Category Archives: Bob Ryan (Hollywood)

Is Signing Your Fancy-Pants Draft Pick Something You Might Be Interested In?

Let me set the scene for you.  You’re an up and coming sports franchise that’s coming off an awful, terrible year.  Flop after flop after flop.  Maybe not flops as bad as Popeye or Ishtar, but close enough to give you some palpitations and night sweats — something like Jade or Silver, let’s say.  Real stinkeroos. But [...]
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Brian’s Song

Watch out, Cleveland.  Don’t look now, Orlando.  Wait on ordering those trophies, Los Angeles.  The defending World Champions — you know, those top-heavy pretenders that everyone thought were dead in the water — are back and better than ever. Five straight wins.  Five straight trips to the woodshed for folks looking to take the C’s [...]
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