Author: Britt Robson

  • The Three Pointer: The Lakers Lay an Egg

    (AFP/Nicholas Kamm) Game #2, NBA Finals: Los Angeles 102, Boston 108 Series to Date: Boston up 2-0 1. No D in Los Angeles Lakers After watching the last 2 and a half quarters live and then the entire game on tape, I’ve got to say that for all my babble about the superiority of the…

  • Downbeat’s Rising Stars

    Let’s not get too hung up on labels like "Rising Stars." At age 48, with 17 discs of wildly varying merit to his credit (I’m one of the precious few who loved his ’80s meld of jazz and hip hop), saxophonist Greg Osby is less a rising star that an established albeit iconoclastic member of…

  • John Hiatt: Same Old Man

    Same Old Man indeed. This is between Hiatt’s 15th and 25th release — depending on how you count best-ofs, live recordings, and groups like Little Village — and the reliability factor remains high. He’s an ersatz curmudgeon, a faux eccentric, a dilapidated Everyman with an undeniably big heart and an equally undeniable knack for songwriting.…

  • John Hiatt and the Ageless Beauties

    John Hiatt is an ersatz curmudgeon, a faux eccentric, a dilapidated Everyman with an undeniably big heart and an equally undeniable knack for songwriting. He can jangle a slant-back country blues song or ambush you emotionally by confessing for redemption. He’s got elements of a Nashville pro and a guy who’s listened to a lot…

  • The Three Pointer: Celts Draw First Blood

    (AP Photo/Winslow Townson)  Los Angeles 88, Boston 98 Series thus far: Boston 1-0 1. The Buck Stops With Pierce I firmly believe that Boston’s postseason prospects took a dramatic leap forward when Paul Pierce went off for a monster performance in Game 7 of the Eastern semis versus Cleveland. Up to that point, the Celtics…

  • NBA Finals Preview

    Anyone who has watched the two NBA conferences from November to April this season, and then watched the respective conference matchups in the postseason, would be hard-pressed to deny that the Lakers should be favored in the final series that begins this evening in Boston. But let’s begin by being counter-intuitive and considering the reasons–the…