Is there a worse officiated game in all of sports than NBA basketball?
I think not.
Let me say up front this is not an attempt to blame the games 3 and 4 losses by the Celtics in Atlanta to the officiating. This is just my observation that NBA officials are the worst regardless of the game or teams in question.
The NBA post season illustrates this sad fact beyond a doubt. Just ask Rajon Rondo of the Celtics or Acie Law of the Hawks; two young players who have been hit, smacked, thrown to the court while the officials give the benefit of the doubt to veteran players and refuse to call a foul. Unless the young player is the defender. Then a simple exhale in the general direction of a veteran player brings a whistle.
I honestly thought I was watching the Tim Donaghy Invitational Monday night. Some of the calls in game four between the Celtics and Hawks had me picking up the phone to call the AG's office asking for an investigation of the refs backgrounds, friends, acquaintances and bank statements ("And this $20,000 deposit is from who?").
It is beyond ludicrous.
One of my 'favorites' is the delayed call. The official watches the action, a player drives to the hoop and if the ball doesn't drop through the cylinder, we get a whistle. Not when the foul actually occurred, mind you. But after the official has thought about it, mulled it over in his (or her) mind and heard the reaction from 15,000 fans.
What is deemed a foul in the first quarter is not a foul in crunch time when the whistles get put away and they 'let them play'.
What would constitute assault on the street is ignored in the fourth quarter because the officials 'don't want to be the ones to determine the outcome'.
Uh, hello? Anybody home? Don't they realize that by swallowing their whistles in the 4th quarter they are doing just that?
It is a joke. A bad joke. Hopefully, NBA Commissioner David Stern will address the issue before long because it really cheapens the game.
Mark Recchi has agreed to stay with the Boston Bruins.
The NHL's sixth leading active goal scorer has agreed to a one-year deal, a person familiar with the negotiations said Thursday on condition of anonymity because final details were still being worked out. The club had no comment.
The Boston Bruins picked right wing Jordan Caron with the 25th overall selection in the NHL draft Friday night.
Caron, 18, had 36 goals with 31 assists last year in junior hockey in Quebec for Rimouski. He is 6-foot-2 and 199 pounds.
Caron led his team in scoring last season over 56 regular-season games, and ranked 11th in the league in scoring.
The Boston Bruins are trying to move up from the 25th pick in the NHL draft to take a particular player they like.
That player is not among a group of about four in the draft who are ready to play next season, Bruins general manager Peter Chiarelli said Tuesday.
The 2008-2009 Boston Bruins may have disappointed themselves and their fans with a Conference semi-final exit from the Stanley Cup Playoffs, but their regular season accomplishments did not go unnoticed as three members of the organization copped awards at the NHL Awards dinner in Las Vegas Thursday night.
The Boston Bruins have signed general manager Peter Chiarelli to a contract extension, rewarding the architect who built the team with the second-best record in the NHL last season.
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Red Sox 2nd baseman Dustin Pedroia with WBZ's Jon Miller following the team's 8-2 win over the Blue Jays in Toronto. Pedroia hit his 2nd home run of the season, a 3-run line drive into the left field foul pole.
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Red Sox closer Jonathan Papelbon with WBZ's Jon Miller on the announced 50-game suspension of current Dodger and former Red Sox teammate Manny Ramirez for using a performance-enhancing drug.
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