NFL Playoff Picks You’ve Always Wanted

So the title just deceived you to get you to read this blog. Get over it, folks.
Naughty or nice? Who cares, Christmas has been over, it’s December 29, and the NFL playoffs are on lock.
If there’s a heaven, my father has smiled multiple times this season dating back to February 3, 2008 when the 1972 [...]

Sympathy for the ‘Boys

Troy Sparks has done what you thought Troy Sparks would never do in a sitaution where his St. Louis Rams are standing (or limping … or just crawling with their skimpy elbows). He has sympathy for the Dallas Cowboys and their fans.
Now before you call out Troy and ask him about his questionable standing that [...]

From “Showtime” to “Kobe Time”

The following article is a blog post contributed by Erik Allen. He is a guest contributor to Troy’s Thoughts on Sports. For more information, read the end of the post or learn more by clicking here. Without further ado, here’s the said post by Erik Allen that details the Kobe Bryant era that’s present with [...]

Sean Avery may be Good for the NHL

It’s all an act. And it’s a damn good one.
The point Sean Avery made during the E:60 profile about the league’s failings in marketing players is absolutely correct. Go to most cities in America. Ask the general population which hockey players they know. If you’re lucky, you’ll probably hear Crosby or Ovechkin or Lemieux or [...]

Repeatin’ as the Champs

Is this a plausible statement to make?:
The Boston Celtics will repeat as the NBA champions by winning the title in 2008-2009.
The champs have won eleven in a row for the first time since the 1985-1986 season. If that’s not a big indicator for you, perhaps this is: they won their sixteenth title in ‘86. As [...]

Can Oklahoma Beat Florida?

Possibly. Maybe. I don’t know. The Oklahoma Sooners have one of the best offenses in the history of the NCAA, but they play in the Big XII. But then again, they have scored 60+ points in their last five games. Maybe there’s something here that we don’t realize.
Somebody called Sooners head coach Bob Stoops “Big [...]

Tim Tebow is a Douche

Forget the guy’s stats. An angry Tim Tebow is the most destructive force in college football. Florida has played extremely well since the Ole Miss loss, but watch how Tebow carries himself on the field. He’s not looking to advance the ball; he’s looking to score. He is not looking to win; he is looking [...]

Charles Barkley and Conventional Wisdom Part II

Thank you, Sir Charles.
Last week TNT basketball analyst and local bad-man-bang curmudgeon (even though his temper isn’t too bad, until The Jet (Kenny Smith) flares him up, then you have to watch out!) said in an interview, “LeBron James needs to shut the hell up.”
I’m sure you know why he said that. Everybody does. I [...]

Snow on a Saturday, But Let’s Talk About the SEC

It’s snowing heavily right now in Southwest Virginia, as I sit here writing this while the Boston College Eagles and Virginia Tech Hokies game — the ACC title game — stands idle at halftime.
But I don’t want to talk about the ACC championship or the Big XII championship. Let’s talk about what really matters.
The number [...]

New York, New York

Frank Sinatra CD. . .
Majestic scarf. . .
Syracuse Orange tickets. . .
Plaxico Burress shooting himself in leg at a nightclub in which he was dumb enough to bring a gun along even though he has some hefty bodyguards tagging along with him everywhere he goes. . . priceless.
I shouldn’t be so hard on Plax considering [...]