The “Unwatchable NBA” Update:  In a game played in Charlotte last week, the Bobcats dismantled the Heat 104-65; Miami shot a putrid 22-for-76 from the floor (29%).  The topper?  This included the Heat shooting a pathetic 2-for-23 (9%) from three-pt. range.  Yes–somewhere, Steve Kerr is weeping, folks…….TRIVIA QUESTION:  The lowly 1990-1991 Miami Heat–who finished 24-58 under coach [...]

Without question, the performance by Arizona Cardinals QB Kurt Warner in the recent playoff game vs. Green Bay was one of the most impressive in postseason history. Here’s why: The man had MORE TD passes (5) than INCOMPLETIONS (4). Final numbers: 29/33 for 379 yards and NO interceptions; simply phenomenal………TRIVIA QUESTION: The lowly 1987-’88 Los [...]

Has anyone out there seen ANYTHING uglier so far in 2010 than the UCONN women’s 91-24 thrashing of Seton Hall a couple of weeks ago–a game in which the losing squad shot 9-for-52 (17%) from the field? I haven’t seen anything THAT ugly since a former roommate of mine at Fordham tried dancing with the [...]

* a new Tiger Woods doll; you wind it up, it drops its shorts, and immediately moves into a horizontal position
* MLB stadiums be required to have a “KA-CHING” sound played over the PA system whenever the home team’s highest-paid player is introduced
* just ONE MLB player–after a fellow player signs for gazillions–say, “That contract is [...]

I truly believe that if Florida State football coach Bobby Bowden had aged HALF as well as actress Jane Seymour has, the Seminoles would have gone 10-2 this season instead of 6-6……….TRIVIA QUESTION:  The 1991-’92 New York Rangers had FIVE players on the squad who scored 30 or more goals apiece.  How many of these [...]

Lazzari’s “Lopsided Score of the Week”:  In a girls high school basketball game played last week here in Connecticut, Capital Prep dismantled Norwich Tech 78-7 (no need to put on the reading glasses, folks–you read that correctly); the winning squad held a 47-0 lead AT THE HALF (yes, a BASKETBALL game–NOT football, my friends).  Comparing this to a women’s boxing [...]

ITEM: Pittsburgh leads New Hampshire 15-7 at the HALF during a college basketball game last week–the fewest first-half points in a Division I game since the shot clock was employed. I haven’t seen anything THAT ugly since a former roommate of mine at Fordham was combing the hair on his BACK……….TRIVIA QUESTION: Who was the [...]

As winter approaches and the ‘09 baseball season fades into memory, we once again recognize/reward some deserving individuals:

*The first annual EARL WEAVER/FULL PACK Award:  Chris Ray of the Orioles.  Formerly an effective closer, the guy gave up 64 hits and surrendered eight HR’s in just 43 innings this year while pitching to an ERA of 7.27–giving Orioles fans more indigestion [...]

Yes–at first, I thought it was a basketball score, but I was wrong.  In a Division II college football playoff game last weekend, West Liberty beat Edinboro 84-63 (I’m not kidding, folks); the teams combined for a Division II single-game record 1,394 yards of total offense.  Here’s the topper:  QB Trevor Harris of Edinboro threw for an NCAA [...]

Congratulations go out to Eastern CT State University soccer player Sarah Swann of Oxford (CT)–who was recently named the Little East Conference Offensive Player of the Year.  Swann scored nine goals and added three assists in seven conference matches; she also scored both goals during a 2-1 road win over three-time defending conference champion Western Connecticut.  Swann (along [...]