If you've missed it somehow, you need to go read Tom Friend's long profile on Chauncey Billups on ESPN.com. (Thanks to David V. for the heads-up.) You might want to hold off for a couple hours, though, because I cannot wait to watch this team play again tonight.
It came out today, and you may have already looked at it. If not, you can download it as a pdf all over the place, including from ESPN.com . Anyway, the big name named in it was Roger Clemens. That's what we've been waiting all this time for? I don't even know what to say, because this is like the least-surprising report of all time. I hate the gotcha crap that goes on when stuff like this happens. You know, the know-it-alls who say how obvious it was that Clemens had been cheating for years—hey, just look at his age! (Did these people say this so confidently before Clemens was named? No. And have they ever heard of Nolan Ryan?) But seriously. He's huge, he put really big numbers for a really long time, and he's considered this super-intense jerk—basically, he's Barry Bonds on the mound. Setting aside the moral issues of steroid use (and believe me, I'm against it), I was hoping for some entertainment out of today's revelations, and I was sorely dis...
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That was the most fantastic article I've read in a long, long time. Chauncey is definitely my favoritest player in the world wide.
The article literally moved me to tears at times . . . the way he learned from his dad . . . and his teammates with the T-wolves . . . the progress . . . the work . . . the learning . . . No. 7 for his Denver re-debut! Awesome! Thanks for posting this. It was awesome. I want these guys to go all the way, now. He's got Melo sprinting off the court . . . freakin' brilliant.
GO NUGGETS!
DG