Congrats to the Milwaukee Bucks on their first title in half a century. Congrats to the Tampa Bay Lightning on their second Stanley Cup title in a row. The latter might be starting a dynasty. The former probably won’t, but … Continue reading Sports Corner Salutes the Bucks and Lightning

Anyone looking at the landing page here in AvocadoLand knows how many big sporting events are going on now. Such an incredible confluence brought about by leagues and tournaments playing catch-up after the first year of the pandemic, plus Wimbledon … Continue reading Sports Corner Is Overwhelmed with Sports

Yes, with at least some degree of comfort in a generally vaccinated NYC and outdoors, I am going with my wife and friends to tonight’s Mets-Braves game. At press time, both times are dealing wtih injuries to pitchers and no … Continue reading Sports Corner Is Going to the Ballpark

So the big news in MLB is the apparent discovery that it’s commonplace to pitchers to doctor the baseball in some way with suntan lotion or stickum or what have you. So much so that the pitchers seem to have … Continue reading Sports Corner Doctors the Ball

Last night, Julius Randle won the NBA’s Most Improved Player Award for 2021. He went from being just another underwhelming high draft pick to the heart and soul of a revitalized New York Knicks team. No one saw this coming, … Continue reading Sports Corner Salutes Julius Randle

It’s here at last. The NFL Draft. Live from Cleveland tomorrow. As we get to see what questionable quarterbacks go where. It’s one of those nights at once full of promise and potential and full of ceremony and hype. And … Continue reading Sports Corner Makes Its Draft Picks

Two baseball games in four days ended with questionable calls, leading all the pundits to debate the expanded or more effective use of instant replay once more. Speaking as a Mets fan, I didn’t mind how it came out. Speaking … Continue reading Sports Corner Goes to the Instant Replay

A new baseball season begins tomorrow, and with it the hopes of 30 teams for a season of more wins than losses, and more games played than postponed. The biggest stat of the season could be “most players vaccinated,” and … Continue reading Sports Corner Throws Out the First Pitch

I can’t really say that I know much about college basketball now. I don’t have cable, I don’t really keep track of things with all the one and done stars, and the whole enterprise is tainted by the grubby fingers … Continue reading Sports Corner – Special March Madness Edition

As ever, even though there is so much sports action, the NFL manages to steal the spotlight. Yesterday, teams had to decide who gets the “franchise tag” applied to them, a procedure that seems to be meant to make sure … Continue reading Sports Corner Gets the Franchise Tag

A lot going on in actual games, some of which have actual fans for better and (probably) for worse. Spring training has started and Fernando Tatis is signed for life. The Nets are starting to come together even without KD. … Continue reading Sports Corner Trades Its QB

There is plenty of sports. The Super Bowl is just behind us, the NBA and NHL are going along, as is college basketball. Golf gears up for Pebble Beach, and the Australian Open is underway. And yet I seem to … Continue reading Sports Corner Tries to Pay Attention to the Games

There isn’t much I can add about Henry Aaron (he never liked being called “Hank”) that you haven’t read or seen or heard. I am just old enough to remember him breaking the record in the same way I remember … Continue reading Sports Corner Honors the Legacy of Henry Aaron

Kind of getting to be a routine for me to eulogize athletes who pass away. It isn’t like it doesn’t happen all the time even without a pandemic, but it also does feel like more than usual are dying. Illusion … Continue reading Sports Corner Remembers Tommy Lasorda

We here at Sports Corner aren’t much for “year in review” stuff. You were there for it, I was there for it, you know what you want to remember and what you want to forget (especially this year). We prefer … Continue reading Sports Corner Gets Ready for the Playoffs

With the news that the baseball team in Cleveland is apparently getting rid of its racist nickname and logo (though not till after another full season of selling Chief Wahoo merchandise), people are pondering the next name for the team. … Continue reading Sports Corner Salutes the Cleveland Spiders

To be honest, I don’t know a ton about soccer. But it’s fair to say that Diego Maradona – usually just called by his last name – had an outsized presence. His successes on the Argentinian national team and as … Continue reading Sports Corner Remembers Maradona

Tonight is the NBA Draft, where the best young college and international players are told who will be employing them for the next four years and where they will have to live. It’s something that is a key part of … Continue reading Sports Corner Makes Its Draft Picks

I was going to just offer congratulations to the Dodgers and their fans on their latest championship. But news of Justin Turner’s positive test, how it was handled by MLB, and his presence on the field after the game just … Continue reading Sports Corner Waves Goodbye to Baseball 2020

Mike “Doc” Emrick announced his retirement on Monday. Emrick had a stories 47 year long career as a hockey play by play man, working for the Devils and the Flyers, and also for pretty much every American TV network that … Continue reading Sports Corner Salutes Doc Emrick