Sports

I settled into the Lazy-Boy last night around 8:30 PM central time, ready for a night to take in some basketball of all shapes and sizes. While I patiently awaited the Cavs/Suns game to tip-off, as an appetizer I ordered up a batch of Lakers/Spurs and a slab of Big East Tournament action. While the…

With February in the past, and spring around the corner, that can only mean one thing: MARCH MADNESS! Nothing was better than calling off sick to school or work with a mysterious illness for the first Thursday and Friday of the tournament. I myself used to run a bracket poll every year and seemingly could…

Wow! I can now say with certainty that I’ve had to pinch myself at least 5 times this season. The Cavs are simply a great basketball team. Last night’s victory in Miami, and the concluding road trip, will definitely be worth looking back on in April and May (and hopefully June). When they embarked on…

In a time of economic struggle and fiscal irresponsibility, I thought it would be appropriate to discuss some of the greatest financial mistakes in sports. I started doing some research, and found that ESPN’s Page 2 had already done similar articles on the worst contracts in MLB, NBA and NFL. So instead of re-doing what…

This weeks winner is Iron Mike Tyson. One of the hardest hitters of the boxing world, Tyson was the undisputed heavyweight champion for over two years. He won his first 19 professional bouts with knockouts, 12 of which happened in the first round. Maniac. In 1992, The Baddest Man on Earth made a choice that…

7,200 people packed into the Youngstown Chevy Centre last night to cheer on Kelly Pavlik in his fight against Rubio. Most expected an early round knockout from the champ but it went a full 9 rounds before Rubio’s corner called pussy and threw in the towel. A lot of ppv buyers expected much more. As…

In honor of tonight’s slam dunk contest I have assembled a list of the ten greatest dunkers of all time. These High Flyers defy gravity as they bring us some of the most explosive slams in the history of dunking. As with every list, some worthy gentlemen will be left off the list and debate…

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4fDk0aV4rA&hl=en&fs=1] Tonight is the best night of college basketball. Tonight is the Tobacco Road Rivalry. Tonight Psycho T and Dancin’ Danny Green attempt to go 4-0 at Cameron Indoor Stadium. They will be the first players to do so since my arch rival Tim Duncan did it while playing for Wake Forest. North Carolina got…

A Guest Post by John Candy… The answer to that question might actually now be A-Roid. With the recent news outbreak alleging baseball superstar Alex Rodriguez to a positive steroid test in 2003, baseball has taken yet another black eye. This news just adds to the already long developing list linking superstar baseball players to…

Well, the poll has closed and we have a winner by a very close margin. It seems as though most of Thunder Nation would love nothing more than to punch ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith directly in the throat. I could not be happier with the results of this poll and it is refreshing to know…

The NBA’s never-ending quest to make LeBron James feel unappreciated in Cleveland, so that he might someday seek greener pastures in the Big Apple, has taken on an entirely different twist. The first injustice was inflicted upon Mo Williams not once, but twice, while the second was the demotion of perhaps the greatest regular season…

I know I can speak for most of us here at Thunder Treats when I say Welcome Class of 2009! Wednesday we welcomed in a new class of Buckeyes, 25 in total with 14 coming from the buckeye state. We didn’t have the one big name recruit like last year but players like Jamaal Berry,…

The NBA has just released the roster for its 2009 All Star Game. I have to say that out of the three major sports the NBA does its All Star game the best, from the rookie sophomore game to the three point/dunk contest the hole all star weekend is great and I enjoy watching the…

Well the Results are in and The Heartbreak Kid Shawn Michaels wins last weeks poll “Who was the best WWF/WWE Champion of our lifetime?” Now I know some people disagree and were upset that some names were left off the list. The Undertaker and Mankind were arguments I heard from some people, but these are…

Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past 2 weeks or you’re a resident of Southern California than you probably know that the Pittsburgh Steelers are playing the Arizona Cardinals in tonight’s Super Bowl. As of this morning, the odds makers in Las Vegas have the Cardinals as 7-point underdogs in Super Bowl…