‘Rising Star’ (Melissa Majchrzak - NBAE/Getty Images)
My rewind button on my DVR is almost shot and I still can’t fathom how he is pulling it off. I have seen it live, watched it over and over on ESPN, and replayed it many times on the Internet and it still happens at hyper-speed. I […]

World’s Best Boss (NBC/The Office)
Well the holiday season is finally here. It officially began late Thanksgiving evening when, according to police, a man threw out the ceremonial first “can of gravy” of the season at another man “striking him in the head”. This incident at a West Valley nursing home parking lot brought […]

‘Le dunk de la mort’
Sydney Australia Olympic Games, Sept 25th 2000: Frederic Weis had no clue that he was about to be immortalized, posterized and vincecarterized. As USA’s Vince Carter stole the ball about 40 feet out, he immediately kicked in the jets and sped rapidly toward the unsuspecting 7-foot- 2 Frenchman […]

‘Sharp-shooting squirrel’
With the weather getting colder and the holiday season fast approaching, I am eagerly anticipating the traditional holiday gorge-fest followed closely by the annual projectile-vomiting and a little football. However I am having a hankering for something just a little different than the usual turkey this year. I am having […]

‘The Landlord collects the rent’
(A. Bernstein - NBAE/Getty Images)
What does Carlos Boozer, Three’s Company’s Mr. Furley and Donald Trump have in common? Well, they are all famous landlords, One is a budding NBA superstar, one is a goofy bumbling loser of a landlord and one was played by Don Knotts. I am assuming that being […]

‘The Callfather’ (Ronald Martinez - NBAE/Getty Images)
The biggest story in the NBA this past year had nothing to do with Kobe, Lebron, the Spurs or Jazz. It was all about a regular guy with a whistle and an agenda. After an FBI sting operation snagged NBA senior official Tim Donaghy, he admitted that […]

Hear the Rattle? (Rocky Widner - NBAE/Getty Images)

From Kobe and the fires to Baron and the ‘quake, the Utah Jazz finished their mini-California Disaster 2007 Tour by dismantling the Golden State Warriors 117-96. After the last game of the pre-season was canceled by fires in San Diego, a 5.6 earthquake rattled the bay area […]

‘Answering the Page’ (Don Grayston - NBAE/Getty Images)
The following is a rebuttal to my own airing of grievances, of a couple of weeks ago. Here is my list of the Top 10 Best Moves the Jazz made since moving to Utah.
1. (tie) “I was never big on creeds” While Seinfeld’s Newman might not have lived […]

Before Utah Jazz radio announcer Ron Boone ever strapped on a headset, he used to strap on the old sneakers where he put the func in the now-defunct Utah Stars. The Booner lit up the ABA while dominating with the red, white and blue ball and later retired with the Jazz. Since then, […]

John Stockton could have driven drunk through Temple Square on his way to referee a dog fight, while pumped full of steroids, crack cocaine and horse tranquilizers, and shouting anti-Republican rhetoric and he never would have been booed in Salt Lake City. Every summer Karl Malone could never decide if he was disgruntled or merely […]