Bob Lobel: The Most "Unique" Figures in Sports

By Bob Lobel (@boblobel)

Plenty of things rolling around between the ears today, so I better throw out the thoughts before I forget them. 

Can we depend on the NFL to stop Wes Welker from playing any more football? Everyone seems to know it and see it but him and the people he plays with.  Plus, it really is difficult to comprehend Patriot fans booing him after the service he game them.

Not just service really, more like years of his life. 

That was a sobering moment at Gillette Stadium and hard to believe. It will be even harder to forget what a low-class move it was. 

Editor's Choice: Jeremy's 13 Favorite Stories of 2013

I like basketball.

By Jeremy Conlin  (@jeremy_conlin)

Yesterday we brought you editor Joe Parello's Top 13 Stories of 2013, and today it's my turn.

I will do my best not to repeat any off of Joe's list and, unlike him, I have posted my stories in chronological order. So, click through below and enjoy reliving a memorable year for SuiteSports and sports in general.

Editor's Choice: Joe's 13 Favorite Stories of 2013

Joe Flacco and Eli Manning went from pretty good, to elite, to average, to crappy over the course of 2013. What a year...

By Joe Parello (@HerewegoJoe)

What a year 2013 was.

From a blacked out Super Bowl, to a another NBA title in Miami, to tragedy, controversy and titles in Boston, 2013 will certainly be remembered as a memorable one in the sports world.

It was a pretty fun one for us at SuiteSports as well, as we brought on legendary sportscaster Bob Lobel and saw our traffic explode and grow more than 10 times over. Our resolution is to keep bringing you entertaining, usually silly, and occasionally informative content for at least one more year.

So thanks for reading us in 2013, and feel free to click through my favorite 13 stories below from a year I will never forget.

Young NBA Players are "Stupid," and Other Insights from Dennis Rodman

By Joe Parello  @HerewegoJoe

Dennis Rodman is one of the most underrated players in NBA history, and man, is the guy a character.

I mean, seriously, he made the interview I did with controversial slugger Jose Canseco last year look tame. Neither ended well, as Canseco gave me the stink-eye for asking about Roger Clemens and steroids, and "The Worm" hung up on Bob Lobel and I after Bob asked him to discuss his role in the famous Larry Bird interception of Isiah Thomas during the 1987 Eastern Conference Finals.

By the way, I was less than six-months old when that happened, so hearing these guys argue about it was pretty amusing.

"He's one of the most underrated players, but one of the most overrated interviews," Lobel said after Rodman hung up.

Catching Up with Bob Lobel: Special Guest Dennis Rodman

This week's episode of "Catching Up with Bob Lobel" featured an interview with one of the most polarizing figures in American sports history, Dennis Rodman.

In the interview, Rodman talks about the San Antonio Spurs "having the nerve to trade my ass," and argues with Lobel about Larry Bird's famed interception of Isiah Thomas. He also says he would take Jordan over LeBron and Scottie Pippen over Dwyane Wade… But reminds us that it doesn't matter because they're all black.

Oh yeah, and he touches on how bad Larry Bird would be if he played today.

This one gets crazy, so I think you need to listen in below for all the other ridiculous things he said.

 

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Suite Sports Exclusive: Lobel to Interview Dennis Rodman

To say Bob Lobel has interviewed some big names would be an understatement.

After all, the man hosted one of the most memorable sports hours of all-time when Larry Bird, Ted Williams and Bobby Orr all joined him for an episode of WBZ's Sports Final in 1992.

Now, Lobel and Suite Sport's Joe Parello will get the chance to speak with one of the most unique personalities in American sports history, Dennis Rodman.

Whether you know him as the greatest rebounder and enforcer in NBA history, the man who wore a wedding dress to promote his best-selling autobiography, the retired player who traveled to North Korea for "basketball diplomacy," or the celebrity that appeared on multiple reality shows and wrestled with Hulk Hogan, you can't deny that Rodman has captivated America for the better part two decades.

A five-time NBA champion with the "Bad Boy" Detroit Pistons and Michael Jordan's Chicago Bulls, Rodman will lend his insights to the upcoming NBA Finals, and whatever else "The Worm" feels like talking about. All this, and more Bruins talk, on this week's edition of "Catching Up with Bob Lobel," Thursday at noon.

Grab your popcorn folks.