BLEACHERS BREW EST. MAY 2006

Someone asked me how my blog and newspaper column came to be titled "Bleachers Brew". It's like this, it's an amalgam of sorts of two things: The bleachers area in the stadium/arena where I used to sit when I would watch baseball, football, and basketball games and Miles Davis' great jazz album Bitches Brew. That's how it got culled together. I originally planned on calling it "The View from the Big Chair" that is a nod to Tears For Fear's second album, Songs from the Big Chair. So there.

Friday, January 1, 2010

I got lists -- Best of 2000-2009


NBA Team of the DecadeLos Angeles Lakers

NBA Player of the DecadeKobe Bryant; he made more Finals appearances than Shaq, has as many titles, and has an Olympic Gold medal.

Top 10 NBA Players of the Decade (not in order): Shaquille O’Neal, Kobe Bryant, Tim Duncan, LeBron James, Kevin Garnett, Steve Nash, Jason Kidd, Dwyane Wade, Dirk Nowitski, Allen Iverson

Footballers of the Decade: Gianluigi Buffon (GK), Paolo Maldini, Fabio Cannavarro, John Terry, Roberto Carlos, Steven Gerrard, Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, Zinedine Zidane, Ronaldinho and Thierry Henry

Bench: Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Ruud Van Nistelrooy, Luis Figo, Iker Casillas, Michael Ballack, David Beckham, Rio Ferdinand, William Gallas, Patrick Vieira, Kaka, Carles Puyol

Football Club of the Decade: FC Barcelona

Tennis Players of the DecadeRoger Federer & Serena Williams

Boxer of the Decade: Manny Pacquiao

Runners-up: Floyd Mayweather Jr., Vitali Klitschko, Erik Morales, Marco Antonio Barrera, Oscar de la Hoya, and Roy Jones

Baseball Team of the Decade: New York Yankees

Hockey Team of the Decade: Detroit Red Wings

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