Heavy Hitters, S-O-F-T Pacers And A Virgin Olympian

Wednesday, May 23, 2012 Larry Bird Calls Out Pacers Indiana Pacers president Larry Bird needed just four letters to describe what he had seen from the Pacers during their loss to the Heat on Tuesday night. "S-O-F-T" En route to a demoralizing 115-83 defeat in Game 5, the Pacers absorbed dunks, injuries and two seemingly premeditated flagrant fouls. Considering that the Pacers are hardly the first team to surrender big games to LeBron James, who was two assists shy of a triple double, and Dwyane Wade, the NBA legend is most likely referring to the team's tepid response to those hard fouls and the way they wilted in the fourth quarter, allowing 39 points. "I've been with Larry since I've been in Indiana for seven years," Pacers star Danny Granger later told The Associated Press. "He's not been one to hold his tongue, and 99 percent of the time what he's saying is right. I think he just called out what everyone else saw. We played a soft game. We didn't play with the playoff intensity that we needed to win." NFL Conspiracy? U.S. Olympian: Staying A Virgin Is Harder Than Training Tempers Flare Over Big Hit As Kings Clinch West WATCH: Donald Driver Is Latest Athlete To Win 'Dancing With The Stars' Hooligans Threaten Soccer Player At Gunpoint BLOG POSTS Noel Gallagher: Tales From the Middle of Nowhere (Vol. 2): Where Man City Are Champions You'll know by now that we (Manchester City) pulled it off. In the most dramatic scenes ever witnessed. What a rollercoaster. We had it, we lost it, we got it back, we lost it again and right at the death we won it. I went f***ing mental and I don't mind telling you I might have lost it for a little bit. Jeff Polman: Veeck -- As in Maverick Ilya Shapiro: Politicians and Team Owners Snooker Sports Fans and Taxpayers The reality of the Vikings stadium deal is that the owners will gain the most, not taxpayers or fans. Taxpayers will bear most of the risk, while the expected increase in the franchise's value will accrue wholly to the owners Elliot Worsell: UFC 146: Real Heavyweights Worth the Wait Despite numerous pull-outs and substitutions, the remaining match-ups still intrigue and promise much in the way drama. Hank Koebler: David Stern Won When Lakers Lost Plenty of blame can be distributed for the Lakers' sluggish playoff collapse against the Thunder, but the majority of it should go to NBA commissioner David Stern.

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