Kevin Durant was once a great basketball player who just played hard, loved the game, was a great teammate and didn’t add any drama to his team. Those days are gone. It seems as Durant gets older, he has a harder time being a team player and coping when things don’t go exactly his way. I wrote about his leadership abilities in a post a … Continue reading It’s Me or Them: The KD Saga
The Pacific-12 Conference is made up of 12 schools spanning the Pacific coast and bordering states, well for now. As it stands now the conference is being dismantled and sold for parts to the Big Ten and the Big 12. and potentially might not be around in a few years. Big Ten The Big Ten comprises 14 schools in the midwest and a few in the … Continue reading The Pac-12 is on Life Support
Kevin Durant is a phenomenal basketball player, has been for the last decade-plus but his leadership abilities have been tested time and time again, resulting in some lackluster results. Being the number one on any team brings with it a lot of expectations and responsibility, something that not everyone can handle including Durant. Seattle/Oklahoma City It’s difficult to get up to speed in the NBA … Continue reading KD’s Leadership Leaves Us Wanting More
The MLB All-Star Game (ASG) is today, the WNBA ASG happened the other day and most everyones initial thought is, “who cares?” The 1933 MLB ASG was the first of its kind and was such a hit, that every major professional sports league in the U.S. has followed suit since then. Back in the first few decades it was actually something of a game, some … Continue reading All-Star Games Have Run Their Course
The Big Ten conference made a huge move this past week, adding two of the most influential west coast schools to its ranks in UCLA and USC. When looking historically at the football programs and the cachet that comes with that, it is a fantastic move for the conference. However, there is a clear and obvious gap in the logic that spans almost 1,300 miles … Continue reading Bridging the B1G Divide
The idea of the NBA Play-In Tournament first came around in 2020 when the league went into a bubble in Florida in response to the pandemic. That season there was a more in-depth play-in tournament because the season was interrupted and other things but the idea did not go away once the bubble did. In 2021, the play-in tournament was back and involved the seventh … Continue reading The NBA Play-in Tournament Was A Great Idea
One of the most decorated franchises in all of U.S. professional sports has been on the back foot since 2012 when they were bounced in the first round of the playoffs. Riding out the lean years of a once great team, the Los Angeles Lakers went into the cellar of the NBA in a hurry. Since the 2012-23 season, the team has missed the playoffs … Continue reading The Lakers Decade of Decline
The latest episode of Sports History 101 is now live on your favorite platform! The promotion and relegation system has been used in English soccer for over 130 years to great success. The English football system has built a pyramid of over 140 leagues, with the Premier League at the top, that are all interconnected. As the best teams moving up to new leagues with … Continue reading Sports History 101, E012: Promotion and Relegation
Our newest episode of Sports History 101 is now live on your favorite platform! The Continental Basketball Association started in 1946, the same year as the NBA, and brought basketball to small town USA all throughout the country. Introducing brand new rules, league standings systems and providing a springboard for hundreds of players to make it to the NBA. American basketball history cannot be told … Continue reading Sports History 101, E009: Continental Basketball Association
Episode 5 of Sports History 101 is live on your favorite platform! The Jack Ramsay led 1976-77 Portland Trail Blazers team played some of the most beautiful basketball that has graced the hardwood. Bill Walton was the focal point of the team and in tandem with Maurice Lucas were a deadly one-two punch. The underdog team was not expected to succeed but that never stopped … Continue reading Sports History 101, E005: 1976-77 Portland Trail Blazers
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