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One of our readers (Jeff) asked for this.

Once you get a couple of posts in your honor, you are elevated to category status. Say hello to Bruce Bowen, in the news last week for his kick to Amare Stoudemire’s Achilles, he has now aimed for a much more sensitive area; Steve Nash’s groin.

Bruce Bowen Catches Steve Nash In The Nads

The NBA finally decided to “take a look” at Bowen’s style of play. After looking at the play the league has insisted that Bowen will not be suspended for game 4, calling the shot to the groin a “flagrant 1″ foul.

Yeah, this is good news for the Spurs. Bowen hasn’t been suspended. However, it’s bad news for the Spurs that the league is actually giving credibility to the complaints on Bowen. Dude is gonna be watched like a hawk from here on out, I’m saying it now: This whole Bruce Bowen mess is going to lead to MAJOR DRAMA before these playoffs are concluded. I also believe David Stern and Stu Jackson read my site.

I’ve had some issues with the Spurs for several years. I’ve always thought Tim Duncan was incredibly whiny and that Manu Ginobili played out of control on purpose; with the intention of catching someone in the nads with one of his flailing legs. In my opinion the Spurs are boring to watch and have always pushed the envelope in regard to playing too rough. I’d never given much thought to Bruce Bowen. My opinion of him was over-rated defender/decent spot up 3 point shooter, especially from the corners.

Now you know my original stance on this topic.

By now you’ve probably heard that Amare Stoudemire has accused Bruce Bowen of intentionally kicking him in the Achilles. He has also gone as far to say that the Spurs are a dirty team. You might have even seen the replay on ESPN and thought that it was kinda tough to tell what Bowen’s actual intent was on that play. Maybe he just slipped. Well, the power of YouTube has come to the rescue, just in time to show that Bruce Bowen probably didn’t slip. In fact, when you take Bowen’s action in the context of his previous behavior, you get the idea that this is what he does. Bruce Bowen IS a dirty player:

First, lets take a look at the play in question involving Amare Stoudemire:

Yeah, it’s really hard to tell if Bowen intentionally stuck that right leg out there. He could have just been slipping. Let’s dive a little deeper into Bruce Bowen.

Ok, not sure if you’ve ever ran at a jump shooter but I’ve never done a sideways split causing me to awkwardly land in the landing area of the shooter. Yeah, you can call it getting up into a shooters face, but it looks more like Bowen is trying to take away the shooters landing space….with his own feet, which is terribly dangerous. The easiest way to tear up an ankle or other joint is by landing on someone’s foot. Still not convinced?

Once again, Bowen has that “what’d I do?” look on his face. Bowen knows exactly what he did and Carter’s reaction was the proper one. There is nothing wrong with playing great defense but playing dirty is a different story. Go to your local court and play some pickup basketball. The first time the guy that you are guarding shoots a jump shot do the Bruce Bowen move, placing your feet right under the jump shooters feet. Then do it again. If you can do it a third time. Someone is either going to get hurt, or get into a fight.

It’s really a shame that Bruce Bowen uses this move. He is a fantastic overall defender. Every time his name is brought up in conversation now someone will say…”oh yeah, Bruce Bowen is dirty”. Fact is, they’d be right. These videos are only a small sample of the guy’s antics. I respect someone for playing good defense but I’m also a bit old school when it comes to basketball. I don’t care for grind it out games where defenders are allowed to use all kinds of body to slow down offensive players. Stoudemire has just added a huge element of drama to the Suns/Spurs series, which is currently tied at a game each. Also, you have to wonder if Bowen is going to have to “watch himself” now. The league knows what he’s doing as do the fans and players. You can bet there will be some complaining going on the first time he lands under a shooters foot. The series will resume tomorrow at 8 pm, on ABC.

Dirty Play in the NBA? Not Much Anymore (MSNBC)

Well, I’m day 2 into my blogging comeback attempt, and I must admit I’m just not feeling very inspired. Making a comeback is hard work! There are so many things to talk about, but to be quite honest I just don’t feel like diving into much detail on them.

I’ll touch on a couple things very quickly-

Looks like Curt Schilling has decided to apologize to Barry Bonds. I think it’s becoming obvious to everyone that Schilling wants the world to revolve around him. For those that don’t know Schilling basically said all of Barry’s records should be removed from the books since Barry has admitted to doing steroids. First of all, I don’t recall Bonds ever coming out and admitting anything, and I wonder if Curt took the time to think about his World Series rings?? Heaven forbid you have to return a couple of those rings because they are tainted…..I mean, a ring is a team achievement and the law of averages says that someone on the Red Sox or Diamondbacks was juicing…..much less those that have been busted. Curt, shut your hole.

Curt’s Official Blog

Golden State fell behind 2-0 to Utah last night. As much as I want to blame the loss on poor officiating, (it just seems like Utah/Carlos Boozer in particular do a lot of bulling to the hoop and on defense) I gotta put this one on Baron Davis. I know the guy is a warrior (no pun intended) and played his ass off last night but that turnover in the closing seconds of the 2nd half was horrid. I can give him a pass on the missed free-throw, it happens. It just seemed as if he was teetering on making crucial turnovers the entire game….which is of course what makes him so effective, but still. Job #1 in that situation should be getting the ball past half-court and setting up offense, not trying to one-up Derek Fisher with some whirling spin move.

I still think Golden State can make a series out of this, but I really don’t see them taking it. Utah in 7. I like the Suns in 7 as well, Steve Nash knows his window is closing, he won’t let it slip through his fingers. The East is already settled, Cavs and Pistons will advance.

Hey, did anyone else know that Roger Clemens signed with the Yankees!? Ya know, this is a big deal for the Yanks, but in the long run the return of Jon Lester to the Red Sox (Making a comeback from Cancer) will be a bigger deal. Lester passed all his minor league tests with flying colors and hit 96 mph on the radar guns….100 mph on the stadium gun that obviously needed calibrating. Lester will give the Sox a capable lefty starter that can chew up innings. Clemens will give the Yankees another arm in the starting rotation that can’t get out of the 6th inning, which in all honesty does nothing to help solve their problem: OVERWORKED BULLPEN- Sure the Yankees will probably play .550 to .600 baseball the rest of the way out but come playoff time do they really think they can compete with 3 dinosaurs, 2 less than average Japanese imports, and an average pen? The finger pointing has already begun as the Boss fired the “Director of Performance Enhancement”, (with talk of firing Torre and Cashman as well) but at some point (right in the middle of a 15-11 loss to the Mariners would have been a good time) logic has to take over and Steinbrenner must realize he hasn’t given these guys much to work with pitching wise.

Anyway, my whole point to this post was to take a day off and just post a couple videos-

Bradyfan83 usually has some pretty good offerings, here is his take on the upside of talent available in the NFL draft-

Ok, I don’t post much lately, but I couldn’t pass this one up.

If you think Duke sucks this is a must watch:

Duke was one and done in the NCAA’s this year. All Coach K can do is talk about how young they are-

Anyway, this is classic Duke:

Yes, I’m still alive.

This man is training his son well.

The guys over at The Big Picture have taken the time to rank and file all the female sideline reporters and stack them against one another in a tournament bracket and have readers vote on who they would rather do.  They are calling it simply the “Would you do….” tournament. 

It’s worth a look just for laughs…I mean come on, Erin Andrews vs. Andrea Kremer!?  They have in depth profiles of every girl, many complete with youtube links…I never knew Pam Oliver was carrying so much junk in the trunk!   Also, I can’t believe Suzy Kolber got 34 yes votes, to just 4 no votes.  I wold NOT do Suzy Kolber.
“Would you do….”  (The Big Picture)

I hate to do this but I’m going to post the video of Shaun Livingston injuring his knee. It’s horrible to watch, and I really hope he is OK and of course that he can return to basketball at some point. Anyway, I just wanted to post the video to show that at any minute, it can all be over. That, and a yahoo article by Dan Wetzel pretty much take all the wonder away as to why kids go pro so early. Never again will I shout “stay in school”! If these guys can sign million dollar contracts, I say go for it. You never know when something like this can happen:
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Age Defiance (Yahoo! Sports)

Sorry so slow lately, I’ve been super busy. I’m getting married you know. Anyway, here is George Takei, who is openly gay (played Mr. Sulu on Star Trek) responding to Tim Hardaway’s comments. Takei does a great job of poking fun at Hardaway’s ignorance by portraying the very stereotype Hardaway is so afraid of. The funny thing is, according to John Amaechi, Takei isn’t acting all that much different than NBA players act in the locker room.

Mr. Sulu pwns Tim Hardway with homophobia PSA (Boing Boing)