Speace’s Pieces: Why Do We Play? To Win the Games

The NBA playoffs come down to two things: wins and losses. When we criticize, analyze and scrutinize every single move of each team, coach and individual player, it is all for naught. The level and st...
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Speace of Mind: Golf Needs Tiger…for Better or for Worse

Hearty congratulations to the new owner of the illustrious Green Jacket, but I can’t help but wonder, “What if?”
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Speace’s Pieces: Shady Acquisitions

Forget TOMS shoes and flannel shirts. Stacking has become the ultimate trend of 2010-2011.
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Speace’s Pieces: And the NFL Playoff Rose Goes To…

The NFC and AFC Championships are upon us, with each team just as desperate, hopeful and hungry as the final four vixens vying for the heart of an emotionally distant/socially awkward “primo bachelo...
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Speace’s Pieces: Kobe and the Lakerettes

Kobe will always be Kobe. Whether Phil Jackson likes it or not, Kobe is always going to hoist up shots when he decides that the win is slipping from the Lakers’ grasp.
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Speace’s Pieces: Randy Moss, You Suck and Here’s Why

Professional athletes are fickle creatures. Everything is roses and bunny rabbits when the ball bounces their way, but the moment something goes awry, disinterest, disappointment and discontentment se...
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Speace’s Pieces: Keep Going, Jeter

Harking back to my column written last month, I am here to pledge my allegiance to Derek Jeter. Given the fact that the Yankees are officially out of the hunt for October (or now, November?), it is ti...
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Speace of Mind: Ross is the Giants’ Mr. October

Ross is Boss. Granted, I know I am not the most knowledgeable person when it comes to baseball, but I do recognize great players and teams when I see them. And the Giants are definitely not one of the...
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Speaces Pieces: Brett Favre SUCKS

I used to like him. I really did. With the whole, “aw, shucks” persona he had going, Brett Favre was hard to dislike.
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Speace of Mind: Musings on Derek Jeter

I don’t want it to end, period, but more so, I don’t want it to end in the way I think it is going to.
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Speace of Mind: 2010’s NFL QB Shuffle

So I’m now deeply invested in this ABC Family friendly show called Friday Night Lights. Maybe you’ve heard of it, maybe not, but it’s superb.
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Bulldogs, Britney Spears and Red Cards

Editors Note: Julia Speace is a senior defender on the Gaucho women’s soccer team, as well as a regular contributor to the Daily Nexus with her professional sports column titled “Speace of Mind....
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LeBron is No Leader

I’m not mad at LeBron for ditching his home town. But then again, I didn’t have any vested interest in where he was going.
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Stagnant NBA Playoffs Fail to Entertain

We all know it could not have been that thrilling of a series, as the only thing I can remember from it was that atrocious slogan, “Fear the Deer.”
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Once-Forgotten Celtics are Now Looking Luckier

I wrote that the Celtics were over the hill, but some events have transpired — i.e. the Celtics won — that, as of late, have forced me to re-evaluate my entire life.
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