Show Recap - Thursday January 28, 2010

Still no official word from Kurt Warner as to whether or not he’s going to retire. But I don’t think he’d go to the trouble to gather family and friends for a Friday presser just to announce he’s returning for another year. Although I wish he would!

Fact is, while most guys stay too long, he’s leaving too soon. He’s leaving plays and wins on the field. I’m not talking about a guy who can simply manage a game and minimize mistakes. I’m talking about a Super Bowl caliber quarterback. He’s not Joe Willy on the Rams. Or, Johnny Unitas with the Chargers! This is an elite player, on a contender, who just quarterbacked his team to one of the greatest postseason wins ever.

Of course, that was before he took one of the greatest postseason licks ever from Saint Bobby McCray.

You could see where that shot might be rattling around his dome some. And I’m sure he remembers the kill shot Eric Smith delivered that shattered Anquan... More »

Not only does Gilbert Arenas’ punishment fit the crime, he’s lucky it’s not even worse! The only thing more infuriating to David Stern than Arenas going “Tank Johnson” in the work place…was his treating it like a big joke a few nights later in Philly. That’s why he’s not saying or doing anything right now. Saying or doing the wrong thing, or threatening to appeal his suspension probably would have gotten him a full 82 games…instead of the 48 he’s currently looking at.

Again, there’s not much worse than bringing guns to the workplace. Except, maybe being oblivious to the damage you’d done and trying to put out that fire with a gas can. And making a mockery of the entire proceedings! Knowing he’s the “Associations” biggest clown ever, how did someone close to him not get to Gil’ and say, “Zero, this is a huge problem. I know how you roll, bro’. I know you think this is hilarious…just as I know you’re going to say or do... More »

There has been a Terrell Owens sighting! I have to give to my man. He just endured one of the worst years of his entire career. His Buffalo Bills were terrible, he never got off, and with the window about to slam shut on his career, essentially wasted one of the last remaining productive years he had left as an athlete. But he handled it! He stayed down. Didn’t make any waves or create any distractions. Didn’t even run his Q.B. under the bus! He did and said all the right things….and it couldn’t have been easy. So big ups for that, but it couldn’t last forever. After all, all good things come to an end.

Despite being named the “Receiver of the Decade” by USA Today, Owens told the paper, “I know hands down I’d be close to Jerry Rice’s records if I had been with quality quarterbacks like he had. He had Joe Montana and he finished with Steve Young. That wasn’t a drop-off. Say I had been with a guy like Tom Brady, Petyon Manning or Drew Brees... More »

Info & Stats: West Virginia Head Basketball Coach | 2 Final Four Teams

Bob on how many teams from the Big East will get in the NCAA Tournament: “Without question 11.”

Topics: Nice win against Louisville on Saturday | We need to make shots | Kevin Jones’ big game against the Cardinals | Playing with 9 guys has been the hardest challenge this season | Frank Martin | Martin had great teams when he was a high school coach | Frank can coach | Frank and I want our players to get better | His old coaching staff | Thinks everyone of his assistants should have a chance to be a head coach | Thinks there will be 11 teams from the Big East to get in the NCAA tournament | Big East is absolutely brutal | Born in West Virginia |

Info & Stats: Center & Power Forward Detroit Pistons | 14th Season in the NBA | 7th Season with the Pistons | 4-Time NBA Defensive Player of the Year | 4-Time NBA All-Star | 2004 NBA Champion | Just shy of 2,000 blocks for his career.

Topics: Statistically having a good year, but Detroit struggling | Teams getting in line to take their shots at the Pistons | Getting healthy; quick fix or more work? | Pretty much calling it a day before going back to the Pistons | The bottom line is “health” for his career today | Getting back in the cage, lifting weights before and after the game | Banging weights in the cage | Rumors of Rip Hamilton playing his last few games for the Pistons before the trade deadline | Reaching the milestone of 2,000 blocks for his career | Being the shortest player at 6’9 to achieve the 2,000 blocks record | Success going up against 7’0 guys | Giving his body a chance to recover | Impact of the Chauncey Billups trade | Rasheed Wallace’s return to the Palace | Reception back to Detroit after being traded | Reaction to the fans booing | Business as usual moment.

Info & Stats: Denver Nuggets Head Coach

Photos: Through The Years

George on players understanding “Team Play”: “It always has to be first to win a championship.”

Topics: 2nd best record in the West | Crazy season so far | Changes his ways and philosophies | Fewer practices | It’s been a knuckle ball season | Having so much fun with this group | Trading Carmelo Anthony | This team being committed to the “Team Game” | Ego, selfishness being more evident in the NBA than any other sports league | Carmelo Anthony | The team always has to be first to win a championship | The system giving young kids so much | Gary Payton | Ray Allen | Ego battles with Ray in Milwaukee | May reach out to Carmelo this summer | Seeing Carmelo last weekend | Will work things out with Carmelo | George’s history in the Jungle | Winn ingest active coach | Coaching a 82 season | The ring | It will not eat me up if I don’t win a championship | His son Coby in the European League |