NBA playoffs 2008: Jazz tie series with 123-115 overtime win over Lakers
The Utah Jazz had plenty of chances to crumble and nearly did.
They let a 12-point slip away in the last four minutes and faced overtime against league MVP Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers. Instead of wilting, Utah played its toughest defense of [...]
2008 NBA Playoffs: Bet on Boston, win the 17th NBA Championship. Expect Boston to reach the NBA Finals and expect them to win the 16 games necessary to win the NBA Championship. Boston will most likely sweep the Hawks, and whoever is next after Atlanta, I almost feel bad for what is waiting for them.
While [...]
NBA playoffs 2008: Tim Duncan carries Spurs to Game 1 win over Suns
Midway through the first quarter after missing two jumpers, Tim Duncan threw the ball up yet again, then held his arms wide.
This time, would the shot fall? (SAN ANTONIO News)
It did. And much later the Spurs’ big man hit an even bigger one. [...]
NBA Playoffs 2008: Rockets Meet Jazz Again, aim to overcome checkered playoff past
NBA PLAYOFFS: ROCKETS VS. JAZZ - History in the re-making
It’s been 10 long years since the Rockets have gotten past the first round of the playoffs. What does that mean to this group of players? It’s time for a change
Rockets coach Rick Adelman [...]
NBA Playoffs 2008: Boston Celtics Favored to Win 17th NBA Championship, National Basketball Association’s postseason begins
Bloomberg NBA Playoffs 2008 News: The Boston Celtics are favored by Las Vegas oddsmakers to win their 17th championship — and first in 22 years — as the National Basketball Association’s postseason begins today.
The Celtics finished the regular season with [...]
NBA playoffs 2008: It’s time, keep up with the NBA from start to finish
It’s a long season, and there are too many other things going on — March Madness, the juggernaut that was the New England Patriots, the Britney soap opera - to possibly keep up with the NBA from start to finish.
Don’t bother denying [...]
NBA Playoffs 2008: Throwback Finals? Not Really
NBA Retrospect: Magic Johnson and Larry Bird helped to rescue the N.B.A. from near irrelevance with a bicoastal rivalry in the 1980s.
Twenty years ago, the last time the Lakers and Celtics were the top conference seeds in the N.B.A. playoffs, the Pistons put an end to the renaissance era [...]
Baseball America 2008 Analysis: Important Guide to Rising Stars from Definitive Source on Baseball Prospects
The Baseball America 2008 Prospect Handbook is the leading annual reference guide to the next generation of rising stars. The Prospect Handbook profiles in-depth analysis and statistics of 900 players, provides a detailed amateur draft report card, a list of the [...]
Baseball Prospect 2008: baseball returns for the 2008 summer season
“Baseball Prospectus continues to raise the bar for innovative baseball analysis every year.”
—Mark Shapiro, general manager, Cleveland Indians
“If a general manager hasn’t read Baseball Prospectus, he should be fired for incompetence.”
—Michael Lewis, author of Moneyball
“The best book of its kind. When I have a question about [...]
Bill James Gold Mine 2008: cutting edge of baseball analysis
Bill James has always been on the cutting edge of baseball analysis. In this all-new book of profiles of some of the most interesting players in Major League Baseball, he breaks new ground again. The Bill James Gold Mine is not just statistics; there are essays, [...]