Bookish types (sportreview.net.nz readers are notoriously literary) will have been sad to hear that David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest writer and a fine journalist, took his life last weekend.As well as being an all-round shit-hot writer, Wallace was a nationally (US) ranked junior Tennis player, and often wrote features on the sport. Here’s what I could find online:

I’ve enjoyed the Ryder Cup golf the last two mornings. It’s real tense, with the kind of pressure that makes players want to vomit over two foot putts. Vomit REALLY messes up your line.

Big time Basketball guy LeBron James gets his arse handed to him in a trick shot contest by some guy. He’s smiling, but he’s not happy.

SRPA: The Rugby League world was rocked today by 5 seconds of silence from Brisbane Rugby League commentator Dickie “Barracuda” McDagstead. A full 5 seconds’ silence went to air on McDagstead’s watch during the weekend’s Roosters v Broncos match, each second a bombshell to the heart of the proud winter code.

Cricket With Balls’ Jrod bemoans the similarity of UK Sky Sports’ Cricket logo with the Major League Baseball one.Sat at the Mac trying to find something to fuck around with when I should be writing, I fired up Photoshop:Them apples. You like?

I never really warmed to Robbie Keane - I always suspected he’d be crap at Kareoke. He’s no Chris n Glen, put it that way. He’s not even a GazzaMore Tour De France pictures? OK

Happy Monday, CCO Readers, and I hope this is the week Jim Hendry finally gets his final roster set for Spring Training, so we can all stop speculating on the "who" and start focusing on the "how". As in, how do the Cubs get to the World Series in 2008!

There are ebbs and flows throughout regulation and overtime, but Memphis wins the game because the Clippers do nothing defensively below the stripe to deprive the Grizzlies of points, rebounds, or space.  Kyle Lowry penetrates with easy all night and the Clippers are uncharacteristically soft when bodying up against Memphis.  Tim Thomas plays like an efficient low-post power forward in the Clippers’ halfcourt, but he’s physically manhandled on the defensive end on a night when the Clippers desperately need him to play up to his size.  With Thomas, though, it’s

Game 40

The Clips claw their way back to within with a little under eight minutes remaining in the third quarter.  They yield only two points to New Orleans on the Hornets’ first eight possessions of the second half.  So with 7:40 remaining, they look to their best matchup on the offensive end: Sam Cassell against Chris Paul.  Sam doesn’t have much quickness, but he’s as good as any point guard in the league at exploiting his size against a physically slight defender.  Cassell kicks it over to the top left arc for Corey Maggette, then cuts to the far corner. 

Game 39 

John Soh brought up an interesting point last night on the DTS/Dunleavy flap.  DTS's grumblings weren't so much a warning shot to Dunleavy as they were a public relations play.

Sam Cassell has always been a heady player, but at 38, his basketball IQ is off the charts.  At 6:00 in the first quarter, Sacramento settles into a zone for the first time.  They have Artest at the top of the zone with Sam dribbling down court  [Mike Bibby and Kevin Martin on the wings; Brad Miller and Mikki Moore down low].  

On January 21 WR Hines Ward was named one of four finalists for this year's Walter Payton Man of the Year award, which "recognizes community involvement and service, as well as on-field performance." As many Steelers' fans know, in 2006 Ward established a foundation that assists bi-racial children in South Korea (where racial discrimination is apparently endemic), and has earned considerable praise for his effo