Boomshakalaka! Five Features That Need To Be In The New NBA Jam
When word came out a few months ago that EA Sports would be releasing a new version of NBA Jam, older video game players rejoiced. That joy was dampened a little when we learned it would only be released on the Nintendo Wii, but it was still pretty good news.
But after looking at an initial screenshot of the game, a new NBA Jam could face a lot of pitfalls. Because how do you duplicate or improve on a game that was great because of its imperfections?
The Silver Lining: We Won’t Get Fooled Again?
Tiger Woods? All he did was treat his wife like Tony Soprano treated Carmela. And that show lasted eight years! People loved it. So why has it only taken three weeks for Woods to go from pillar to pariah?
Looking Back At Your 1999-2000 Fantasy Basketball Team
It’s Tuesday and in one week the 2009-10 NBA season will officially begin. Many of us are already gathering notes together for our basketball fantasy drafts. You can hardly control your excitement, right? Well, Sidelines can’t control its excitement. So in the five weeks leading up to the season tip-off, we’re thumbing through our old fantasy notebooks, cringing at our past selections and revisiting our top 10 fantasy picks from each of the seasons that introduced us to a new decade. This week: the new millennium. Karl Malone was the reigning MVP at the age of 35, still the oldest anyone has ever won the award. Tim Duncan was all David Robinson needed to finally capture his first championship title. Only 50 games were played in the lockout-shortened ‘99 season. And it appeared as if the heir to Air Jordan could be found in a Toronto rookie named Vince. The year ahead would see future Hall of Famers Dominique Wilkins, Joe Dumars and Charles Barkley play their final seasons.
Enjoy and we’ll see you on October 27.
A Whisper In The Noise: When Pierce Was Better Than Bryant
Early Tuesday morning, former NBA pariah Stephon Marbury found himself too giddy from a rousing night of dance lessons and stargazing to fall asleep. So what does he do? He pushes out a few tweets disparaging former teammate and Celtics captain Paul Pierce.
Makes sense.
His actions, anyway, not the content of his remarks.
Forbes’ Most Disliked Sports Figures: Let’s Agree To Disagree
Last week, Forbes Magazine, through E-Poll surveys, polled its readers and compiled a top 10 list of the most disliked people in sports. I was confused at first why it was Forbes and not, say, Sports Illustrated executing such a poll. I mean, these are sports figures we’re talking about, isn’t ESPN’s magazine better equipped? Forbes may not be the foremost expert on sports, but flip through any issue of their magazine or click on any page of their web site … dudes know a lot about hateable personalities.
