Why, yes. Yes it was.
During the Chicago/Boston epic, ESPN’s go-to guy for all thing Boston — Bill Simmons — was pretty hard on Stephon Marbury, saying things like “Everything was in play. Or so I thought. Because I never imagined watching an NBA game in which Stephon Marbury was afraid to shoot.” [...]

Brad Lidge reached into his soul and crushed a past that has haunted him since Albert Pujols knocked one of his pitching offerings into orbit in 2005. The closer everyone thought was broken found his salvation in Philadelphia along with his redemption. Lidge’s work in the ninth allowed him to finish the season [...]