Tuesday, November 18, 2008

McGrady Hurting Again?

It comes as no surprise that Greg Robinson was fired as head football coach of Syracuse. Robinson, who will coach the final two games of the season, is 9-36 overall and 3-25 in the Big East in three-plus seasons. The Orange, 2-8 this season, is trying to avoid a third 10-loss season under Robinson. Before he was hired, Syracuse had never reached double-digit losses in a season. The team’s poor performance under his reign also gave Syracuse a huge financial hit, as more than 260,000 seats for home games were not sold over Robinson’s first three seasons.

Tracy McGrady's left knee looks as if it is bothering the seven-time All-Star again, a potentially devestating blow to a team that looked primed for a deep playoff run. McGrady left the team's 100-89 win over Oklahoma City on Monday night in the opening minute of the second half. He had offseason surgery to have loose bodies removed from his troublesome left knee, and the addition of Ron Artest provided the Rockets with the most balanced roster in McGrady's Rockets career.

Okay, so I wanted to avoid the Donovan McNabb overtime controversy. But really, Donovan? Really? I mean, I understand if you don't know Rule #319 AB-1 in the NFL handbook regarding the legality of certain blocking techniques. But the overtime period is a basic, fundamental, common rule that has been in place for many years, and you are the quarterback--the leader--of your football team. Just a crushing non-win for the Eagles. A tie is a loss in the NFC East.

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