Like, a comet, like an explosion, out of the ether he came and back into it he went. It was a little over five years ago now that Samkon Gado exploded into the NFL; a feel good story of a guy who fought and ran so hard, and so far and with such bursts of […]

Rating: 8/10 It was 1987 and hockey’s cold war was in full effect. In January, a Canada/USSR game at the World Junior championships ended with both teams brawling as the lights were turned off. A month later, NHL All-Stars and the Soviet National team split a two-game series in Quebec City. In September, they faced […]

Rating: 8/10 It’s the cliche rivalry in baseball and arguably all of sports: the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees. Throughout the history of baseball, it’s been the one lasting true rivalry; it’s gone nearly 100 years. And if you’re not a fan of either team, it’s hard to really care about the […]

UPDATE: Hindsight is 20/20, and apparently so are a number of The Good Point‘s readers. Mark Milner decided that he would once and for all take a good, hard look at the Derrick Rose MVP bandwagon in honor of the 2010-11 season’s 40-game mark. Readers, this one is for you. *** With most of the […]

There was a big change in Chris Bosh this July, when he went to Miami. It wasn’t the new jersey or number or teammates. It was his dreads, or rather, the lack of them. Indeed, it was a clean-cut Bosh who hung out on stage with LeBron James and Dwyane Wade. His hair may seem […]

Michael Vick had a message for you on Monday night. Well, you in a broad sense, you meaning the rest of the NFL, you meaning the haters who call into talk radio and ask why he wasn’t banned for life from the sport, you meaning all the people who doubted he could still lead a […]

It’s been a bad year for managers. News broke on Thursday of Sparky Anderson’s death at 76. Bobby Cox retired as the Braves’ skipper at the end of the season, as did the Toronto Blue Jays’ Cito Gaston and Lou Piniella of the Cubs back in July. With their retirements marks the end of a […]

I was still in journalism school the day a plane crashed in the Hudson River in early 2009. There was a class on New Media – I think the professor called it Journalism 2.0 – where my class taught about the internet and how it was revolutionizing journalism right in front of our eyes. We […]

With the Texas Rangers now in the World Series – for the first time ever, no less – you might be asking yourself “who are these guys?” or “why should I cheer for them?” Well, I’m here to help you out with a quick guide to the Rangers and to show you why you should, […]

Q: “You came out early tonight; aggressive. What was different tonight in terms of setting the tone of your game, in this game?” A: “Ball.” – Hedo Turkoglu, in a TSN interview after a 106-104 win over the New York Knicks. “Ball.” A demand for a bigger role. An explanation for why his team won. […]