Dwyane Wade is blogging, sort of

June 30th, 2008 | Posted by PostmanE

Busy day, and so my own blogging has taken a bit of a hit (until later tonight when I finally get caught up, that is), but this is too interesting to pass up: Dwyane Wade has filed his first blog post for the Chicago Sun-Times. Of course, it is the Sun-Times, which means it’s called a “diary” and not a blog — just like Jay Mariotti’s midday missives are “mini-columns” — but it is what it is. There’s nothing particularly interesting, though I do wish I could be a fly on the wall during press-related stuff like this:

We have a lot of fun together on the court, but we also have fun together off the court. Friday night we all got together off the court. Myself, LeBron, Chris Paul, Deron Williams, Carlos Boozer all had a chance to get away from basketball at a club and really chill. We’re going to have fun together and we’re going to keep doing it with the rest of our teammates as well. While I might be one of the funniest guys on this team, LeBron is by far the craziest guy on this team. With him, it doesn’t matter, he will say anything. Carmelo is very silly. We keep J-Kidd (Jason Kidd) and Kobe (Bryant) young because we keep them laughing a lot.

Is LeBron really that funny? I’ve always had the impression that he felt the need to be funny as a means to a very wealthy end, not because he actually was funny. Maybe he actually is funny. Or maybe Team USA is just a very willing audience.

Either way, D-Wade is writing for the Sun-Times, which is kind of strange, I guess, but he is a Chicago guy, and probably sees the Sun-Times gig as the first step in the door. No doubt he longs to one day return to Chicago to play basketball here during our brutally soul-crushing winters. Right.

Dwyane Wade: Best. Son. Ever.

May 19th, 2008 | Posted by PostmanE

Lots of athletes buy their moms lots of things. And why not? When you’ve got a sudden influx of income to burn, it’s only natural to pay back the woman (and man, if applicable) that raised, supported you through the lean years. The sacrifices of young, poor parenthood are typically not lost on the professional athletes that ever-so-rarely emerge from it. This is a good thing.

Also a good thing: having enough money to buy your mom not just a house, or a car, but her very own house of God. Yes. Dwyane Wade bought his mom an effing church:

Now, that ministry has a new home, called the Temple of Praise. Jolinda Wade’s very own church. Her son bought it, and her children and her congregation gathered to dedicate it Sunday.

“I respect my mother so much, from the life that she used to live and to see her today in the life that she lives. I’m so proud of her,” Dwyane Wade told The Associated Press before the service. “Everybody thinks I’m the miraculous story in the family. I think she is. I think what I’ve done means I’ve been very blessed, but she’s been more than blessed. She’s been anointed.”

Ahem. Well. I applaud Dwyane’s purchase, but dude, take it easy, OK? My mom’s going to read about this and remember that I was supposed to get her a purse for Mother’s Day, and she’s going to start wondering where that purse is. Fortunately, she didn’t pass on the professional-athlete gene, so I don’t really know what she’s complaining about. Weak-ass genes.

Finally, I just want to say congratulations to Dwyane for his purchase. Not only did he provide his mother with a place of worship, he provided her with a solid independent revenue stream for the rest of her life. Everyone knows that owning a church is like having a license to steal.

Pat Riley hopes Heat coaching obligations won’t distract his NCAA scouting efforts

March 26th, 2008 | Posted by PostmanR

It was a pleasant surprise seeing Pat Riley in the stands of the Indiana-Penn State game in Happy Valley earlier this month. I’m sure he no doubt found Eric Gordon to be a poor man’s version of Dwyane Wade, with the missed shots, turnovers and general lack of control. (Although, they both get fouled a lot.) We all know Riley has forgone some of his coaching duties to scout a few college games, including the first games of the tournament this past weekend. Warranted, I guess. The future is now.

But at this point, it’s sort of comical how little he cares about coaching the team.

“The games are getting bigger,” he said. “The ones that I like are starting to play against each other, which is good. If that happens, then that’s the matchup you want to see.”

That could mean more lost time on the bench for Riley, who holds the dual role of team president. He already has missed three games while scouting, including two over the weekend, and could miss Thursday’s game at Detroit and Sunday’s game at Boston that are scheduled head-to-head against the tournament.

“If I have to miss ‘em, I’ll miss ‘em,” he said. “I don’t want to. I will try to get back. I will try to squeeze everything in Friday and Saturday if I can.”

This was exactly the attitude I had with every class last year in college. I tried to be there, but sometimes my sleeping/drinking/general malaise towards sitting in a lecture hall sometimes made me miss ‘em. Pat, trust me, this is a good philosophy. I graduated with a GPA somewhere between Joel Anothy’s rebounds and points per game.

{HT: Sports Frog.}

D. Wade’s Groupies

June 21st, 2006 | Posted by PostmanR

It’s been awhile since we’ve dipped into athlete’s web sites, but the time has come yet again. Today, we present to you some of the comments fans have recently left for Dwyane Wade on his official site. (We’ve dropped names and contact info to protect the innocent.)

D Wade is so sexy:

hey…D.WADE….just wanted to say congradulations…i knew that you guys would do it….i never lost hope….i am 37ys old and i think you are very good looking….my husband is jealous….and your wife is very lucky…wow….that game on last night was awsome….i was sceaming all over the place…you and shaq was awsome….N/E/WAYS…dang…..u look good…i can only dream…..wish i could meet you one day…i am you #1 fan….e-mail me if any way possible…….hope to hear from you one day…it willlll make my day/(LIFE)….

We can’t quite decipher this next one. It’s in some sort of ‘slang code.’

MESSAGE 2 ALL DA WADE FANS…GET ON YA JOB IF YA WASNT REPPIN HIM….DONT GET 2 CLOSE….HES MINE N SIOVAGHN..N ZIARE…LOL….BUT SERIOUSLY DONT GET 2 CLOSE….IF U WANT DERE 4RM DA BEGINNING DONT GET 2 CLOSE…..CASUE HES MINE…BUT IM HAPPI DAT YA;’LL REALIZE HE WAS DA BEST AFTA ALL DAT CRITISM….DEY CANT EVEN COMPARE HIM 2 ANY PLAYER NOW…HES DA BEST…..LOVE YA WADE…I’;; MEET U 1 DAY…DAZ MA GOAL

And lastly, an excited foreigner:

Hello Dwyane ! I like basketball very much! I like your team and your game ! But in my city( I live in Kharkiv, Ukraine) I can’t see your games. For me it’s very bad. I hope that everything is OK in your team. I want to see you in final ! Please, answer to me.

It’s good to be Mr. Wade right now.

And I’m back…

June 14th, 2006 | Posted by PostmanR

So, I’m pretty sure none of you were actually watching that Tunisia-Saudi Arabia match-up, but it was a pretty sweet game, even though it ended in a 2-2 tie. You can check out my live blog of it here.

Anywho, there’s not a whole heck of a lot going on today. So I’ll direct you to some good reads around the interwebby.

Mr. Irrelevant has an insightful post about Michael Wilbon’s love for D. Wade and how the NBA Finals is star-studded despite some big names that were dropped in the playoffs.

The Realests have an exclusive report about the latest details of Duke’s endorsement deal with Polo. (This is hilarious, but also entirely untrue.)

And if you’re really bored, you can also swing over to Youtube and watch all the videos the World Cup Blog have posted on there.

Here’s one of our favorites.