Lionel Hollins

Do Chris Paul, Blake Griffin know best who should coach Clippers?

Why mess with success when you have known only defeat previously? The Clippers sold out 94 straight games with Vinny Del Negro as coach, won the franchise's first Pacific Division title and then decided to not bring back the winningest coach in Los...

Tags: Dwight Howard, Blake Griffin, Los Angeles Clippers, Vinny Del Negro, Byron Scott

For What It's Worth: May 14

Here’s the message from the best sign I’ve seen in a while today: “There’s no stop, drop and roll in hell”. Origins--- They may be in Oklahoma City and Memphis now, but time was that the Thunder was in Seattle and the...

Tags: Sports, National Hockey League, Basketball, National Basketball Association, Buffalo Sabres

Too many hasty decisions with NBA awards

     Yes, it is time for the yearly one-word rant now that the NBA has bestowed all of its annual individual awards: Why?     Actually, more to the point, the issue should be: When?     As much as anything, it is the Coach of the Year balloting, or,...

Tags: Russell Westbrook, Voting, Mike Conley, Politics, Phoenix Suns

Clippers' loss to Memphis seems like knockout blow in series

addCustomPlayer('u973rd2gy8v61owvw7s1z8juu', '', '', 600, 418, 'perfu973rd2gy8v61owvw7s1z8juu', 'eplayer15'); It's tough to win a playoff game going one on five. The Clippers gamely tried Tuesday at Staples Center, but not even the sustained...

Tags: Ryan Hollins, Jerryd Bayless, Los Angeles Clippers, Sports, Vinny Del Negro

For What it's Worth: Tweets & Feats

There has to be more to the story of the suspension of Heights Senior Class President Wesley Teague than just the tweet he sent out last week saying: “Heights U is the equivalent to the WSU football team”. Was that one tweet really so...

Tags: Miami Heat, Memphis Grizzlies, Kevin Ware, Mark Turgeon, Chicago Bulls

LeBron the 'elephant' in Cavs' room

Tags: Marcus Thornton, Phoenix Suns, Politics, Mario Chalmers, Miami Heat

News And Views From Half-Baked Jake, Super Bowl Edition

The Hartford Courant

This is Half-Baked Jake, Super Bowl edition. Warning: Numerals subject to appear in their Roman form. News: Caleb Moore dead at XXV after a crash at Winter X Games in Colorado. His snowmobile fell on him as he tried to complete a backflip. Views: This...

Tags: Phil McGraw, ESPN (tv network), YouTube, Baltimore Ravens, National Football League

Wade, Haslem know championship bridge

    Sometimes it's not about coaches, even as the Los Angeles Lakers have made it almost solely about that at the start of this season.     Sometimes championship legacy is about the players, those who bridge eras, maintain continuity.     That's...

Tags: Miami Heat, Wayne Ellington, Chris Douglas-Roberts, Dwyane Wade, Mike D'Antoni

Final: Clippers 98, Memphis 91

Spurs hold on for 93-89 OT win over Grizzlies

addCustomPlayer('1189yw62t2l8f1q7dcyl28cduy', '', '', 600, 418, 'perf1189yw62t2l8f1q7dcyl28cduy', 'eplayer15'); SAN ANTONIO — He did it with lobs into the post, simple bounce passes and wild flings into the corners. Wherever Tony Parker put...

Tags: Mike Conley, Jerryd Bayless, Sports, Manu Ginobili, Basketball

Clippers fire Coach Vinny Del Negro

Almost three weeks after the Clippers were knocked out of the Western Conference playoffs, the team decided to part ways with Coach Vinny Del Negro on Tuesday. The Clippers told Del Negro, their coach for three seasons, they would not renew his...

Tags: Phoenix Suns, ESPN (tv network), Politics, Stan Van Gundy, Vinny Del Negro

Clippers to begin search for new coach to replace Vinny Del Negro

The Clippers are just starting to compile a list of coaching candidates to replace the fired Vinny Del Negro, said several NBA executives who were not authorized to speak publicly on the matter. Former Cleveland Cavaliers Coach Byron Scott, Golden State...

Tags: Politics, Phoenix Suns, ESPN (tv network), Stan Van Gundy, Vinny Del Negro