It had everything you would want in an NBA finals game. At the end, San Antonio shed the criticism of 'soft team' by blasting their way to a must win victory (115-111) infront of a crazed Madison Square Garden crowd in New York-who felt their Knicks would...

A mixed bag of emotions. A mixed up season. That's where I am at this hour covering, writing about, talking about the Padres. The Swinging Friar is really the Swing & Miss Friars. Losses pile up on losses. The starting pitching seems to be regressing....

MLB and the Union made their first sets of proposals last week about what they each want to see as negotiations begins on a new CBA. It has been followed by verbal gunfire between Commissioner Rob Manfred and Union Chief Bruce Meyer.  All that is to be expected....

Interesting day in Congress, aside from the White House chaos we have to live with  day in day out in the Trump era. Congress held hearings on a bill presented by Ted Cruz, to save the NCAA.  And Congress heard from leadership people including legendary...

It's not whom we expected to see in the NBA finals, but it shapes up as a fascinating series that starts tonight. The San Antonio Spurs have arrived ahead of schedule, and not just because of the dominance of Victor Wembenyama. The New York Knicks are there, because...

n a span of two hours, two of the elite teams in the NFL got even better. The LA Rams, conducting business the way they always have under GM-Les Sneed, shipped out 3-more draft picks and a young pass rusher. The New England Patriots reached back into Coach Mike...

"1-AND-DONE" You've heard that lots of time in basketball. Did you ever think you'd hear it in reference to the Oklahoma City Thunder? The San Antonio Spurs raised the NBA West Conference trophy over the dead body of the Thunder, whom many thought were on the brink of...

Lots of baseball games to be played. Lots of days left in the season for the two sides to sit and discuss a new CBA deal to prevent a lockout. Here are the first proposals made by each side, and my reaction to them ------- OWNERS MLB Owners..Make 1st proposal to Union...

The New York Times hit a home run with their headline about the Padres: "Best Bad Team in Baseball...or the Worst Good Team in Baseball?" That pretty much sums up the current state of Padres Baseball. But now that he have crossed the one-third mark of the MLB season,...

Nothing wrong with your eyesight, but this is an indeed a strange start to the baseball season.  There are 16-of-30 teams at .500 or less in the standings, including some teams with hopeless rosters. Here we are, one-third of the way, into the schedule, and...

Hard to believe this Padres team has this type of record (31-22). They seem to be taking on water and still trying to keep their heads above water. They have pathed the pitching staff as much as they can with all these rentals, from Walker Buehler to Griff Canning,...

Memorial Day weekend. Picnics, family, Padres games, the Indy 500, the NBA playoffs and the NHL playoffs, the Stanley Cup finals. Lots to see, experience and think about. Memorial Day weekend is a time to remember also. We see hometown heroes amongst us in San Diego....

The NHL is on a heater. The TV ratings are on a heater. The hockey fans across the USA are on a heater. The Montreal Canadiens are on a heater. For those of us who have grown up following hockey, this is something special we are seeing. For those of us who...

So that was a really fun 3-days of baseball against the Dodgers. The early season fight for first place in the NL West. And just think, the Padres and Dodgers meet 10-more times this season. We have answers to some Padres questions.  The Padres starting rotation...

SPURS-THUNDER....Oklahoma City may have been (72-14) this year, but they are no longer perfect in post season and they may no longer be invincible.  They got beat at their own game on Monday night, taken apart by San Antonio's defense.  Pick any of the...

So how was your Monday night? Mine was great-enough action on my TV to fill a week. PADRES-DODGERS...Felt like a playoff game, ended in a Padres (1-0) win.  The aces put on a show.  Not much difference between Michael King (7inn-0R-4H-9K), and Yosh Yamamoto...

Lots of stories-Lots of opinions. PADRES-DODGERS...Beat LA, it's already rings in my ears.  Hard to believe fans consider this a true rivalry, when you realize the Padres have won the season series just 1-time in 15-years against LA.  Yes, some really great...

It has been so hard to see the Chargers have success. Back to back 11-win seasons, but followed by two post season blowouts in the playoffs. Add on really poor play at the end of the regular season where a battered Justin Herbert has not excelled. If you thought that...

It's off season in the NFL, but it is never really the off season for news. The Draft.  Free Agency.  OTA Workouts.  Trade Rumors.  Injury-Rehabs. Training Camps. And this week, the release of the 2026-schedule.   The team schedules will be...

It's become an event for NFL fans, waiting for the release of the NFL Schedule, and the 2026 version is  this week.   Where is my team playing opening day?  How are our games packaged?  Where is our bye week?  How many road games in a row...

The Chargers press conferences the last two years have been interesting to say the least.  Jim Harbaugh's tent revival speeches and all. The Bolts press briefings may get spicier with the arrival of new Offensive Coordinator Mike McDaniel.  He has taken all...

How do you describe the greatest of all time, when there have been so many great managers in the history of baseball. John McGraw to Connie Mack.  Casey Stengel to Walter Alston-Tom LaSorda.  Tony LaRussa-Earl Weaver in the modern day class. We lost a legend...

Do you like the San Diego Padres TV broadcasts with Don Orsillo, Mark Grant, Bob Scanlan and the rest of the broadcast crew? Popular people.   Operating under the MLB-Umbrella for years, it's a quality broadcast, loaded with lots of stats. It made me think...

What does the name Ted Turner mean to you? It could be a wide variety of things in a wide diverse business world. He founded CNN-debuted covering the Gulf War. He invented WTBS-delivery Atlanta Braves baseball nationwide He created TNT and TMC-buying up the MGM movie...

What did you expect? Last year's NBA champion showed up, jerked the Lakers around, turned on the ignition, coasted, reignited the fire and then blew them away. The Thunder, a dynasty in the making, acted like they were toying with the once proud Lakers. They have...