The silence is deafening. The LeBron James domino fell Friday morning. Chris Bosh, Luol Deng and Carmelo Anthony have signed. Various sign-and-trades have been completed. Restricted free agents have signed offers and moved to different teams. Eric Bledsoe waits. He doesn’t wait for a team to want him. Almost every team in the NBA wants […]
The Cleveland Cavaliers would have never won a championship with LeBron James. The Cleveland Cavaliers will win a championship with LeBron James. Name an athlete who has done what he has done. No athlete in American history has dealt with more hype from an early age. There was talk that he might leave school early […]
I met my Pat Tillman Thursday. On July 3rd of last week, my family and I were only about 20 yards from the back porch of Robert E. Lee’s when the sky opened. We were hit by an enormous downpour. Instead of walking in a suspended, painful peace through Arlington National Cemetery, my daughters, wife […]
If you can, you’ve got to go. My family vacation was to Washington, D.C. I sat down with my wife in a dark room looking at the actual Star-Spangled Banner. We cruised up the Potomac to Mt. Vernon and saw the home of the only man in world history to successfully lead a revolution without […]
If you are between the ages of 25-35, you have no real memory of the 1984 NBA Draft. There’s a chance if you type “1984” into Google, “1984 NBA Draft” will come up as the first option. It was that big. Four Hall of Famers. Seven All-Stars. Nineteen 5+ year players. One great dunker (had […]
Wonderful people can choke. Great business people can do great things to put their company into a position to succeed only to be the reason the company fails. No one should attack Michael Bradley’s character as a man. He’s given all that he can give to build US soccer. Among people that love the game, […]
Here’s a crazy opinion: the Arizona Diamondbacks are winning more than they should be. It’s crazy because everyone feels down about the D-backs, but the truth is that they’re a .500 team minus April. In no way is there an implication that April should be wiped from the record books. The 9-22 record is real […]
There seems to be one certainty for the 2014 Suns draft: Four players from this draft will not be on the Suns’ training camp roster. The Suns have four draft picks next Thursday night. No one wants to draft a player that’s not good enough to make the team. If all four players make the […]
I love the game. Do you? If not, are you moving in that direction? I started playing soccer at age 7 through high school. I was asked to try out in college for some good teams and offered enough in scholarship money to pay for a book or two at small schools. I turned them […]
Keep in mind, I will never like the Spurs. I can’t stand Ginobili’s flopping. Every call that goes against the Spurs proves a military coup is upon us in the eyes of Popovich. Every game the name “Bruce Bowen” was put into a scorebook is a signal of acceptance of dirty play. Now that I’ve […]
The cowbells rang strong on Friday’s show. Normally it signals the end of the week and the beginning of relaxation. This week, it signals work for me but an amazing weekend of sports relaxation for you. I’ve been in sports talk radio and I’ve never seen a June this busy. U.S. Open I have come […]
I admit it. I’m jealous. I’m tired of watching the San Antonio Spurs and Los Angeles Kings. It’s bad enough the Phoenix (soon to be Arizona) Coyotes and Phoenix Suns aren’t in each championship series but the fact it’s San Antonio and LA is grotesque. The next thing you know, San Francisco will win two […]
Remember how the Arizona Cardinals were 4-0 in 2012? Before Shane Doan contracted Rocky Mountain Fever, the Coyotes were one of the best teams in hockey. How about the amazing start to Mark Reynolds’ and Trent Oeltjen’s Diamondbacks careers? Here are a few things I’m way too excited about: Suns draft With three first-round picks […]
Game 1 of the NBA Finals is here. There’s been more talk about motivation for these Finals than any other in history. It’s hard to understand. There’s a term “extra-motivation” that’s being thrown around. What is extra-motivation? Tomorrow is D-day. Chris Bosh needs to look to Tim Duncan’s comments to be able to re-focus. Here’s […]
In Tuesday’s blog we discussed the massive difference between baseball analytics believers and the old-school supporters. The key to a great organization is bringing the two together. An idea might be to get both sides to give up something they believe in that will appease the other side because both schools of thought belong in […]
Analytics supporters want to remove all human emotion and pretend that sports are played by robots in a vacuum. Former players believe sabermetricians are still bitter from being cut at the 7th grade tryout and devoted their life to prove they should have made the team through the use of numbers. Of course, those are […]
Cut him. Daryl Washington has the chance to be a great inside linebacker. Daryl Washington has a better chance to be an unreliable talent tease. This is not a case where Washington was walking around the house and tripped, falling into a pool of recreational drugs which caused one accidental positive test. According to the […]
A blog is supposed to be written based on the opinion of the writer. Allow me to break the rules because this blog is about your opinion. What is it about the Arizona Diamondbacks that has your attention? Actions speak louder than words. Every topic selected on Doug & Wolf is chosen by your actions […]
Patrick, don’t do it again. Leave it alone. The only things Richard Sherman does better than you are get an education (Stanford versus LSU) and talk trash on social media. Of course, there are some ignorant fools that think he’s better than you. Why argue with them or him? There’s little chance of success. If […]
I’m completely fine with the opinion, just admit journalism is dead. Before you read further, let me admit my bias. I can’t stand the Baseball Writers Association of America. I don’t have a problem with the individual members; I have a problem that baseball still acknowledges its existence. It is the BBWAA that votes on […]
The NBA Draft Lottery is coming up in a couple of hours. Yes, I believe it’s been rigged at times in the past. Yes, I receive a ton of e-mails from people in the league that ask me, “Do you really?” They still think I’m joking after the conversation. I am not joking. I don’t […]
In a word: Brilliant! The hiring of Tony La Russa as the Chief of Baseball Operations opens up an enormous amount of possibilities. Change is coming to the Arizona Diamondbacks but who should be the one to implement those changes? Why not bring in a Hall of Famer to facilitate the change? Derrick Hall has […]
I recant, kind of. On the show, when you’ve been proven wrong, you must stand before the public and acknowledge a glaring mistake you’ve made or a position you’ve taken in the past that has been proven totally incorrect. Watching the news coverage of Steve Kerr’s decision to accept the Golden State job shows I […]
Don’t do it! Don’t make that announcement! Stop the presses…er…stop the press conference! I have the sneaking suspicion that Larry Scott is about to make his second mistake as commissioner of the Pac-12. I think that mistake is coming Thursday. Larry Scott has been nails as commissioner. Other than the handling of the officiating issues […]
