People often forget that Michael Jordan didn’t win his first championship until the age of 28 in his seventh NBA season. Derrick Rose just finished his third at the age of 22 and has already won an NBA MVP, which Jordan didn’t get until the age of 25. Despite this, Rose was already facing expectations […]

The unfiltered afternoon sun roasts the concrete behind the visiting team bullpen at the Toronto Blue Jays practice facility in central Florida. With neither cloud nor canopy to temper the pounding heat, the long walk from the players’ dugout down the dusty left field line and out to the away team clubhouse is an arduous […]

In late January, The Good Point discussed how the Saint John Sea Dogs and their 17-year-old stud, Jonathan Huberdeau, were in for a banner 2010-11 campaign in a pair of ways. The first accomplishment — winning the Memorial Cup — was realized quite handily, as they went 3-1 in the major junior showdown. The other […]

With the 2011 NBA Draft now just a few weeks away, teams and fans alike are scouring for every available resource to find out all that they can about any prospect that could fall into their range on the big night. There are few unknowns with players like Kemba Walker and Brandon Knight having spent […]

With all of the attention surrounding UCLA right-hander Gerrit Cole and Rice infielder Anthony Rendon as top draft picks in tonight’s MLB Draft, no player has had as dominant – and consistent – of a season this year as the University of Virginia’s left-handed phenom Danny Hultzen. As a freshman, Hultzen, a good line-drive hitter […]

One of the biggest stories in football in the last weeks has been of Ohio State head coach Jim Tressel. Tressel put up a 106-22 record with the Buckeyes over the past 10 years, taking them to the 2003 national championship with a Fiesta Bowl victory over the Miami Hurricanes and earning appearances in two […]

At the end of May on the final day of the 2010-11 season, Blackpool FC traveled to Old Trafford to take on Manchester United. The game meant nothing to United, who had clinched the Premier League title a week earlier. The game meant everything to Blackpool, one of five teams trying to stave off relegation […]

The running-back-by-committee idea, where teams focus on splitting carries between two or more backs instead of primarily handing off to one player all game, has only been around for a decade or so, but it’s had a noticeable impact on the NFL. Its roots can be traced to Mike Shanahan’s time as the head coach […]

Throughout Spring Training, Pirates manager Clint Hurdle vowed that the team’s pitching was going to improve this season. Charlie Morton has been a pleasant surprise for the Bucs so far, and free agent acquisition Kevin Correia has certainly pitched like the ace of the staff, but one person that has quietly been a main reason […]

As a record number of fans tune into this year’s NBA Finals between the Heat and Mavs, they are doing so via a growing number of digital channels and marketing avenues, both online and off. In short time, the NBA’s digital strategy has become the example for other professional leagues to model, and this year’s […]