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
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 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 Major League Baseball season has been a disaster from the beginning of this year, starting with the relentless fighting between the owners and players and reaching a new low when six teams were not playing for multiple days at a time because of COVID-19 related reasons. The biggest hurdle was MLB rushing into a season and not having a legitimate system in place to … Continue reading Why MLB Could Not Have Done a Bubble for the Regular Season
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
At what point is it too many players that cannot play or decide to opt out? Across all of sports, when does the talent get diluted enough to really make the leagues question if they should continue? My guess would be that it would take a slew of high caliber stars to cause any kind of thought surrounding cancelling seasons. There have already been a … Continue reading How Many Cases is Too Many?
When reading this title, you may think this is a ridiculous notion, however there was a time when you were first getting into sports and had no idea where to start. You may have been very young and had a parent or grandparent walk you through the rules and peak your interest, but not everyone has that. This is for those people. I can remember … Continue reading How to Become a Sports Fan
2018 was a huge year in the sporting world. So many amazing things happened that it is tough to remember them all off the top of your head so we compiled them for you to relive and appreciate. January, 9th – CFP National Championship, Alabama 26-23 Victory Over Georgia in OvertimeThe Crimson Tide won their fifth National Championship since 2009 under Nick Saban in the … Continue reading Top Moments of 2018
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