As June hits the sports calendar Tree.com will have you covered. The pennant races are just heating up in baseball, while the NBA and NHL seasons are coming to an end. The NFL will continue to grab headlines as both sides creep closer to a deal, and on the links the U.S. Open will be center stage. Great topics, big stories, and we look forward to discussing them with you on the sports channel.
Tony Gwynn was 11 years old, watching from him family's home in Long Beach when Reggie Jackson hit the home run out of Tiger Stadium in the 1971 All-Star Game.
Eleven years old, but Gwynn can tell you about Reggie's home run that clanked a light tower, plus several other home runs that night by future Hall of Famers.
Gwynn also can tell you about walking into the National League All-Stars' clubhouse, wide-eyed, as a rookie outfielder in 1984. Or about about the winning run he scored in the 1994 All-Star Game at Three Rivers Stadium, and why he pumped his first afterward.
And a Californian shall lead them...back to the abyss?
Post-LeBron James, the Cleveland Cavaliers turned to a West Coast guy named Chris Grant to start their rebuild. Cavs fans, not blaming Grant for The Decision or the ears of corn and sacks of oats he inherited, ignored their new general manager during the team's 19-63 season this year.
It wasn't until the NBA Draft last week that the spotlight found Grant.
Ever been cruising past some dude who's pulled over by a cop and chuckle, "Poor guy" then step on the accelerator? You think it's occurred to any one of the NBA owners or in the ranks of the NBPA that they can't afford to speed towards a work stoppage?
The latest developments have most insiders concluding there will not be NBA games come October. Charles Barkley said on The Dan Patrick Show he doesn't think there will be a season, "I don't think we are going to play at all next year. Everything is out of whack... These owners are in it for Armageddon."