Maybe CBS is boycotting. I don't know. I guarantee you if the Indiana Pacers, Indianapolis Colts or Ball State is involved in anything, he'd pump it up during every monologue. Now that you mention it, Letterman has given more commentary about the pitiful Knicks than he has the playoffs.

Letterman is east coast like me! We don't care much for west teams. I almost expected Kobe to moonwalk out during the Kimmel appearance.

Ah, so the truth comes out. It's an East Coast-West Coast thing. I knew there was a rhyme for your reason. That explains so much.

Ummm....and Boston is what-west coast? Remember-no mention of EITHER team even when Boston was looking like they had a real chance up 3-2. Jazzwriter-spot on on your analysis of the way the jealous anti Kobe fans change the way they attempt to disparage him(ball hog/isn`t shooting enough etc). It is envy and jealousy plain and simple. And with all of em, the ugliness spills over-like TR808-sad to notice he is so jealous it shows in his Kobe wants to dress like MJ-thought he was gonna try to moowalk, etc. Well Kobe was already 3 feet off the ground! Hehheh. no moonnwalk needed! SWEET! In that vein- my next post will concern the low class whining and excuses I encountered on celtic blog/discussion boards. Also Doc Rivers low class comments, i.e. our starting 5 didn`t lose the championship crapola. In a big way that lack of grace in defeat is why Loston has such a deserved rep as crybabies-going back to McCryle, Mainge,+ Maxwell. It makes da fact dat we spanked them sweeter

Jealousy? Son, please! Kobe is always on a 3 ft pedestal in the minds of his fans.

and why not? Did he not just lead his team to the NBA Championship? Hey I am not his biggest fan, but you do have to respect what he does on the court and should we forget that you seem to place value on a player based on the number of titles he wins. Give the man his props for winning a championship.

You can say this much for Kobe. He didn't turn the ball over during the last few minutes of the game to let the Celtics win. I never said Kobe wasn't a great player and no one can say his game isn't modeled on Jordan's game. Other than disparage his wardrobe on the Kimmel Show, I didn't say anything that's not well known about his game.

I swear Kobe had a white, sequined glove tucked in his pocket on that show.

Was that a Jordan thing or a Jackson thing?

Ali`s will to win was second to none and was the only thing that exceeded his incredible natural talent. Kobe is similar in this area. Kobe has shown great skill is passing game. Those Horry and Fish 3 pt daggers-past and present-frequently came after a Kobe penetration and/or pass. Check the old films. Sometimes he still puts up some ill advised shots. But Magic-THE best passer ever-used to be accused of bad passing-"he thinks he can throw a pass under a door jamb"-Chick Hearn. Kobe is a student of the game. He borrows from Wilt. West, Robertson, Clyde Frazier. And Jordan-and Bird+Russell. And Magic alot in the past couple of years. That, son, is smart. And Kobe according to Phil in many areas is equal or superior to Jordan-outside shooting for instance. TR808-if you admire the best player in the game so much-why do you try to dis him at nearly every turn? Jealousy.

Letterman update: Still no mention of the World Champions back to back Finals title victory. Dave did indeed mention Indy every night during Superbowl week. And New York nightly during and following the World Series. And-he had players from the winning team from the beisbol y futbol finals. It`s just strange.Tonight, a sportswriter on as a guest did throw in a reference to Phil+Kobe in midst of the World Cup`s substitution policy. Dave did have a great line about those annoying horns being proof positive of the sad fact that soccer is incredibly boring! Leno had a great line about a fool proof solution for the British Petroleum disaster. The CELTICS were the key--engineers will use the hundreds of thousands of t-shirts and hats manufactured when Boston had that 13 pt lead in the 3rd qtr of game 7 -to plug the leak! Is that classic or what!?!?!