Archive for November, 2009
After an NFL Season of NBA Games, Lakers and Magic Make the Super Bowl
We’ve been through 17 games of the NBA season—which is exactly the length of the NFL season. So if the NBA was the NFL, how would the playoffs look right now with the regular season over?
For USC Football, No Profanity Can Say Enough About This Season
There’s been plenty of finger-pointing about why the USC Trojans have fallen so far this year. Is it Barkley? Is it the defense? At risk of embarrassing myself, I suggest some of the blame falls on Pete Carroll.
Exploring NBA Contracts Based on Performance, Rather Than Potential
The nature of professional athlete contracts is inherently flawed because the salaries are determined entirely by a player’s potential. What if player salaries were predicated upon past performance, instead?
Lakers’ Andrew Bynum Playing Well; Must Be Due For An Injury Soon
At least we’re getting into a routine. Andrew Bynum starts the season for the Lakers looking like the NBA’s next great dominant center and Kobe Bryant’s counterpart in the middle—then he goes out for the rest of the season with some tragic injury.
Chairmen of the Boards: A Look at the Power Forward Position
In today’s NBA, the power forward position is somewhat in flux. But Kevin Garnett, Pau Gasol, Dirk Nowitzki, and Tim Duncan still have plenty in common—even if they each play their role a little bit differently.
How Fantasy Football Has Changed My Sundays Forever
When it comes to Major League Baseball, I have always been and will always be an Atlanta Braves fan. When you talk NBA, I’m a Utah Jazz fan through and through. But when you talk NFL, I have just one team I care about: Kyle’s Krushers of the Gridiron Gaggle Fantasy Football League.
NFL 2009 Mid-Season Awards: The Obvious and the Not-So-Obvious
There’s been a hundred articles along these lines—mid-season awards aren’t a new idea. But for each obvious award recipient there’s a less-obvious-but-still-deserving recipient, and it’s to them that I pay tribute.
Allen Iverson and Zach Randolph are Waging Civil War in Memphis
The Memphis Grizzlies are putting two different teams on the floor this season. One is the young, vibrant, up-and-coming nucleus of O.J. Mayo and Rudy Gay. The other team is the aging, controversial, ball-monopolizing duo of Allen Iverson and Zach Randolph. By season’s end, only one team will be left standing.
On a Wing and a Prayer: A Frank Look at the Small Forward Position
LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony, Kevin Durant, Hedo Turkoglu, Danny Granger, Ron Artest, Shawn Marion… each of them legit small forward All-Stars, but notice anything else? None of them has a ring.
Hating the Yankees: It’s the American Way
As Americans, we love underdogs. The New York Yankees, in this World Series, represent anything but the underdog—and they’re everything we’ve been taught, from our youngest days, to hate.
