There’s over two hours left until an injury-ravished Toronto Raptors team tips off against a similarly undermanned New Jersey Nets club in an arguably meaningless mid-April match up, but DeMar DeRozan is already sweating. Sweating for good reason. Spotting up from just inside the three-point arc, the second-year shooting guard accepts passes from a trainer […]

Five years ago, Twitter was a concept just barely launched. Three years ago, though powerful, it lacked the magnitude necessary to bring forth the changes in the world that it so obviously promised. In the 36 months since, Twitter has not only evolved to encompass men and women the world over – from celebrities in […]

Is there such thing as a lost cause when it comes to player behavior in the NHL? Is there ever a point in time where the risks associated with a particular individual outweigh the contributions he could even possibly provide the league and the team he represents? The questions beg to be answered. You may […]

I almost wish that Ryan Callahan never blew the lid off of Madison Square Garden last Sunday, it’s bringing out the worst in me. Part of me wishes that the most criminally-underrated forward in the NHL didn’t obliterate the Philadelphia Flyers for four goals in a 7-0 Rangers win and even applauds Marian Gaborik for […]

JaVale McGee dunks the way that I would if I could, if one day I woke up and had the necessary lift or athleticism. He does it all the time. One part leaping ability and one part wingspan, his dunks are resolute expressions of the joy that comes from being professionally tall. McGee is listed as 7’0″, […]

Are professional sports taking away players’ rights when it comes to sexuality? In the fall of 2010, the United States military went from, “don’t ask, don’t tell” to “be gay, it’s okay.” It refers, of course, to a soldier’s sexual orientation. The Catholic Church, on the other hand, and Pope Benedict himself have denounced homosexuality. […]

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins is the type of player that makes you reconsider what you stand for. The hockey prospect that makes midseason misfortune and sub-.500 seasons in general that much more bearable. Like few before him, he’s a future pro capable of turning fans against their very own team; of convincing life-long devotees to openly root […]

Monta Ellis is amongst the NBA’s top five scorers this season and yet isn’t even on pace to top his own personal best. If ever a sentence summarized the most underrated player in the NBA, it was that one. Or this one: Monta Ellis is averaging just as many points per game as Kobe Bryant this year, while shooting a […]

Kurt Jory is a warrior at heart. And not because of the 29 games he spent with the WHL’s Moose Jaw Warriors back in 2006-07. In 2008, Jory suffered a life-threatening neck injury over which just a few players in the history of upper echelon hockey can bond; a severed jugular. The now 23-year-old is […]

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 […]