Double standard.

Well .....The Miami Heat repeat as champs and the James haters are busy making excuses about how he does not deserve to be in the same discussion as LORD MIKE and the invincible Chicago Bulls. After all Mikes legions of fans believe he made every shot he ever took and the Bulls swept every series they were in. I hate to burst everyones SWOOSH bubble but I remember when the basketball GOD J missed some shots and LOSTseveral   playoff series. Does anybody remember when Larry Bird and the Boston Celtics beat Mike and the Bulls in 5 games? NO?? Maybe the 3 straight playoff losses to the BAD BOY Pistons? Now eventually after all the excellent teams in the mid eighties got old and faded into basketball obscurity the Bulls won several titles beating lesser opponents .....The Lakers the trail blazers the sonics and the suns so they deserve some credit for being a dominant team in an era of lesser teams. Somehow James is being hammered with criticism but mike never got any. Everyone loved Jordan and kissed his ass for an entire decade despite the fact that i never heard Jordan ever give any credit to any of his teammates. He lit the same cigars and loved the spotlight with his phony ass spacejam movie and countless commercials but let Lebron do anything remotely like that and he is considered an arrogant ass. I dont mind if anybody believes that Jordan was the best player ever that is anyones opinion but i dont get what the difference is when it comes to basking in celebration. Why does Jordon get his ass kissed for an entire decade while Lebron gets hammered for being JUST LIKE MIKE?

Trending bad.

Game 6 tonight in Miami and regardless of who wins this series all of the commentary about this Final series has been total garbage. Not one of these so called media "experts" has said or done anything worthy of a plug nickel. From game to game everyone switches their opinions depending solely on the winner that nights game.How about some insight into position play or what possible approach might be successful if you want more involvement from secondary players? What makes somebody different and why they provide commentary is supposed to be because they have a better understanding of the game. Barkley bad. Magic bad. Do we need a roundtable of 4 people telling me that Tony Parker is a great point guard or that Lebron James is the best player in the game?? Barkley gets an award for being funny but goes from saying that the series is going to go 6 games at the start of the finals and after Game 1 says the spurs might sweep  What is missing from sports media today is that noone is held accountable for what is being said. Anyone can say anything as long as its funny or definate and it doesnt seem to matter if a reason is given for making a statement.  People want predictions now about winners and losers but they dont seem to care about the reasons behind the predictions. The credabillity of the sports media is lower now than at any time in sports history. Nobody wants to name sources behind breaking news and certain networks even create sports stories on a slow sports days, Gone are the days of accountabillity and credabillity in the media and here to stay is entertainment journalism.

Golf nerdism.

The  United States championship of Golf started today and im mildly interested. All of the golf fanatics are predicting the winner and are hoping that all the putt putt Gods will keep the course dry so Eldrick can make a mad dash and get a step closer to golf immortality. There seem to be a group of psedo players and fans that i call GOLF NERDS. You might be a Golf nerd if : You know certain golf holes on courses that arent considered one of the 4 major tournaments. You might be a GN if you follow an entire season on the PGA tour and remember the winners of each tournament in order. You might be a GN if you know personal information regarding the family or relatives of your favorite golf pro. You might be a GN if you race home from your job to watch the Golf channel to get golf tips from some club Pro whos name sounds vaguely fimiliar. Theres only one cure for Golf nerdism: Do not tell me about your ambition to shoot 80 on the local muni or that golf is a sport because ill be too busy watching NBA basketball and the Stanley Cup finals.

Forgive and forget.

I remember when the Miami Heat signed their version of the big three Bosh Wade and James. They boldly came out and said they planned on winning 7 titles and fans were instantly polarized. James came out with THE DECISION on ESPN and everyone including me was astounded by his cocky arrogant additude. Lebron had no titles and I did not give a crap who he was going to play for. James now understands why people responded the way they did and he has been humbled both by the Dallas Mavericks and his awareness of how hard winning a championship actually is. The hatred that still exists for James is really over the top. He is a terrific player and the haters out there need to ease up and appreciate just how good he is. As for me im going to be rooting for Duncan and the Spurs but ill be appreciating one the NBAs greatest players Lebron James.

A trophy and a free tee shirt.

I was talking to a good friend of mine who is a high school golf coach and he reminded me of just how different high school sports are these days. He told me about the season and how they managed to win a second consective state title. He was smiling and quite happy about the teams accomplishments. I ask him if the second title was any more difficult than the first one and he said no but that every season has its set of challenges. He said that all his varsity golfers were consistant club players and that he was really fortunate to have an extremely committed group of players. He also told me about some of the parents he has had to deal with in his tenure as coach for almost a decade. Alot of parents believe that their precious child is the second coming of Tiger Woods. They send their children off to expensive sports camps and expect their investment to pay off.  Children no longer play sports in season to stay in shape and learn the value of competition they now start playing organized sports around 7 years of age and hope someday to earn a college schlorship. If your parents cannot afford the football camp that almost all the 8th grade football team will attend over the summer your child will spend his freshman year of high school on the bench. The coaches that brave the new world of competitive sports had better be ready for obnoxious unrealistic parents and family members who believe that every coach is an idiot if their child is not the star of the team. Every child at the expensive football camp hosted by superstar X will get a trophy and a free tee shirt. That in most parents minds tyranslates into varsity letters and future college schlorships. No measly high school coach is going to tell the parent expert with a certificate of authenticity that his kid is not good enough to play varsity baseball because he was a star at baseball camp last year. The expectations and priorities set down for athletics are so out of wack these days that anybody thinking of coaching should have his or her head examined.

Dodger baseball.

My definition of Dodger baseball?? They do not hit ....they pitch when  Kershaw is on the bump they occasionally fight and then they LOSE. Everyone loves the newest sensation Yasiel Puig who cracked 4 homers and batted close to .500 this month but theres still that nagging thought that is still bugging me they are STILL LOSING. Now that might not bother the Hollywood types and fans that stay 6 innings before scrambling for the parking lot to beat the stampede they call LA traffic but im still wondering when the Dodgers will make that mid summer run toward .500. Tonight the blue had a fight and managed to beat the Dbacks 5-3 but im still concerned that maybe the fight in the parking lot is tougher than the baseball team on the field.

NFL London a bad idea.

The NFL commissioner is talking about moving an existing franchise to London. He wants the NFL to have the same world wide appeal.that the NBA has from a marketing and business perspective. The problem is that American football has very limited appeal in Europe and the extensive travel would have an adverse effect on any team that would have to travel there. Appearently the commish has forgotten that the city of Los Angeles is available for american football whenever Jacksonville or some other lame fan base doesnt want to support its NFL team. Rodger and his phony player safety crusade is annoying enough but moving an NFL team to have tea and crumpets is an eually stupid idea.

Buckeye down.

Ohio State President Gordon Gee is resigning from his position on July 1. While im never unhappy with anything bad happening in Columbus im a bit puzzled and alot confused by the events which led to his firing. What he said was definately inappropriate and not something that a person should say in his position but the timing and circumstances behind his firing definately bother me. He made the remarks in December and the University said and did nothing about it for 6 months untill a member of the media made his remarks public. The strong arm of political correctness and the social media is now watching all our words and actions like a hawk. More importantly enemies of public figures are lurking in wait to ruin the careers of people they do not like. Media members will tell you that they are simply bringing to light the truth of what is said and done but i think that old Gordo  made some enemies in Columbus and somebody was waiting for just the right moment to slam the door on his career. The more disturbing thought that comes to my mind is that with the increased awareness in social media there will be a hidden suppression of speech that will take away peoples freedom to speak freely and create legitimate and facinating sports stories that I actually might want to read in the newspaper.