NBA Coaches: Becky Hammon and pushing women uphill
When the news of San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich’s wife dying hit the media, all of the kneejerk “thoughts and prayers” social posts started flooding in. A few weirdos even suggested that the Spurs players “needed to win for Pop.” As if Popovich would be comforted by a victory in a basketball game…
Lies the Sports Industry is Selling You
Anybody with an ounce of discernment knows that sports are big business in our time. But somehow, this fact becomes easy to forget when we are caught up in the entertainment. This disconnect is related to what happens when we watch Hollywood films. Our brains cannot tell the difference between fantasy and reality, once we…
Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better: Women in the NBA
There is a buzz about Baylor University hoops superstar Brittney Griner playing in the NBA. A few souls watched her dominate other women in college, and have concluded that she is transcendent enough to play with the best basketball players on the planet. All us gym rats and weekend sports warriors have encountered the occasional…