Some Modest and Not So Modest Proposals
The World Cup Finals are unique as far as team sports go. It draws, literally, from a worldwide pool of participants. It stages a month-long …
Brian Goff
Sports Commissioners in the “Gangster” Era
“I talked to that whole staff. I said this is my city. I’m cut from a different cloth. None of them guys on their team …
NBA on NHL Path, Not NFL
John Chick from Canada’s CBC sports nailed the NBA lockout situation: The impetus for the lockout was the owners deciding the league’s current financial system …
Clippers — Lessons from Losers
Recently, on the NBA Network, I caught the tail end of a conversation between Kenny Smith and another announcer about the LA Clippers. Maybe there …
Minimum Age for the NBA Players
Former player and current TV analyst Steve Kerr propose raising the NBA minimum age from 19 to 20 in a recent Grantland column. His argument …
Scandal Effect: Does League Direction Matter?
In Sunday’s post (“Needed Perspective”), Dave Berri draws attention to a critical question concerning the NBA scandal — do fans care about such things as …
George Mason Univeristy Wins The March Madness Lottery
As Skip noted in the 2019 March Madness frenzy, mixing dispassionate sports analysis with rooting interest presents challenges. I’m a George Mason alumnus, so my …
NBA Centers Facing Extinction
Russell, Chamberlain, Jabbar, Lanier, Walton, Gilmore, Malone, Olajuwon, Ewing, O’Neal. Over decades, these and other “centers” dominated the NBA. The “association” conducted its annual All-Star …
Racism Behind Lack of NBA Interest?
The NBA’s popularity vaulted during the 1980s and 1990s with Bird as MVP but also with Moses, Magic, Michael, Charles, David, Hakeem, and Karl — all African American.
NFL Football: Young-McNabb, Fisher-Shanahan, and Media Inconsistency
Most NFL writers trashed Vince Young after his shoulder-pad throwing, walking out on Jeff Fisher blowup on Sunday. The grilling ranged from moderate such as …