Scott Cordischi On Sports

Scott Cordischi On Sports

The 2010 Boston Celtics are a coach’s dream.  In an era where offense sells, they win by playing defense.  It may not be as glamorous to be known as a great defensive player or team and defensive stats don’t jump off of the page at you like points, rebounds and assists.  But this Celtics team proved that there’s no substitute for putting in maximum effort on the defensive end of the floor.  It can lead to many good things like stops, easy buckets in transition and, most importantly, wins.  Every coach at every level could use this team as an example of the importance of playing defense and what can be accomplished by playing it well.

-My question isn’t whether or not to ban the obnoxious sounding vuvuzelas at World Cup games in South Africa.  It’s: why the hell would anyone want to spend 90 minutes blowing into one of those things?

-I usually don’t side with players when it comes to contract disputes with their teams but Logan Mankins does not deserve this type of treatment from the Patriots.

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-The Cox Rhode Island Sports Awards ceremony tonight at the Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium in Providence is a great event for high school athletes in the Ocean State.

-Kudos to Texas for making the tough decision to keep the Big 12 together and rejecting an invitation to join the Pac 10.

-Speaking of the Big 12, now that they have 10 teams and the Big 10 has 12 teams, shouldn’t the conferences  simply swap names?

-And don’t expect the Pac 10 to remain as the Pac 11.  Utah may get an invitation to join the conference to bring the total amount of schools in the league up to a dozen.

-Big East commissioner John Marinatto can exhale now.  It looks as if the Big East is safe for the time being.

-While the Yankees appear to be the team to beat, the Red Sox deserve a lot of credit for playing as well as they have without Josh Beckett and Jacoby Ellsbury.

-Trainer Brian McNamee continues to bury Roger Clemens in the court of public opinion.  His latest assertion to federal prosecutors is that Clemens paid him for performance enhancing drugs through his nonprofit organization.

-Tiger Woods has been #1 in the world golf rankings for the last five years but could lose that ranking to Phil Mickelson at this week’s US Open at Pebble Beach.

-Phil Jackson’s arrogance is just another reason for Celtics fans to hate the Lakers.

-While Patriots history may go back to just 2001 for many bandwagon fans, true Patriots diehards will remember #39 Sam “the Bam” Cunningham who will be inducted into the team’s hall of fame this fall.

-Tom Izzo made the right decision to stay at Michigan State.

-Think what you want about WEEI’s Gerry Callahan but he is one of the most talented broadcasters and writers I have ever seen.

-Ditto for the Boston Globe’s Bob Ryan whose opinions are worth reading or listening to.

-I don’t know about the rest of you fathers out there, but I doubt very much that I would allow my daughter to sail around the world alone at age 16.