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Note to Self – The Selfies 2009

Brian Murphy Hello everyone and welcome to our third-annual Note to Self awards. For those not familiar, this is our way of highlighting the newsworthy in the world of professional sports. So without further adieu, let’s hand out some Selfies. The “What, Ed McMahon wasn’t available?” award

Note to Self – Turning a negative into a positive

Brian Murphy The USFL. The XFL. The WHA. The ABA. The WNBA. What do each of these leagues have in common? For one reason or another, they each failed in their attempts to provide an alternative to one of the “Big Four” professional sports leagues. And while

Note to Self – Tiger is back

Brian Murphy Unless the Orlando Magic can return to the formula that has worked thus far, the Los Angeles Lakers will be capturing yet another NBA championship. And when they do, magically Kobe Bryant will be looked at as a wonderful teammate/person/competitor/etc. because he finally earned a

Note to Self – Learning LeBron

Brian Murphy No one else will say it, so I will – I’m glad LeBron James stormed off the court after his Cleveland Cavaliers fell to the Orlando Magic in the conference finals. No, I’m not advocating poor sportsmanship. And yes, I do think he made a

Note to Self – That’s how you do it

Brian Murphy While there is much to like about the summer (long days, better weather and the prospect of exotic vacations) there is one obvious drawback to this time of year – there’s never anything worth watching on TV. Because the networks conspire to force folks outside