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It’s All Good in Mannywood

The other day Pembertonian was giving me crap, calling me a “homer” because I was talking about how much I love my job while he wallows in the self-pity that comes with working in the newspaper biz.
It was the first time in a long time someone could actually call me a homer, because if you’ve [...]

The Ordeal of Manny’s Many Faces

So Manny Ramirez is set to return Friday after his suspension for using female fertility drugs – they don’t allow that kind of stuff in California any more.
It’ll be interesting to see what kind or reception he gets around the Majors, from opposing players, fans, media, etc. But that’s not what I’m most interested [...]

WCBias.com’s Dozen “Greatest NBA Players” You Shouldn’t Forget

Slam recently announced its updated list of The New NBA Top 50 players, which brings on some interesting names and drops off a few legends from the NBA at 50 “Greatest NBA Players of All-Time” list – which was unveiled some 13 years ago.
In honor of those fallen greats, WCBias brings you the “Greatest NBA [...]

LAKERS BABY

Now that the dust, champagne, confetti and rioting has settled, let’s look back at some thoughts from a weekend in Vegas, my 32nd birthday (I’m feeling really old after this one) and, oh yeah, the Los Angeles Lakers winning the NBA Finals in five games over the Orlando Magic:

I might not love Derrick Fisher as [...]

Kobe vs. LeBron: Who’s the best closer in the game?

According to Jeff VanGundy and ABC and ESPN and Fox Sports Net and Co. … Kobe Bryant is the “best closer in the game.”
Well, Tuesday night he wasn’t. Two huge turnovers and missing 12 of your final 16 shots (not to mention 5 of 10 free throws) would suggest otherwise.
But does this make Kobe any [...]

Ryantific, Kobe go MIA, but at least Farmar showed

Thoughts from Tuesday’s NBA Finals Game 3, which the red-hot Orlando Magic won 108-104 over the Los Angeles Lakers:

Where’s RK? Ryantific opts to hang out with the wifey rather than the boys and the Lakers lose their first game of the series. Coincidence? I think not. At least nobody threw garlic bread at the TV [...]

The Hangover, thumbs up. The Finals, thumbs down.

Tonight’s game was not a classic, be happy you didn’t pay $4,000 to see it in person – 15-15 after a quarter, 20 turnovers by the Magic, who got homered to death by the officiating crew in Los Angeles, and they still managed to force overtime … that’s how bad the Lakers played — just [...]

NBA Finals predictions from The Bias

You know what “the experts” think, now here’s our take on who will win the NBA Finals between the Orlando Magic and Los Angeles Lakers. The series officially tips off Thursday at Staples Center … and yes everyone, Ryantific’s wifey has agreed to let him out of his basement bunker to watch the series. Wooohooo.
Ryantific [...]

Bruno vs. Eminem? Gimme Kobe vs. D-Howard

OK, so all anyone is going to talk about Monday morning at work is Bruno, aka Sacha Baron Cohen or “Borat,” tea-bagging Eminem at the MTV Movie Awards tonight.
Yeah, I saw it … watched the MTV Movie Awards with the wifey in between doing laundry, while the rest of the hommies played a poker tournament [...]

Orlando Magic shows us just how stupid we really is

How big of an upset was the Orlando Magic’s 4-2 series win over the Cleveland Cavs?
About as huge as Dwight Howard’s arms.
We sure didn’t see it coming, although I’ve been saying for three years that LeBron is the only player on that team – and that became very evident in the Eastern Conference Finals.
In fact, [...]