I’ve been a dog person for about as long as I’ve been a person and certainly longer than I’ve been a people person. When I found out that the Toronto Raptors were bringing back the Toronto Huskies get-up for a few games this season I assumed that I would fall in love with the concept […]

Right now, two things appear to be true. One is that unless Dr. House remembers something right this very instant (or at least within the hour), somebody will die. The other is that Chris Bosh is a terrific rebounder, the best in the league. Why is that? Basketball-Reference is showing that so far this season, […]

I’m assuming there’s a reason things are the way they are that I just don’t understand yet, but until it either changes or I figure it out, the NBA All-Star  voting process is officially my new nemesis (you’re off the hook Gypsy That Cursed Paul Millsap). Where do we begin? The last time a basketball […]

Hey, look, November is more than half over and Brandon Jennings – if numbers are to be trusted – is a legitimate force in the NBA. Other words: It’s ten games into the 2009-10 campgain and the Milwaukee Bucks are third in the Eastern Conference at 8-3. Does this not strike anybody else as odd? […]

In April of 1997, shortly after hockey great Wayne Gretzky played his final game, the NHL took an unprecedented step and retired the number across the league, for all teams. Regardless of each team’s feelings about The Great One or on retiring numbers, no NHLer would ever again wear 99. Major League Baseball undertook a […]

In his book “Hip: A History”, John Leland argues that hip is a result of the mixing of cultures and ideas, each of which builds off the other. It’s why yesterday’s crime is today’s cool and tomorrow’s passe. He also argues that the image of cool “has pushed steadily towards androgyny. Nothing is cornier than […]

Legend once has it that as manger of a hapless New York Mets team destined for over 100 losses, their manager Casey Stengal rhetorically asked “can’t anybody here play this game?” After watching some of the NBA’s pre-season I know how he felt. Not about the players, most of which have been playing pretty well, […]

There’s hullabaloo in the air about Michael Jordan finally joining the Hall of Fame – he naturally deserves it. This story here then – the one you’ve stumbled upon while traipsing the vast Internet desert – is about that induction to an extent, but not in the way that you would expect. The NBA has […]

For 50 different reasons you could hate Zach Randolph. He’s boring, he’s whiny and he makes $14 million more than you every single year. He’s routinely arrested – never for anything impressive like train robbery or civil disobedience – but for goof-ups like drinking underage, smoking pot and driving under the influence. He’s significantly undersized […]

Ahh, to be overpaid in a bad economic climate; to be one of the most valuable chips in your entire profession while holding only average tangible performance value; to be equally desired and reviled, sought after and shopped around; to be Quentin Richardson. Q-Rich has had quite the summer. It really seems to be one […]