Bulls Take Game 1 Over Shorthanded Cavs
The Bulls needed this one. With J.R. Smith out for the first two games of the series, it was imperative that Chicago did not leave Cleveland trailing 0-2. Game one was their best chance to secure a W...
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George Hill: The Pacers’ Unsung Hero
Perception in sports is an interesting thing. Sometimes reputation and reality don’t jive, and other times players get much more or much less attention than they actually deserve. One example of this...
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Scottie Pippen: The Most Underrated Player of All Time
When one beauty occupies the same proximity as something deemed more beautiful, it tends to go unnoticed and unappreciated. 1Or if it does receive notice, it is primarily because it is in the same...
View ArticleThe NBA’s Usual Suspects
The sun coming up and going down, the moon taking the sun’s place, getting old, having a crush, embarrassing yourself in school, standing in line, the weatherman being wrong, the weatherman being...
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Plays Well with Others, an NBA Necessity
Three years ago my grade school alma mater reached out to me regarding coaching basketball. I was intrigued. I had coached during high school and loved it. I decided to jump in and give it a shot. To...
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Appreciating Kobe
Why do we always find it necessary to compare great players to one another instead of appreciating them for their greatness alone? In his book, “The Four Loves”, C.S. Lewis said this: “The human mind...
View ArticleNBA Sportsmanship: Gone Forever?
I can’t pinpoint the moment it happened, in much the same way I can’t pinpoint the moment green summer leaves turn autumn brown. But happen it has. And long ago. I’m guessing it began to loosen its...
View ArticleQuestioning Fanhood
Sometimes, I wonder if I am, indeed, more than a fan. After all, I moved away from the city where all most of my teams reside. The more I do this stuff, the pods, the writing, the live radio show, I...
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More Than A Friday: Cavs, Cups, Coyotes, Keely and Cavuto
There’s so much going on this week, I feared I wouldn’t be able to drop a subtle #MACtion reference into this week’s column1Let’s just say the table is being set nicely for yet another Bowling...
View ArticleChicago Bulls are Testing My Faith
I watched the entire fourth quarter of the most recent Bulls-Cavs game feeling as if I had just finished my 12th cup of coffee. My foot tapped rapidly. Sweat pooled above my brow and upper lip. My...
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No Favorite in the East
With round one of the playoffs in the rear view mirror the NBA’s best eight teams now battle it out for the conference final spots. But is there really a favorite in the league to already be pencilled...
View ArticleBulls Take Game 1 Over Shorthanded Cavs
The Bulls needed this one. With J.R. Smith out for the first two games of the series, it was imperative that Chicago did not leave Cleveland trailing 0-2. Game one was their best chance to secure a W...
View ArticleKids Say The Darndest Things, Don’t They?
There are many things that parents want out of their children; one of those things is honesty. But sometimes being honest with your parents can be a little too much. Just recently LeBron James passed...
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Around the Association
Notable News & Notes Dirk Nowitzki Reaches 28,000 Points Nowitzki reached the 28,000 point mark on a three-pointer with seven minutes left to play in the third period at Chesapeake Energy Arena in...
View ArticleHow to Choose an NBA MVP
As the NBA nears its regular season conclusion, end-of-the-year awards rise to the forefront of conversation, especially the award for Most Valuable Player. In many ways the late-season MVP race...
View ArticleWestbrook: MVP?
It was easy to pick on the young and immature Russell Westbrook in recent seasons having supposed to play second fiddle to the nation’s best scorer, but didn’t always see eye to eye with that...
View ArticleRevamping NBA All-Star Weekend
Evidently sick of all the speculation about his worthiness of an All-Star roster spot, Kevin Durant presented a challenge in an interview with NewsOk.com. “Whoever want my spot can play me 1-on-1 for...
View ArticleLove Isn’t Always In The Air In The Sports World.
Sometimes things just don’t work out like we all had hoped for. Sometimes things start off great, but then somewhere down the road everything becomes very disfunctional and becomes very dramatic...
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Around the Association: Dissecting the All-Star Teams
The NBA All-Star starters were announced last week and the league had us guessing on who would fill out the remainder of the roster in the game in Madison Square Garden. The Eastern Conference starters...
View ArticleLeBron James and Johnny Manziel Highlight Ryan’s Best and Worst of 2014...
by Ryan Isley Another 365 days has come and gone and with it goes yet another year off the calendar. As 2014 gives way to 2015, I thought it was time to sit down and figure out what were my top three...
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