It wasn’t that long ago that the media was spinning the baseball postseason. Not this season’s postseason, next year’s, when an extra team is added. It’s not much of a surprise why. At the beginning of the month, each of the races looked wrapped up. The AL West was the only place in baseball where […]

In Week 2, both the University of Florida and Michigan State University posted huge, shutout victories. The Spartans shut down Florida Atlantic’s offense, limiting them to just one first down. The Gators blew the University of Alabama-Birmingham out with in a 39-0 win. These wins don’t just speak to offense over defense, but to a […]

The NBA is no stranger to rumors. Every once in a while you come across a rumor that may actually be true, and it peaks your attention and has you contemplating every angle. This is what happened to me the other when I heard that the Indiana Pacers were considering Reggie Miller for a front office job, […]

Moments after Game 6 of the Finals, after thinking about how great it was to see Dirk Nowitzki finally win a championship, I started thinking about the rest of the team. As I wrote a while back, the 2011 Mavericks were a team made up of people who had been close before but had never […]

Rating: 8.5/10 I never cared about Cal Ripken. Ty Cobb is a name in the record books and Hank Aaron’s a grainy highlight reel of a man running the bases. Pete Rose exists to me only for the controversy, not for the phenomenal athlete he was. I care about Derek Jeter and I cared about […]

When you think about Yao Ming, the image of him running the court comes to mind. You wouldn’t necessarily call his stride graceful but it was never awkward, either. It just looked so out of place. He looked out of place. He was so massive he stood out in a crowd of some very tall folks. […]

It’s been two seasons now since the Minnesota Timberwolves drafted Ricky Rubio, three since he burst onto the NBA stage in the 2008 Olympic Gold Medal game where his Spanish club was the first to really challenge the fabled U.S. Redeem Team. It’s been a few weeks since the Timberwolves’ 2010-11 season ended, where they […]

There have been a lot of words about words this spring, especially in NBA circles. Words uttered in anger, words yelled in frustration, words said like a joke. Words that hurt, words that annoy and words that result in a fine and a public tongue-lashing. But mostly, words seem to inspire more words. The words […]

Rewind to June 20, 2006. Dallas is at home, playing Miami in Game 6 of the NBA Finals. There’s about 30 seconds left and Miami is holding a slim lead. The shot clock is winding down as Dwyane Wade holds the ball and moves to his left. Dirk Nowitzki stands there, they collide and Wade is awarded two free […]

Rating: 9/10 On April 5, 2011, a Toronto Maple Leafs loss officially ended their playoff run. Almost like clockwork, the Toronto Sun began a series on what’s wrong with the Leafs in the next day’s paper. The regularity of this kind of sportswriting, where a columnist takes it upon themselves to explain why a team’s […]