2010 | Writing the Pine

Kim Yu-Na Gives a Performance to Remember

Saturday, February 27, 2010

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Kim Yu-Na’s coronation as Korea’s Queen was completed Thursday night as she stood atop the medal podium with the gold hanging around her neck. Kim dazzled the world with a performance for the ages, one that will go down as possibly the greatest in Olympic figure skating history and one of the greatest in any [...]

Yu-Na-ver Know

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

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Especially in the Olympics. Especially in figure skating where one mistake can drop you from first to fourth faster than you can say Lysacek. Make fun of me all you want but I’m looking forward to watching ladies figure skating tonight and Thursday night. Why? Because my boo and fellow Korean Yu-Na Kim (pronounced Yun-Ah) [...]

The Knicks’ “Answer” for 2010?

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

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Let me be real clear before I go any further. Quite frankly, it’s getting harder and harder to vouch for Allen Iverson. I’ve defended him throughout his career. He rejuvenated basketball in Philadelphia but throughout his time in the “City of Brotherly Love” the fans didn’t show him enough of it. They ragged on him [...]