Mooning over it all

Thoughts over my Cheerios (no relation to Moons Over My Hammy)...


No real surprise: MySpace launches a dozen video channels...

Good company, bad company: in hindsight, Oracle got an absolute bargain on naming the Warriors' arena. For all the mentions of Oracle over national air in recent weeks, the Warriors actually see less than $2 mil a year...

And, just for the heck of it: Bill Clinton is making campaign ads for Hillary, while not bothering to hide his new squeeze. There's hope yet for Newsom.

Rest easy.

-Zed

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"If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving an infant's life, she will choose to save the infant's life without even considering if there are men on base."
-Dave Barry

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HOO-WHEE That's Funky!


To punctuate a deeply impressive performance (just watch the highlights!) Baron Davis unleashed the absolute smelliest dunk of the season over an astonished Andrei Kirilenko. Said Kirilenko (really): "At least I got on the poster."

You've got to think that, in the mind of both teams on today's off day, the Warriors have pocketed Game 4, and are happily back to figuring out how to steal one in Utah.

Meanwhile, with the game decided and the crowd already beside itself, Baron's dunk was a top-of-my-lungs statement, and perhaps the best signature moment since Vince Carter answered the musical question, "Who could leap over a seven-foot man in the middle of a game?" or John Starks' improbable playoff jam.

It's just insane what these guys can do.

-Zed

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“People ask me if I could fly; I said, 'Yeah.... for a little while.'"
-Michael Jordan

Bay Area sports scene on the rise

Let's start narrow and pan out.

For starters, of course, the Warriors had the Mavs completely dead from the opening tip last night, and the nation is finally starting to go, "Uh, what?"

The sea of yellow shirts was a truly gratifying sight.

The 49ers, it is said, will trade for SEA WR Darrell Jackson. A fourth round pick? That's a steal. This guy went for about 1,000 yards with 10 TD's last year. He and Ashlie Lelie, plus perhaps a draft pick, and Vernon Davis healthy? How nice for Mr. Smith.

Meanwhile, this year's draft (as well as next) will remind the older Faithful of the Bill Walsh "Genius" drafts of yore.

The Sharkies, of course are swimming through the playoff chum.

The A's are always in it, and the Giants sure look a sight better than a week ago.

Plus, the Earthquakes are on the way. (Yes, the Spartan Stadium deal appears dead, but Lew Wolff will stoke other embers.)

Of course, the whole sports world is bleeding into Silicon Valley, and away from the Area's known hubs.

But perhaps that's the price for continued success.

And for the rest of you... there's always JaMarcus Russell.

-Zed

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"If you were happy every day of your life you wouldn't be a human being, you'd be a game show host."
-Gabriel Heatter

Today's fishy snippets

Briefly:

Boris Yeltsin died.

Karl Rove is debating Sheryl Crow... um, seriously?

The Warriors triumphed.

Can the Giants really win nightly on shutdown starting pitching and a Bonds home run? As for eyewitness evidence, Bonds looks far more nimble than we've seen him the last two years.

And, just for the heck of it, NewsoftheWeird.

'Til soon,

-Zed

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"The reason why worry kills more people than work is that more people worry than work."
-Robert Frost

We believe

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"Every time you win, you're reborn; when you lose, you die a little."
-George E. Allen