002-04:002011-07-09T15:44:42.836-04:00I took a few days to gather my thoughts about the untimely death of Lorenzo Charles. Lo will always be remembered for the last second dunk that allowed NC State to upset Houston for the 1983 NCAA Championship. He always was humble about the "dunk" that forever will place him and Coach Jim Valvano in the annals of sports history. Lo chased his basketball dream in Europe until his body gave out. Helogoshaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321256.post-61223090177311272812011-06-15T06:40:00.003-04:002011-06-15T13:55:19.826-04:00Had a day to think about the 2012 class of the NASCAR Hall of Fame. I've only been truly passionate about 2 drivers in my life, Fred Lorenzen and Darrell Waltrip. Well, old DW made it in yesterday. But two guys who better make the 2013 ballot are Smokey Yunick and Tim Richmond. Smokey was one of the great seat of your pants mechanics ever. Richmond was the greatest all around pure driver I ever logoshaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321256.post-39025759336579826462011-06-14T16:35:00.002-04:002011-06-14T16:44:39.597-04:00NASCAR announced the inductees for the 2012 Hall of Fame this afternoon. Cale Yarborough, Darrell Waltrip, Dale Inman, Richie Evans and Glen Wood had their names called. I can say that I got the opportunity to watch all these guys drive or crew chief cars. Cale and Darrell probably more than anyone, helped to take the sport to a higher level. Dale Inman pushed cousin Richard Petty to seven logoshaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321256.post-74763814694660438932011-06-09T08:19:00.004-04:002011-06-14T17:54:30.454-04:00With the hot temperatures signalling the start of summer, the lakes and rivers will be filling up with boaters and swimmers. Be careful! Each summer drowning claims far too many victims.Remember, do a kid a favor, take em' fishing. logoshaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321256.post-2248477710122287322011-04-22T11:20:00.003-04:002011-06-14T17:55:01.062-04:00Well, we have pretty well gotten over the tornadoes that sweep through here this past weekend. There isn't much you can do but ride out the fury of the wind associated with something like this. Our power was out for a day or so, and that was a bite. They say that this was a once in a lifetime event. Sure hope so!One of the most disturbing sports events lately was the takeover of the Los Angeles logoshaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321256.post-54523962595555990592011-01-26T13:03:00.002-05:002011-01-26T13:13:09.763-05:00Well, I can feel the new baseball season coming on. After the Steelers win another Super Bowl, we can look forward to Spring training to come on. Doesn't seem to be as much high profiled free agency this winter, but that might be a good thing. My early call is the Angels and Phillies in the Series.The sports memorabilia market is starting to heat up. As the economy heats up, demand for game worn logoshaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321256.post-22586118365973096112010-11-30T13:12:00.003-05:002010-11-30T13:26:03.057-05:00Over the Thanksgiving holiday I pulled out my old shoe box with my baseball cards stashed inside. Talk about bringing back memories going through the cardboard images. I found my Pete Rose rookie card and my thoughts raced to how Major League Baseball continues to give Pete the shaft. Pete didn't do anything to falsely re-write the record books with the use of chemical enhancement. No, he wasn't logoshaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321256.post-43207010145691314542010-09-15T09:09:00.002-04:002010-09-15T09:19:15.689-04:00It's hard to believe, but it has been 16 years since we first published sports graphics on the internet. We started "The Sports Page" on September 15th, 1994 using a new fangled graphic enabled browser. Was a mismash of logos and sports programs and sports guides. Things have morphed over the years to today's Logo Shak. Going to OutBack tonight and celebrate.This has to be the best time of the logoshaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321256.post-60271323712961543272010-08-20T15:22:00.002-04:002010-08-20T15:32:32.461-04:00What will that horse's ass, Chris Creamer do next? First he is accepting American logos from the former Soviet Union and declaring that they are his exclusively to post on the internet. Now he is sending phish out over the net to block net traffic and possibly spread malicious code. We have contacted his server, SMV and complained about this and his use of their bandwidth to make malicious logoshaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321256.post-53637496835772152832010-07-25T09:56:00.002-04:002010-07-25T10:07:44.902-04:00Been a while posting on the blog. Have concentrated adding content to the Shak. Have added over 500 new graphics over the past several months. Stay tuned.As a livelong resident of the Triangle area of North Carolina, I was disturbed the past several weeks with news out of the University of North Carolina @ Chapel Hill Athletic Department. First the news that legendary basketball coach Dean Smith logoshaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321256.post-43675424194343623042010-06-01T15:44:00.002-04:002010-06-01T15:52:46.729-04:00Hope everyone had a safe and enjoyable holiday. I hope we all remembered the purpose of Memorial Day to honor those men and women who have sacrificed so that we can enjoy Freedom and Security.I can't help thinking recently about another high profile athlete admitting to using performance enhancing drugs after lying about it for most of his career. Floyd Landis is not content with airing his soul logoshaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321256.post-1389899294721632602010-04-27T10:38:00.002-04:002010-04-27T10:47:10.424-04:00Wow, its been a while since I posted on the blog. Have had incredibly bad luck with computer hardware. First our 10 year old XP machine gave up the ghost and we had to replace it with a Windows 7 machine. Then our secondary HP computer with 7 OS became corrupt and had to be reloaded. We have had two weeks of smooth sailing but we are keeping our fingers crossed.Thanks to everyone who have logoshaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321256.post-36386821298666163582010-03-02T16:01:00.002-05:002010-03-02T16:15:43.441-05:00The Vancouver Olympics are finally over. I don't know what it is, but if I had to watch another skier going down a mountain, I was going to scream. I used to like the Winter Games but now I can't get into them. Do they really need to keep inventing new Olympic events? What next, 8 man bobsledding or hair curling? I now wait with baited breath for the London games. I hope we don't see Ballroom logoshaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321256.post-90062623330078097302010-01-13T12:53:00.003-05:002010-01-13T13:13:33.454-05:00Another character in baseball's steroid era has lifted his ugly head. Mark McGwire admitted he used steroids and other performance enhancing drugs over a 10 year period. Does this make it okay to lie to the public and break records he otherwise would not have? How does the family and fans of Roger Maris feel to have his records and memory defiled. Shouldn't Major League Baseball put an asterick logoshaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321256.post-84111285010486023592009-12-06T11:23:00.002-05:002009-12-06T11:37:28.802-05:00It was a tough few days as we lost my wife's mother this week. What a great lady, as she taught in the public school system for over 30 years and was an organist at her church for over 25 years. At her wake the conversation turned to the rivalries between Duke, UNC and NC State, our local universities. And while we traded insults and jokes back and forth, we all agreed that we were lucky to have logoshaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321256.post-3982743350904934492009-11-07T19:17:00.003-05:002009-11-07T19:55:31.790-05:00Congress held a hearing recently into the subject of head injuries suffered by pro athletes and more specifically the effects of numerous concussions. The NFL is doing better in the care of retired and injured alumni, adding $180 million to an assistance pool. Of course more can be done. The brain wasn't designed to be slammed against the walls of the skull over and over again. As far as footballlogoshaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321256.post-50597165502203665122009-10-12T15:42:00.002-04:002009-10-12T15:52:52.618-04:00I am still getting over watching the New England Patriots- Denver Broncos game. The Broncos 1960 throwback uniforms were great. Don't care what others say, they were a breathe of fresh air and the socks looked super. The Pats uniforms were great also. Please bring back the hiking Patriot! The AFL 50th anniversary throwback promotion has been a great idea and really increased interest in sports logoshaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321256.post-83450806799536588332009-09-16T08:10:00.002-04:002009-09-16T08:30:11.924-04:00NFL football and Pro Tennis, two sports that have turned me off the past few years. Sure the NFL is the NFL, but to me the league had fallen into a bit of a rut. But the 50th Anniversary of the American Football League has really added a bit of a spark to things. Seeing the old uniforms, even if they are a bit off is fun to watch. Hopefully the NFL will take this to a higher level with the other logoshaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321256.post-16252383857234614692009-08-24T09:39:00.002-04:002009-08-24T09:51:29.160-04:00Nineteen Sixty Nine. What an incredible year, especially if you were blessed to have lived through it. The Chinese say, may you live in interesting times. Well, 1969 qualified as that. We just saw the 40th anniversary of Woodstock pass. Say what you will about the happening at Bethel, it was a defining event in our human experience. But 1969 also saw the first lunar landing and man setting foot logoshaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321256.post-15480608268732863242009-08-10T10:08:00.002-04:002009-08-10T10:18:59.280-04:00What is the problem with Major League Baseball? Six years after the fact, they are leaking the results of drug tests that were supposedly made under the labor agreement. What earthly good does it do to release this information now? MLB turned its head the other way when steroid use produced massive home run totals that helped to turn the popularity of the game around. Now the sports honchos have logoshaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321256.post-28028594262933783502009-07-29T15:54:00.002-04:002009-07-29T16:07:19.186-04:00Michael Vick is on the verge of becoming an NFL quarterback again. I hope an NFL team has the courage to allow Vick another shot. I think he paid a high price for his crimes. There are NFL players abusing performance drugs and doing all sort of illegal crap in the off season. Michael's big mistake is he got caught. Don't get me wrong, dog fighting is a sickening affair, but everyone should be logoshaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321256.post-30222564260415381042009-07-18T08:04:00.002-04:002009-07-18T08:15:53.968-04:00The soap opera that is Jeremy Mayfield and NASCAR continues. I cannot believe anyone who knows he will be tested for drugs again would use those drugs knowing he would test positive. Add to that a mother-in-law who says she saw Mayfield use meth 30+ times. As tight as the NASCAR community is in the garage, I can't believe if Mayfield was an addict, why it hasn't come out before now. Hopefully thelogoshaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321256.post-53267889266211927362009-07-06T08:49:00.002-04:002009-07-06T09:04:34.401-04:00Just thinking what a loss the World of Sports suffered this past weekend. Steve McNair was a great talent and really established interest and a fan base for pro football in the Nashville area. You can't forget the famous Super Bowl drive he engineered. I had the opportunity to see McNair play on several occasions and he was a smart, entertaining QB. He deserved a much better fate.The NBDL have logoshaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321256.post-71334493044104436252009-06-28T11:34:00.002-04:002009-06-28T11:43:26.990-04:00The deaths of three celebrities this past week, reminds me how close sports and sports memorabilia are connected to these icons. We become close to our heroes and feel as if we know them. Collecting memorabilia reminds us of the good times we had whether cheering on our team or listening to music or watching a tv show. I felt a great loss from the passing of Ed McMahon, Farrah Fawcett and Michaellogoshaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321256.post-56093712375140671062009-06-24T13:26:00.002-04:002009-06-24T13:35:44.576-04:00Well I waited a few days to get over the US Open from Bethpage Black in Farmington, New York. This tournament had everything a golf spectator could want. The drama of Phil Mickleson playing for the championship with the backdrop of his wife Amy, fighting breast cancer. We had to pull for the lefty to pull off the win, especially with the trouble this major has given him. Lucas Glover, the former logoshaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321256.post-59472074198025346502009-06-18T15:22:00.002-04:002009-06-18T15:29:36.635-04:00After the Los Angeles Lakers won their 15th NBA world championship, I had to wonder. A couple of million folks line the streets to honor the team. The city has the Dodgers in baseball and they support the Kings in hockey. Oh did I memtion the Clippers and the Angels? What about the USC Trojans and the UCLA Bruins. Even the LA Galaxy in the MLS. Yet, there continues to be no NFL team in Los logoshaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321256.post-54066677762106704512009-06-12T09:07:00.000-04:002009-06-12T09:15:44.483-04:00I don't know why but suddenly I miss the Arena Football League. Maybe that's a good thing as I hardly talk to any sports fan that talks about Arena football. There is a team near me, the Fayetteville Guard, that I have attended games of a few times. But it's not AFL or even AF2. I have serious doubts that the Arena league will return in 2010. I can't think of any sports league that went out of logoshaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321256.post-80387189053213010022009-06-07T10:50:00.000-04:002009-06-07T13:43:58.645-04:00We all know about how greed and revenge have destroyed banks and automobile companies and drove the world into a recession. What about motorsports? NASCAR has filed a counter suit in the case of driver Jeremy Mayfield, asking for damages. Are the France family determined to destroy the sport like they are trying to destroy the career of one of its drivers and the people who make their living fromlogoshaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321256.post-1215430607933317552009-06-04T09:50:00.000-04:002009-06-04T09:57:30.429-04:00Saw an interview with Terrell Owens last night in which TO was saying how a woman refused to rent him a house, because she thought he would be a distraction to the neighborhood. he kind of laughed off the situation. I know the media tends to portray TO as a loose cannon, but I think that the NFL needs more characters like TO. The NFL has become a boring, every team looks the same league. They logoshaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321256.post-74609286746236316672009-05-26T18:20:00.000-04:002009-05-26T18:29:55.560-04:00Well, what a weekend for sports, especially if you are a race fan. Hearts have to go out for Helio Castroneves after the year he has had. He goes from possibly wearing an orange jump suit to drinking milk in the Winner's Circle at Indianapolis. Way to go Helio, hope you take many more checkers.The Brawn Formula One team continues to amaze. Jenson Button finally realizes the potential that has logoshaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321256.post-4521390575478639252009-05-18T08:51:00.000-04:002009-05-18T09:05:58.688-04:00Sad news from the other day when I heard that Waymon Tisdale had passed away after a two year battle against cancer. What a talented guy Waymon was. He was a great physical basketball player with the great smile. He also was a terrific jazz musician who had just released a new CD right before his death. Waymon, you will be missed and condolances to your family.You go girl! In what was certainly alogoshaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321256.post-485323179391486642009-05-08T19:25:00.000-04:002009-05-08T19:33:03.685-04:00Well, the blogging bug has bitten me again. Thought I would crank up the Shak blogand spout off about what concerns in the world of sports and related stuff.Mannie oh Mannie. I guess making $25 million a year isn't enough for ya, you had togo down to GNC and get a couple of cans of Bicep Booster to help your confidence. Maybe50 games off will do ya some good.Brett, give it up dude. Stay home and logoshaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321256.post-1157998029763749002006-09-11T13:59:00.000-04:002006-09-11T14:07:09.776-04:00Miracles happening on a somber day to remember. First a stock I held made a substancial profit when the the company was offered an attractive buyout bid. Then had a good sale on eBay for a change. Then my wife and I had lunch together for the first time in 14 years. Hey, it could be worse.I personally think the 9/11 replays play back into the hands of the terrorists. Its like playing Pearl Harborlogoshaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321256.post-1152233444786514412006-07-06T20:40:00.000-04:002006-07-06T20:50:44.833-04:00Still trying to come down from the high that comes from winning the Stanley Cup. Yes, the hometown Hurricanes can claim the silver chalace for the upcoming year. Can ya believe it?The Anaheim franchise is now simply the Ducks with a simpler logo and it seems the rumor of a new Buffalo Sabres logo is the biggest thing happening in the graphics world right now. Hate to say it, but the arena logoshaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321256.post-1122150592697939142005-07-23T16:24:00.000-04:002005-08-08T11:43:18.130-04:00Well, I can't really believe it. The National Hockey League seems to have returned from the brink. After a lost season and a feeling that does anyone really miss 'em, the players and owners have ratified a new 6 year agreement. What took so long? The players seem to have caved in to nearly every demand the owners made. Now comes one of the toughest PR campaigns in the history of pro sports. I forlogoshaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321256.post-1105994304055868892005-01-17T16:33:00.000-05:002005-01-17T15:38:24.056-05:00After over a year away from the blog thing, have decided to try and give it another whirl. Things have started to operate a little more smoothly at the Logo Shak. Have added a ton of logos and you should check it out. The NFL playoffs have seemed to be on a upper notch this year. I'm looking for an all-Pennsylvania Super Bowl in Jacksonville. The NHL season seems to be on a wash out course. Heardlogoshaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321256.post-1079826670370094892004-03-20T18:51:00.000-05:002009-05-26T18:29:27.954-04:00Hi,y'all!logoshaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321256.post-1071778691673755772003-12-18T15:18:00.000-05:002009-05-26T18:29:27.957-04:00The insane salary war continues in major league baseball. The New York Yankees sign fading slugger Gary Sheffield Wednesday to a mere $39 million contract. I may be wrong but Sheffield can't throw the split fingered fastball on the corners and this is what the Yanks truly need. Pitching. There aren't too many throwers left out there on the free agent menu, so I look for the Bronx crowd to be logoshaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321256.post-1068428279109710842003-11-09T20:37:00.000-05:002009-05-26T18:29:27.959-04:00The allsportsguides has a new name. We are now the logoshak.com blog. We will continue to talk sports and sports logos and graphic design. See you tomorrow.
Barrylogoshaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321256.post-1067117803424812482003-10-25T17:36:00.000-04:002009-05-26T18:29:27.963-04:00NC State defeated Duke this afternoon at Wallace Wade Stadium 28-21. That was Duke's 30th straight conference loss. But, things are looking up for the Blue Devils. The school fired head coach Carl Franks last week and replaced him with defensive coach Ted Roof. The Devils appeared to play with a renewed purpose today and maybe this is the beginning of better days ahead for the duke football logoshaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321256.post-1066147731030524222003-10-14T12:08:00.000-04:002009-05-26T18:29:27.965-04:00Who'd thought that the Bambino's curse would be broken by a knuckleball. That's right, that garbage pitch that has been the nightmare of every catcher who's had to catch it. The Boston Red Sox' Tim Wakefield beat the New York Yankees for the second time in the ALCS series. Yanks coach Don Zimmer behaved himself last night and stayed away from punk wannabe Pedro Martinez. This afternoon's game logoshaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321256.post-1065799547414518252003-10-10T11:25:00.000-04:002009-05-26T18:29:27.968-04:00Am I sick of hearing about Kobe Bryant or what? I haven't seen or heard the evidence in this case but if the preliminary hearing is any indication, Kobe is guilty as sin. Anytime that a man has transgressed against a woman and his only defense is trying to expose her bad character, you can assume that he knows he is guilty and so does his defense team. Perhaps since Bryant didn't attend college, logoshaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321256.post-1065454166454106952003-10-06T11:29:00.000-04:002009-05-26T18:29:27.971-04:00I find it amazing that the comments of the ESPN NFL show actually made me feel support for Rush Limbaugh. Supposedly the panelists Chris Berman, Tom Jackson, Steve Young and Michael Irvin kept quiet about the incident last week on purpose. They should have continued to stay quiet about it. Chris Berman is the most overrated "journalist" in the electronic media. It is disgusting that anytime race logoshaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321256.post-1065196597351888192003-10-03T11:56:00.000-04:002009-05-26T18:29:27.974-04:00I don't have any sympathy whatsoever for Rush Limbaugh. The guy has become a rich man by spouting off his mouth about whatever is popular to his following of idiotic dittoheads. He tries to shock listeners of his radio programs like Howard Stern tries to shock his audience. Trouble is that the shock wears off after a while and you have nothing but a sad man in a booth collecting a huge salary andlogoshaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321256.post-1064844721651794822003-09-29T10:12:00.000-04:002009-05-26T18:29:27.977-04:00I admit it, I am a true blue Duke Blue Devil fan and supporter. Have been for over forty years. It pains me to say it, but the University and its administration and athletic department should be ashamed of itself for allowing the football program to continue to be a laughingstock. I don't believe for one minute that Duke can't find enough qualified student athletes to contend each year for a logoshaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321256.post-1064679131462937882003-09-27T12:12:00.000-04:002009-05-26T18:29:27.980-04:00The greatest racers and cars are in the United States this weekend as the Formula One circuit makes it yearly stop at Indianapolis. Let's face it the F1 cars make the NASCAR lunkers look like a 73 Pinto. I think the Formula 1 circuit is the most exciting racing out there today. If you are into drivers bumping and banging into each other with little other skills, than F1 won't be for you. If skilllogoshaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321256.post-1064248459741985862003-09-22T12:34:00.000-04:002009-05-26T18:29:27.983-04:00The NFL actually had some exciting games this weekend. The New York Giants squandered a big first half lead and held on to beat the Washington Redskins 24-21 in overtime. Wonder how long the brass in Washington will put up with Spurrier's losing ways. Another surprise was the Cleveland Browns slipping past the 49ers. Or are the 49ers just a bad ball club? The Oakland-Denver game tonight should belogoshaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321256.post-1064006945910411482003-09-19T17:29:00.000-04:002009-05-26T18:29:27.986-04:00Well, Isabel came and went. We're were lucky as we had worse thunderstorms this summer than this timid hurricane. We were certainly lucky here in Central North Carolina. There were a few sports postponements but today is a beautiful day and I sure things will be back to normal for this week's games.
Disappointing news out of NASCAR. Up and coming Busch driver Shane Hmiel was suspended by NASCAR logoshaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321256.post-1063742079009057092003-09-16T15:54:00.000-04:002009-05-26T18:29:27.989-04:00Just sitting here waiting on a hurricane. No, not that football team from Miami. Talking about a nasty lady named Isabel, churning off the southeast coast. Waiting for my folks to hightail it up here from their Coastal Carolina home. Seems everyone is looking for the high ground as this storm is not anything to take lightly.
News yesterday that the WUSA is going belly up. I for one enjoyed logoshaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321256.post-1063379464038742872003-09-12T11:11:00.000-04:002009-05-26T18:29:27.993-04:00Sadness seems to be hanging over the blog this morning. We have lost several in the entertainment and racing community this morning. Country music legend Johnny Cash has died from complications from diabetes. Growing up in the south, you had to have listened to Cash's songs and been moved by them. He will be missed. Actor John Ritter died suddenly yesterday after becoming ill on the set of his logoshaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321256.post-1063034532260769992003-09-08T11:22:00.000-04:002009-05-26T18:29:27.996-04:00The opening weekend of the NFL season was anything but boring. The underdog Houston Texans waltzed into Miami and gave the Dolphins their first opening day loss in 11 years. The 21-20 thumping will not sit well with the Dolphins crowd. Speaking of thumpings, the Giants gave Kurt Warner a concussion and the Rams let him play on knowing he was injured. The Giants forced 6 fumbles out of Warner in logoshaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321256.post-1062774280922692362003-09-05T11:04:00.000-04:002009-05-26T18:29:28.000-04:00Well, what was more exciting last night, the NFL opener in Washington or the Democratic presidential debate in New Mexico? You might put in a good argument for the debates. The Redskins and Jets played a pretty ho-hum game that wasn't really exciting until the end. The NFL put on a garish rock show to celebrate the opening of the season. Don't really know whay Aerosmith has to do with football. logoshaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321256.post-1062168405921511092003-08-29T10:46:00.000-04:002009-05-26T18:29:28.003-04:00A sad day in Darlington this weekend. After running the Southern 500 at the Lady in Black for over 50 years on Labor Day weekend, this will be the last time it will be run on this traditional holiday. Chasing nothing more than the need for greed, NASCAR is moving the race to California in 2004. Oh, there will be a Southern 500 at Darlington next year, run in the dying days of autumn. NASCAR will logoshaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321256.post-1061821481220887862003-08-25T10:24:00.000-04:002009-05-26T18:29:28.006-04:00Have to start out with Nascar. Saturday night at Bristol, Tennessee fight victim Kurt Busch banged his way to the front to claim victory. Who does he think he is, Dale Earnhardt? Busch was roundly booed by the capacity crowd and he later promised to become a changed man. He will have to be or get a good doctor to follow him around. On to Formula One, Renault driver Fernando Alonso became the logoshaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321256.post-1061304057266288092003-08-19T10:40:00.000-04:002003-08-19T10:40:57.206-04:00Well, they had a fight at Michigan Speedway Sunday and a race broke out. Mr. Excitement aka Jimmy Spenser took exception to the brand of racing that Kurt Busch practices. After the race Jimmy tapped the Rubbermaid car and out a few straight right into Busch's nose. For his effort, Spenser was suspended for the Bristol race this week and fined $25,000. Both drivers were placed on probation until logoshaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321256.post-1061047771701372972003-08-16T11:29:00.000-04:002003-08-17T19:40:02.596-04:00The NFL preseason is in full swing. It's like a preview of coming attractions. The only thing really worth watching is the border line players fighting for that last roster spot. Caught the Carolina Panthers-New York Giants game last night. The Panthers look to have improved with their off season wheeling and dealing. The Giants seem to be having trouble getting their play book figured out. By logoshaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321256.post-1060873589370378132003-08-14T11:06:00.000-04:002003-08-14T11:11:03.363-04:00Well, the drivers are speaking out about the NASCAR method of providing safety crews at their races. Some drivers are even stating that they will pay for a permanent safety crew out of their own pockets. It would be sad if NASCAR had to spend some their billions of TV rights money on safety. Even the driver escape hatch that NASCAR is bragging about as a better way to remove injured drivers from logoshaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321256.post-1060612297350944042003-08-11T10:31:00.000-04:002003-08-11T12:59:41.450-04:00NASCAR's safety policies again came in to view at the race at Watkin's Glen. NASCAR employs local medical and safety personnel at each venue. Ryan Newman was involved in a crash during a Friday practice. He claims that it took track personnel 10 minutes to reach him. On the last turn of Sunday's race, Jeff Gordon suffered a spin out and hit the guard rail. He said that traffic was so bad, that logoshaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321256.post-1060439955674587652003-08-09T10:39:00.000-04:002003-08-09T10:39:15.773-04:00I hate to start this blog off with a negative, but shouldn't New York Giants tight end Jeromy Shockey seek employment with the World Wrestliing group. That's where his smart, uneducated mouth belongs. First he spouts off about Dallas Cowboys coach Bill Parcells and then he makes a ass of himself on the Howard Stern show. Of course that's the barnyard there, Shockey should be right at home. This logoshaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321256.post-1060184675049536232003-08-06T11:44:00.000-04:002003-08-06T11:44:34.990-04:00The Kobe Bryant sexual assault circus begins today in Colorado. I certainly don't believe that this case deserves the media attention that it is receiving. This is a serious crime and should be treated as such. Bryant seems to be even relishing in the attention. I wonder if Kobe was a releative nobody, would he still have alledgedly have commited this crime? Of course not, but I believe he felt logoshaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321256.post-1060012233299292892003-08-04T11:50:00.000-04:002003-08-04T22:04:17.610-04:00Annika Sorenstam's dream year just keeps on rolling along. She added the Women's British Open title to her list of career acomplishments yesterday and completed a career Grand Slam. In May she became the first women in 58 years to play on the PGA Tour. Annika says that her next goal is to win a calendar year slam.
NASCAR put on a pretty good show at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The Brickyard 400 logoshaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321256.post-1059752222590351052003-08-01T11:37:00.000-04:002003-08-01T11:37:02.553-04:00Evidently the brain trusts of the major league contenders feel that piching is the way to the World Series crown. The Yankees, after bolstering their bullpen, aquired Aaron Boone from the Reds, then shipped Robin Ventura to the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Boston Red Sox added pitcher Jeff Suppan while the San Francisco Giants obtained Sidney Ponson. The dog days of summer should produce some great logoshaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321256.post-1059664099032970882003-07-31T11:08:00.000-04:002003-07-31T11:08:19.106-04:00Have you gone to see Seabiscuit yet? I guess you could say this is the sports related film of the summer. It's a darn good one at that. Perhaps what sets it apart is that it is based on true occurences. Perhaps more amazing is that it seems to have reignited interest in the sport of horse racing. The National Throughbred Racing Association in Lexington, Kentucky says while not all people who see logoshaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321256.post-1059406641621653242003-07-28T11:37:00.000-04:002003-07-28T11:37:21.660-04:00Lance Armstrong may not be able to slam dunk a basketball or jack a baseball out 500 feet, but he can ride the hell out of a cycle. Lance picked up his fifth Tour de France in a row yesterday and promises to come back for a sixth next summer. How many pro athletes come back from cancer and then excel at such a grueling sport? Hats off to Lance and wear the yellow jersey proudly.
A sad and strangelogoshaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321256.post-1059157841465929112003-07-25T14:30:00.000-04:002003-07-25T14:30:41.543-04:00Was watching the HBO series Real Sports this week and saw the segment on racer Alex Zanardi. What a story of courage and determination in the face of personal disaster. Zanardi lost both legs during a CART race in Europe when his car was hit broadside while exiting the pits. Not only has he recovered from horrific wounds, he has raced again in a specially prepared car. He walks, swims, drives a logoshaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321256.post-1058888626281983272003-07-22T11:43:00.000-04:002003-07-22T11:43:46.196-04:00Finally back from a trip down south. Was able to catch a few minor league baseball games. The Bowl Championship Series has axed a football playoff, at least for the forseeable future. Which mean the process to determine a national championship in football will be among a relatively small pool of schools. As everything else in sports today, this decision was about money and not the logoshaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321256.post-1058217450457548152003-07-14T17:17:00.000-04:002003-07-14T17:17:30.516-04:00The NASCAR show rolled into Chicago this weekend. Again the story was safety or in NASCAR's case the lack of it. Again the lack of softwalls technology and a ragtag assortment of safety personnel demonstrated that NASCAR doesn't appear to have a clue, where driver safety is involved. Larry Foyt slammed the wall and there must have been at least a full minute before anyone came to his aid. Bobby logoshaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321256.post-1057948885185778762003-07-11T14:41:00.000-04:002003-07-11T14:41:25.116-04:00The Mailman is going to be delivering to the Shaq. Karl Malone has committed to signing a free agent contract with the Los Angeles Lakers. This gives the Lakers a competent backup to Shaquille O'Neal should his aches and pains flair up again next season. The Lakers have also added free agent Gary Payton to their mix. Provided that Kobe Bryant works through his problems, the Lakers should logoshaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321256.post-1057850639634557942003-07-10T11:23:00.000-04:002003-07-10T11:23:59.630-04:00When all things are said and done, is cyclist Lance Armstrong the best athlete in the world right now? Sure there are faster, stronger, maybe even smarter performers out there. But for sheer guts and determination, no one can match Armstrong. After the US Postal Service team easily won a time trial yesterday, Armstrong moved from 12th to 2nd, one second behind his teammate Viatcheslav Ekimov. logoshaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321256.post-1057679845806634382003-07-08T11:57:00.000-04:002003-07-08T11:57:25.633-04:00Has Major League Baseball succeeded in updating the All Star Game. I would have to wonder. First, by letting the winning league have home field advantage in the World Series, does MLB do more harm than good? Then the selection process. How can you not let rookie pitcher Dontrelle Willis make the squad? He has a majors leading ERA of 2.13. The Florida Marlins starter has had a terrific first logoshaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321256.post-1057588229821886492003-07-07T10:30:00.000-04:002003-07-07T10:30:29.853-04:00Kobe, did you send her flowers? Word out of Colorado today is that Los Angeles Lakers' star Kobe Bryant was arrested this weekend on a felony count of sexual assault. Let's remember that Bryant hasn't been charged with anything yet. Still this is troubling. A player who has up to this point has been a model player, this incident can't help but tarnish his reputation. Hopefully this will prove to logoshaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321256.post-1057330572849817112003-07-04T10:56:00.000-04:002003-07-04T10:56:12.713-04:00Everyone have a great Fourth of July weekend. Please remember our men and women in uniform who make our freedoms possible.
Barry allsportsguides.comlogoshaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321256.post-1057244712413434322003-07-03T11:05:00.000-04:002003-07-03T11:05:12.363-04:00So I was wrong. The University of Miami, Florida happily accepted an invitation to join the Atlantic Coast Conference Monday. They join fellow new recruit Virginia Tech to form an eleven member ACC starting in 2004-05. It is possible another school may be added by the time 2004 rolls around. The new ACC will be a lot tougher in football and probably a better all round basketball league. The loserlogoshaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321256.post-1056986516039907922003-06-30T11:21:00.000-04:002003-06-30T11:21:56.060-04:00Today is the day, when the Atlantic Coast Conference finds out if a month of courting Miami, Florida pays off and the Hurricanes agree to join the conference. I just get the feeling if Miami was going to jump, they would have already done so. I believe last minute incentives will keep the Canes in the Big East. I could be wrong, but that is my gut feeling.
Michael Jordan just can't seem to find logoshaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321256.post-1056727708020117402003-06-27T11:28:00.000-04:002003-06-27T11:28:28.056-04:00So you take a girl out, you wine and dine her, take her to a movie and you do this for a month. Finally you pop the big question to her and she says, give me a few days to think about it. I might go back to my old boyfriend. This is what's happening to the Atlantic Coast Conference. After offering Miami, Florida the moon, the Hurricanes suddenly say, let us think about it. The ACC offers a logoshaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321256.post-3901300892003-06-25T15:31:00.000-04:002003-03-04T15:26:50.686-05:00The New York Yankees have a long legacy of players who have written tell all books or were just loose cannons. Now that David Wells has written a revealing book, the Yankees make threats that they will fine him. Fine him for free speech? Wells has always told it like it was, a trait he can get away with because he was one hellava pitcher. As far as a writer though, he is no Jim Bouton.
America'slogoshaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321256.post-1056554583849771652003-06-25T11:23:00.000-04:002003-06-25T11:23:03.866-04:00Canes and Hokies. That's what the ACC hopes to add to it lineup come 2004. The conference voted 7-2 last night to invite Miami, Florida and Virginia Tech into the fold. It has to be assumed that Duke and North Carolina voted against expansion and Virgina, swayed by the addition of Virginia Tech, voted yes. Virginia had been against expansion without Virginia Tech. This is all conditional as therelogoshaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321256.post-1056468715068205222003-06-24T11:31:00.000-04:002003-06-24T11:31:55.023-04:00As the ACC turns, that daily soap opera involving the Atlantic Coast Conference and the Big East Wannabes that want to join that conference. Seems unlikely now that the ACC will expand to 13 teams. Rutgers athletic director, Robert Mulchahy feels that he can live with just Miami, Florida joining the ACC. This is beginning to look like the likely solution to the expansion dilemma. The ACC will logoshaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321256.post-1056381504367283772003-06-23T11:18:00.000-04:002003-06-23T11:18:24.390-04:00The Tampa Bay Storm defeated the Arizona Rattlers in Arena Bowl XXVII 43-29 Sunday to win their fifth Arena title. Tampa becomes the first city to win both the Super Bowl and Arena Bowl in the same year. The Arena League has to consider this year a success. With the help of the NBC television contract, attendance increased 15 percent league wide. The AF2 feeder league continues to enjoy modest logoshaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321256.post-1056231288285365642003-06-21T17:34:00.000-04:002003-06-21T17:34:48.200-04:00Just a quick note this Saturday afternoon. The Atlantic Coast Conference failed this morning to vote on expansion. It is reported that the ACC presidents now has three choices in front of them involving either a 10 school or 13 member conference. This isn't likely to sort itself out until late next week.
Speaking of the ACC, former Duke basketball player and Chicago Bulls guard Jay Williams may logoshaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321256.post-1055949577749672882003-06-18T11:19:00.000-04:002003-06-18T11:19:37.760-04:00Sammy Sosa is set to return from his 7 game suspension for using a corked bat. Sammy is again asking fans to forgive and forget and that he is human like anyone else. I for one think that Sammy deserves a secord chance and that his credibility be spared. Of course if another bat comes up sour, that would be another story.
Even in today's crazy world of professional athletes salaries, the story logoshaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321256.post-1055859772179049242003-06-17T10:22:00.000-04:002003-06-17T10:22:52.203-04:00And then there was one. My sources say that the Atlantic Coast Conference will vote Wednesday morning to expand with Miami, Florida only. The feeling is that adding just the Hurricanes will gain favor with the ACC schools and that further expansion could be considered in 2005. Reportedly, the Big East conference would add Louisville of Conference USA to replace Miami. Adding one school would givelogoshaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321256.post-1055772375425914832003-06-16T10:06:00.000-04:002003-06-16T10:06:15.500-04:00The 2003 United States Open golf tournament is history now and will go down as one of the most memorable in recent years. Jim Furyk flirted with a record sub par total to win the 103rd edition of the Open. Tiger Woods proved again that he can be a mere mortal on a golf course. But the moment that surely will be remembered is that of Tom Watson and his caddy Bruce Edwards. Edwards who is battling logoshaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321256.post-1055515834273590812003-06-13T10:50:00.000-04:002003-06-13T10:58:51.266-04:00The Tiger's roar was dampened by the old master Thursday at the US Open. While Tiger Woods struggled to come home with an even par 70, veteran Tom Watson shot a masterful 65, good for a share of the first round lead. Watson had to be the sentimental favorite of the crowd, as his caddy, Bruce Edwards assisted Tom on this day. Edwards was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease earlier this year and itlogoshaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321256.post-1055429834624496572003-06-12T10:57:00.000-04:002003-06-12T10:57:14.533-04:00Boozing, partying, visting the strip clubs, gambling...sound like what a drug crazed pro athlete might do? No, that's what a handful of NCAA Division One college coaches have done to lose their jobs within the past year. The latest victim of bad judgement is University of Washington head football coach Rick Neuheisel. He simply bet $5000 on a NCAA basketball tournament pool. Only problem, their logoshaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321256.post-955068852003-06-10T10:36:00.000-04:002003-06-10T10:36:41.593-04:00Give the Devils their due and call em' home bodies too. The New Jersey Devils brought the Stanley Cup back to the swampland with a 3-0 shutout of the Anaheim Mighty Ducks and a 4-3 series advantage. The Devils sweep all 4 games at the Meadowlands and were an amazing 12-1 at home through the playoffs. Some classless Devils fans booed Jean-Sebastien Giguere, when the Ducks goalie was given the Connlogoshaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321256.post-954734042003-06-09T13:57:00.000-04:002003-06-09T13:57:36.853-04:00NASCAR continued to display their tried and true hard walls technology Sunday. That's a two foot thick wall of solid concrete. Driver Ken Schrader tested the hard wall system at Pocono Speedway and escaped with his life and a demolished race car. Why should NASCAR spend some of their billions to employ a ready to install system when they could care less about the drivers safety. They feel driverslogoshaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321256.post-953724002003-06-06T10:59:00.000-04:002003-06-06T10:59:19.760-04:00Lost in the clamor of Sammygate, the NBA and NHL playoffs is a sporting event happening this weekend that will only last a few minutes. The last time the Triple Crown was won was in 1977. Yes, Funny Cide runs for the Triple Crown at Belmont. A lot of horses have run for the Crown the last few years, but none have been able to pull it off. This is the greatest thing that the king of sports could logoshaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321256.post-953275312003-06-05T10:18:00.000-04:002003-06-05T10:18:03.730-04:00Is Sammy Sosa's career suddenly tainted from the corked bat he was caught using? Maybe if he bet on baseball and denied it, that would cast a dark shadow on his career. However, Sammy came forth and admitted he had made a mistake. He didn't blame it on someone else. He put the blame squarely on his own shoulders. Major League Baseball tested the other 75 odd bats that Sammy had at the ballpark logoshaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321256.post-952858862003-06-04T10:56:00.000-04:002003-06-04T10:56:53.120-04:00Sammy, Sammy, Sammy say it ain't so. During a game with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays last night, Chicago Cubs' Sammy Sosa broke his bat on a routine grounder. The bat clearly was full of cork. Sammy said this is a bat he uses for batting practice and he used it accidently. Sammy, why was this bat even in the ball park? It may have been an innocent mistake, but now you have cast a pall over all those logoshaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321256.post-951962642003-06-02T12:08:00.000-04:002003-06-02T12:08:25.950-04:00Hey, you can talk about Indianapolis, Daytona, Lemans, Sebring, it doesn't matter. Monaco has to be the greatest race in the world. Where else can you watch a race with beautiful topless girls sunning themselves on incredibly expensive yachts looking onto the race course? Oh, the racecars are without doubt the most technologically advanced in the world. Let's see how long one of those NASCAR rigslogoshaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321256.post-950848982003-05-30T11:54:00.000-04:002003-05-30T11:54:10.280-04:00What's a five letter word that rhymes with need and is the driving force behind big time college athletics? You got it, GREED. The Big East Conference has made a $9 million a year offer to Miami, Florida to keep the Hurricanes. Fine and dandy I guess, but what do the other conference schools get, natta? Wonder how $9 million would do for facilty and facilities? Doesn't make much sense. Is collegelogoshaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321256.post-949932192003-05-28T11:48:00.000-04:002003-05-28T11:48:12.693-04:00Two great goaltenders made the sports pages yesterday. It was announced that Colorado Avalanche goalie Patrick Roy would put away the pads for good after 18 seasons. Roy owns a bushel of records and 4 Stanley Cup rings. His retirement signals the end of an era. New Jersey Devils goalie Martin Brodeur got his first career Cup Finals shutout as the Devils blanked Anaheim 3-0. The Devils have used alogoshaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321256.post-949455722003-05-27T12:16:00.000-04:002003-05-27T12:16:55.110-04:00Good news-NASCAR driver Jerry Nadeau was released from the Virginia Commonwealth University hospital and transferred to a rehabilitation center in Charlotte,NC. Doctors say that Jerry is making great progress toward recovery. It remains to be seen if Nadeau will be able to resume his driving career. Meanwhile, NASCAR continues to unduly put its drivers at risk because they either won't or can't logoshaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321256.post-948985622003-05-26T11:02:00.000-04:002003-05-26T11:02:25.066-04:00Well, the big story over the weekend was the big auto races. Was it just me or was Indy just plain boring? Not much passing, kinda like watching a conga line for three hours. The IRL should look at ways to make the racing more competitive. That being said, congratulations to Gil de Ferran for a great win. Hope the milk tasted sweet. By the way did everyone see how well the "soft" walls worked at logoshaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321256.post-947930632003-05-23T12:52:00.000-04:002003-05-23T12:52:20.986-04:00Way to go Annika! LPGA star Annika Sorenstam hung in there with the big dogs to shoot a +1 at The Colonial outside Fort Worth yesterday. She proved in the process that she can play with the PGA players. Does this really settle anything in the grand scheme of things? Probably not, but it is a feel good story. Nothing like this since Billie Jean King humbled Bobby Riggs on the tennis court.
Good logoshaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3321256.post-946858372003-05-21T10:08:00.000-04:002003-05-21T10:08:51.143-04:00Could this be the year we see an all ABA final for the NBA championship? Two former franchises from the old red, white and blue league could make it so. The San Antonio Spurs and and the New Jersey Nets are battling for their conference championships. The Nets are up 2-0 with their series with Detroit and the Spurs trail the Dallas Mavericks 1-0. The NBA has long wasted opportunities to logoshaknoreply@blogger.com