NBA Playoffs 2014: Miami Heat Can’t Handle Duke Blue Devils
The Miami Heat keep getting facialized by former Duke University players late in the 2013-14 season. Did LeBron James insult the Dookies or something? Maybe Coach K, who knows the pros pretty well after his time with them during the Olympics, gave his old players some tips…
One and done haters: Kentucky v. Connecticut NCAA basketball
No matter who won the national championship, it is great that coach John Calipari’s Kentucky Wildcats once again stood at the top of men’s college basketball with transient young talent. It is excellent that the delusional “college hoops is better than pro because it is pure” advocate was left foaming at the mouth, as experienced…
Keep A Brother Down: Holding Athletes in College Won’t Improve Basketball
The lie of assuming that keeping basketball players in college for one, two, or more years will improve the game is rising again. Why do well-meaning people, most of them considered sports “experts”, believe that the NBA and college basketball would benefit from such a rule? The common reasons: young players would have more time…
Hidden Chops single: “Cash It In”
This concept was easy enough to take from the backing music: Cash registers. Transactions. Repeat. Â Click here *** CASH IT IN lyrics by Hidden Chops/Stevens shoulda done my homework I didn’t pass it in all I thought about was life after graduation and how I’ma find a way to CASH IT IN didn’t…
Sorry, Talking Heads: Quarterbacks Are Cockier Than Everyone
After Seattle Seahawk defensive star Richard Sherman’s “I’m the best” rant gave the sports world something to chew on, following the ‘Hawks 2014 NFC Championship victory, an interesting theory popped up. Sports talking heads (radio and television experts) started rehashing a fairly old idea that football cornerbacks, safeties and wide receivers were the most confident…
lurv doppelgänger: Bow Wow vs Russell Westbrook
In Search Of A New Deion: Prime Time… Prime Time… Prime Time
Is there anyone capable of playing two sports at the very highest levels in the 21st century? Obviously, when this question is posed by media, only athletes from the most popular sports are considered. Why? Because media knows that they will get eyes and ears when they talk about LeBron James — not the latest…