I don’t have anything useful to say about Michael Jackson, but Jeff Pearlman does.
The definitive NBA draft diary. Let’s just say Simmons and I disagree dramatically about Tyreke Evans.
Matt Yglesias has a contrarian, but somewhat sensible, take on Minnesota buying point guards like they’re hamburger buns.
Because lists are good fun, here’s one man’s top 50 players in the NFL. This strikes me as a good list, actually, but who knew there was a receiver better than Larry Fitzgerald?
More on that story: From Aaron Schatz of Football Outsiders, the 25 most overrated and underrated players of the decade.
Why are people so bent out of shape about Manny Ramirez playing a few minor-league games to get into playing shape? And why weren’t they upset about, say, J.C. Romero doing it? I realize Manny is the enemy now and that’s OK, but this doesn’t really make sense.
The generally lenient Roger Ebert hardly ever gives a flick just one star, but he flat-out hated the new Transformers movie. And my younger son, who loves the idea of Transformers more than he loves PlayStation, didn’t like it either. I’m gonna suggest saving $7 on this one.
Today is a sad one in this building, because it’s the final day of publication for the Lancaster New Era. In honor of which, some things this business might try to save itself.
