By Ryan Signorino Every four years, the world’s best athletes come together for the Olympics. The best of the best stand on the podium, their countries’ flags waving over their heads, with […]
In sports, the national anthem is irrelevant
Why the Chicago Bulls should have traded Derrick Rose two years ago
Rose will never be the same, but even healthy he’s never going to win an NBA title. My friend Otherwise is a Chicago Bulls fan. I’m a Denver Nuggets fan. So we […]
The LeBron James story is the future of sports journalism
“Journalism-as-process” is here, for good or for bad, and whether you like it or not It’s going on nearly two weeks now since LeBron James announced he was returning to Cleveland. So […]
Mark Jackson needs self-awareness counseling
Fired Golden State head coach preaches the virtues of paying your dues, even though he never paid any himself. Mark Jackson, until recently coach of the Golden State Warriors, was fired for […]
The American Basketball Association: remembering the six best things about a true original
The ABA was an innovator that changed the face of modern basketball. Some of the league’s new ideas survived and made their way into the game we see played today. Here are […]
NCAA Final Four: Kentucky vs. UConn reminds us how bad American sports are at deciding champions
US sports leagues reward inferior teams and routinely deny their best teams the championship. Richard Allen Smith and I have argued from time to time about the merits of the BCS vs. […]
The NBA and the Miami Heat double-standard: the Stern Crime Family strikes again
Let’s review. This was an automatic, on the spot flagrant 2 and ejection. But this – a blindside cheap shot, a two-handed shove and some subsequent manhandling of the ref – earned only […]
Hey, Chicago Bulls fans: I’m starting to worry about Derrick Rose
Starmelo is in the news today telling everybody to LEAVE DERRICK ROSE ALONE! “I wish y’all would stop rushing Derrick back,” said Anthony, whose Knicks, winners of 13 straight, play the Bulls […]
The All-NBA What-If Team
We sports fans love a good “what if?” debate, and there are millions of them. What if Portland had drafted Michael Jordan instead of Sam Bowie? What if Roman Abramovich had left […]
It's true. I'm now pulling for LeBron.
I used to be a LeBron fan. Then came The Decision, which annoyed me mightily. It wasn’t that he left Cleveland – he should have left Cleveland – it was the whole spectacle […]
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