Hit By a Pitch

Nuggets

Three straight wins! Screw my earlier suggestions for getting the Nuggets not to suck any more. I guess all they needed was Melo’s invitation to the All Star game. They’re like a new team since his selection was announced. They’re actually fun to watch again — not just because they’re winning, but because they’re having fun and playing their asses off most of the time. I don’t know why they weren’t doing this before, but things are looking good. Also, my guy from Lithuania Linas Kleiza has made 28 consecutive free throws. And Nene kicks ass — as Scott Hastings said the other day, “If he’s fat, let ME be fat.”

The Milwaukee game on Saturday was the best of all possible worlds — the Nuggets won, and Earl Boykins was on fire. As you might know, I love that little guy. The bummer thing is that Julius Hodge was waived by the Bucks on February 7. I really hope he gets picked up somewhere — it feels to me that Denver ruined his life, and I hope he can recover from that and have a successful NBA career.

NFL

San Diego Chargers coach Marty Schottenheimer was fired today.

NBA

Steve Nash won’t be playing in the All Star game, but not to worry, he’ll still go to Vegas to enjoy the, um, festivities.

NCAA Hoops

Ding dong, the witch is dead — after being ranked for 200 weeks, Duke fell from glory and off the AP poll. Haha.