AP Photo/Matt Sayles – very cool photo
After watching the Game 7 in Boston I decided to come back to LA to spend my remaining days before heading back to Australia. I chose LA for a couple of reasons. Firstly because the flight home leaves from LAX, kinda obvious. Secondly, because I thought the Lakers were [...]

For anyone who didn’t see the highlight clips or press conference from the Rockets-Blazers game last night, this is a ripper. After chasing down a loose ball Artest ran into the stands and was immediately swamped by the fans. Memories of a certain trip to the stands back in Auburn Hills a few years ago [...]

Two nights ago I was at the Toyota Center in Houston cheering along the Rockets while secretly hoping for a close finish (like any mutual fan would). The main reason I marked down this game in my calendar? To see Dwight vs Yao of course. I forked out extra money to get really good seats [...]

Tizzle is back with his crystal ball and a look at this seasons Top Ten Most Likely Things to Happen. You heard it here first folks!
#1 – Camby was angry. Iverson was angry. Carmelo was angry. Every Denver fan was angry. Even yours truly was angry. But now, we are all living in disbelief. After [...]

Your 2009 NBA Champion is going to be one of these teams
Los Angeles Lakers
Shortly after the Gasol trade last season, me and one of my many Suns-supporting friends (who for unnamed reasons shall be known as the Cougar Hunter) were musing about the Lakers fortunes. “It’s so unfair”, was the overriding theme of that conversation, [...]

There has been a LOT of debate the past couple of weeks around who is most deserving of the MVP. A lot of it is biased rubbish, some of it is plain wrong, and a small amount speaks the truth. That’s no different to the usual mix of debate that goes on for any sports-related topic in the media, [...]

I’m not sure how many of you watched the Australia v India one-day cricket match last night, but there was a particularly amusing moment when Andrew Symonds floored a nude male streaker who interrupted the match. Good to know he’s continuing the Ron Artest tradition of getting fans of the sport involved and then knocking them [...]

Tizzle’s Top 10 Things Most Likely to Happen in 07-08

10. Walter Hermann taking out a restraining order against Kickz101’s Jobba

9. Dwayne Wade breaking an NBA record by becoming the first player ever to score 40pts without attempting a single field goal

8. Indiana asking Golden State if they can cancel last seasons trade, [...]

They couldn’t be more worlds apart. One sport is played by lean, leaping giants, throwing a round ball into a small hoop with five-man teams running end-to-end on shiny wooden floor boards. The other is played by tough, rugged warriors trying to kick an impossible egg-shaped ball over a grass paddock 180 meters long through [...]