Columns/Features

Rose Smart For Sitting Amid Playoffs

May 10, 2013 by

Having LeBron James on your team doesn’t guarantee you an automatic victory, as evidenced by the Chicago Bulls stealing game one of the Eastern Conference semifinals from the Miami Heat. Similarly, ...
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Man U Must Move on Without Sir Alex Ferguson

May 10, 2013 by

The moment Manchester United fans have been dreading for years is finally upon us. Yes, the most legendary manager in English football, Sir Alex Ferguson, is stepping down after this season, signaling...
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The Young Warriors Versus the Veteran Spurs: Stephan Curry Takes Golden State to Victory

May 8, 2013 by

  The NBA playoffs are really about one thing: who is playing the best basketball right now.The Golden State Warriors are that hot team. In the first round, Golden State upset third-seed Denver a...
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Youth Are Taking Over the MLB This Season

May 7, 2013 by

Just about every Major League team hit the 30 game bench mark over the weekend, and while the MLB season is a marathon not a sprint, 30 games is an adequate sample size to reflect on what we have lear...
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Sports Sensations: The Best of the Best

May 3, 2013 by

Professional sport is first and foremost entertainment, and marketing is the backbone of any successful entertainment industry. We’ve all seen it, heard it and read it. John Lennon famously once sai...
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Germany Takes Over Soccer

May 3, 2013 by

When this season’s FIFA World XI was announced, many fans and pundits alike were upset that every player on the team was from La Liga, the Spanish premier league. Even more amazing was that Radamel ...
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Jason Collins Breaks Another Barrier

May 3, 2013 by

Monday was the historic day we have all been waiting for. Jason Collins of the NBA’s Washington Wizards became the first active male professional athlete from an American sports league to announce h...
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A Wide Open Western Conference: Oklahoma City is Still the Team to Beat

May 1, 2013 by

Miami takes the East, Oklahoma City takes the West. That was the consensus from basketball fans going into the NBA playoffs. Not anymore. On April 24, during Game Two of the first-round series between...
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A Wide Open Western Conference: San Antonio is Healthy and Ready to Win

May 1, 2013 by

Entering the NBA postseason it was apparent the Miami Heat was once again the clear favorite to represent the Eastern Conference in the NBA Finals. The Western Conference is the exact opposite, howeve...
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Hits and Misses of the 2013 NFL Draft

April 30, 2013 by

After last year’s draft featured three or four franchise-changing quarterbacks, the top of the 2013 draft was quite the opposite. Instead of a selecting big time playmakers, the Chiefs and Jaguars s...
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Germany Taking Over Soccer

April 26, 2013 by

The semi-final round of the UEFA Champion’s League is underway, and the two German teams are attempting a coup d’état of the Spanish soccer dominance. On Tuesday, Bayern Munich took a commanding ...
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Solving the ‘Hack-a-Howard’ Dilemma

April 26, 2013 by

Earlier this season, on March 12 to be exact, Dwight Howard tied his own NBA record for most free throws shot in a game with 39 attempts against the Orlando Magic. In most cases, earning records is a ...
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2013 NFL Draft Full of Linemen

April 23, 2013 by

The NFL draft begins on Thursday and will conclude on Saturday in what will be a marathon of a three-day event where many teams will fill their biggest needs with promising young stars. Last season, f...
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A Bright Future for the WNBA

April 19, 2013 by

In its 17-year history, the WNBA has been the target of a lot scrutiny and criticism. That was not the case last Monday during the league’s draft, when the WNBA not only received positive media atte...
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History Made in the 2013 Masters Tournament

April 16, 2013 by

He can’t win the big one. He is good, but he will never win a major. He doesn’t have the clutch gene. These are only a few of the many criticisms that Adam Scott dismissed with his Master’s win ...
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