By Joe Torosian Kick it! Just call me, Knick. Is my worst nightmare the Dodgers winning a third consecutive World Series? No. My worst nightmare is Team USA winning the World Cup. I can't think of a more catastrophic event happening to American sport. I didn't realize, until reading the comments, that the wounds from the 1993 heisting of the Stanley Cup from the Kings were still open. What a beautiful thing. Tiberius Kirk would agree, as sports fans we need our pain. Not so b

By Joe Torosian Kick it! If you don't know what "42-15-7" means…then you shouldn't talk basketball…Just run along, back, to Camp Snoopy and wait for the WNBA season to start. What is clear, if not for LeBron—I said it—this series would be 3-2 in favor of the Rockets, who are just faster and younger. If I'm J.J. Reddick, I put my team through the motions in Game Six, rest LeBron, and gear up for Game Seven at home. I don't have any answers for the Lakers in Houston tonight, bu

By Joe Torosian Nick Van Exel should have trademarked "Cancun" for as often as we hear it at this point in the NBA season. I like the NCAA tourney, but really? 76 teams for both the men and the women? I think 40 teams is stretching it these days. The NCAA owns the NIT, push the other 36 into that, and tell everyone else to stay home. Six days since last Thursday, and I'm all in on Ty Simpson. It was never personal. It was strictly the business of where he was drafted. But he'

Kick it! Winner Dan Orlovsky! For last night's draft to be a success, the Rams have to win the Super Bowl this year. At the post-draft presser, Sean McVay looked about as happy as a Katie Porter staffer. And that might be a bigger issue than Ty Simpson's drafting. I understand the In McSnead We Trust crowd, I'm a contributing member, but this one's tough to take because the Super Bowl window is open now. Ty Simpson, obviously, is someone the Rams like. Fits their character te

Kick it! So it's Earth Day... The day every guy who played basketball with a 3-inch vertical leap is celebrated. ... Feels good to finally be acknowledged. Just call me Scoot. I knew LeBron wanted to win last night because I saw him play through contact and the hard breathing of defenders without collapsing in agony. But I don't know if the Bronny minutes were necessary. Win or lose, Houston's So-Be-It Thompson is a great player to watch. A lefty, blonde hair, white guy who w

By Joe Torosian Kick it! In a dark way, the Mets did something right…they didn't re-sign Edwin "El Sugar" Diaz. Literally, it's the only thing that's gone right for the Mets since failing to acquire another starter at last year's trade deadline. With the NFL Draft looming and the Rams owning the 13th pick, it might be good to remember that all that glitters is not gold. On this day in 2001, the Rams had the 12th overall pick in the draft, and they took the guy who was suppo

By Joe Torosian Kick it! How does the greatest team in MLB history lose twice in Colorado? I'm sure Dianna Russini will be blamed for it. Staying in Denver, on the ice, for a moment, I thought the Kings had a shot against the Avalanche. Not prime time… but you can see them on Prime. Yet Prime only broadcast three of the NBA's eight playoff games this weekend. But for some reason, it felt like they were broadcasting all of them. Of the four NBA playoff games played yesterday,