Photo Source: The Canadian Press / Jason Franson The NBA and NHL share the winter and spring schedule in venues across North America. However, the leagues are in two different situations during the 2020 COVID-19 suspension. The future of NBA salaries are in flux, with players not understanding what the future holds, while a select... Continue Reading →
For decades, the NCAA has had a monopoly over the best high school basketball players in the United States. Historically, the best players would go to elite universities and stay three or four years, and if the opportunity presented itself, proceeded into the NBA. As a result, fans have been blessed with decades of high... Continue Reading →
Image Credit: Michael Silver / Front Office Sports The NBA, one of the most entertaining and star driven professional leagues, recently has found lawyers to be valuable as general managers and/or president of basketball operations. Although this trend is relatively new and not common with other professional leagues, there appears to be a natural fit... Continue Reading →
Image Credit: Jerome Solomon / Houston Chronicle Currently, the NBA regular season is just over half-way through. This season has featured several captivating storylines such as: the "Battle for LA" between the Showtime Lakers and the Kawhi Leonard-led Clippers, the analytics-driven Rockets, and a highly competitive Eastern Conference post-LeBron James. As a result, NBA fans... Continue Reading →
For many years fans, media members and players have complained about the NBA's regular season. They aren't wrong, there is a laundry list of issues. The most common criticism is aimed at the length of the season, but that only provides a good starting point. A more fundamental change is necessary. Most people agree that... Continue Reading →
Wednesday night saw the first fight of the 2019-20 NBA season. An entertaining scuffle broke out midway through the third quarter of the Timberwolves and 76ers game between Karl-Anthony Towns and Joel Embiid. The altercation started after the two got tangled up going for a steal under the basket. Both players are 2x All-Stars and... Continue Reading →
As the Yankees regroup for Game 4 of the ALCS they will still be without the services of Domingo German. He remains on administrative leave while being investigated for an incident of domestic violence. Major League Baseball is investigating the issue and has not released additional details about the incident. A police report was not... Continue Reading →
The NBA is in the middle of an unprecedented rise in player movement. Over 40% of NBA contracts were signed this past offseason. In just one offseason, the League looks completely different. Gone are the concerns of the unbeatable Warriors or the struggling Lakers. Instead, they've been replaced by debates about the better duo, Lebron... Continue Reading →
After Arizona Head Coach Sean Miller was directly linked to a $100,000 payment offer to his freshman phenom and now PAC-12 Player of the Year, Deandre Ayton, I argued that the pay for play culture in college basketball was the logical consequence of the influx of money the NCAA receives and its unwillingness to accept governance responsibility... Continue Reading →
The #MeToo Movement has helped create a safe space for all victims to come forward with their accounts of sexual harassment, and the pro sports world is one of the latest that has been impacted. The openness and safe space that the movement has created has likely contributed to the recent investigations of two high-powered,... Continue Reading →