Comments on: I think I have a favorite Sportswriter

By: DerrickP

DerrickP — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:02:18 +0000

Now all we need is a football sport writer to jump on this ship. Mark can’t you buy a football team, I like your style but do not like basketball.

Of course the team would have to be outside Dallas because we know Jerry Jones ain’t selling

Derrick

By: nathan holman

nathan holman — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:02:18 +0000

of course this was the nicest thing I’ve heard about the mavs all year: http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=neel/050302

By: Aquariuz

Aquariuz — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:02:18 +0000

Question: March Madness is coming up SOON. I was wondering if there is an RSS feed that gives sports scores? I want to be able to look down and see the scores scroll by like an RSS feed. If a game looks interesting I can click on it and check it out. Unless I take the March Madness holiday off I will be at work for the first couple of rounds with no access to the games other than the net. Streaming video is blocked at my work site. What are my options?

By: David

David — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:02:18 +0000

Last night’s game against the Lakers was SO BOGUS. I know we had a lot more free throws than them, but those refs were horrible. I’ve never seen home court advantage like that ever before. Kobe was getting nicked and he would get calls, but whenever Dirk or Marquis or Stack took it in, they wouldn’t call it unless they were completely knocked off their shot in the 2nd half. What the hell were those refs thinking? Could it have been more obvious that they were favoring the Lakers? And could someone please shut Bill Walton up? I mean are you really supposed to blatantly favor one team on national telecast like he did?

By: Mike Bennett

Mike Bennett — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:02:18 +0000

Re: Not resigning Nash. Though Hollinger may have pointed out that Mr. Cuban’s push for rule changes is what has allowed the Suns to flourish with Nash at the controls, he also backed the decision not to resign Nash. As good as Nash looks now, it’s highly likely that the Suns will not receive a good return on investment on the back end of the deal. I’m not sure if the Mavs will get to the conference final this year, but I do think the team is better tooled to contend for the next few years.

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:02:18 +0000

Re. Mike Bennett’s post just above…
Good God, you might be damn near the first person I’ve seen who has a head on his shoulders. The Mavericks tried to re-sign Nash with a high value deal, and he took significantly more money to go to Phoenix. The Mavericks could have matched, but it would not have been remotely prudent to do so. Nash is an excellent offensive point guard (which we obviously knew), but he’s not durable in the short or the long term. As Mike just said, Phoenix will eventually be criticized for his deal–just watch. Nash has already missed significant time this year due to minor/nagging injuries. It will only get worse with time.

I love the guy as a player, but people need to wake up and understand that there’s more to consider than the immediate present. The Mavericks went in another direction with a solid plan to win now AND in the future.

By: Rockchild

Rockchild — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:02:18 +0000

I think I’m just gona stick with playing concrete football on the concrete, and street hockey in the street, until I get hit with a car again.

I hope you all are having a nice weekend, and not doing what I wouldn’t do, whatever that means.

Great Blog, Mark!

By: Brian

Brian — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:02:18 +0000

I agree with Mark. I think John is new to espn.com and I really look forward to reading each of his articles. Really interesting stuff that actually ususes stats to back up what he is saying. Good times.

By: Scott B

Scott B — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:02:18 +0000

Hollinger is excellent — his columns have real depth. Mark Stein is good also, but Hollinger’s approach is very data-driven, and he looks at things from new angles. Thanks, Mark.

By: Luke Middleton

Luke Middleton — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:02:18 +0000

I love reading Hollinger. Quite the intuitive thinker. I loved it even more when he wrote for SI.com and I didn’t have to pay to read him. Now, I get to read the first two paragraphs of everything he reads. Thanks, Insider.