Category: Basketball
Hornets replace Kings as NBA’s most beleaguered franchise
The Sacramento Kings Beam season isn’t over yet, but success is relative. The Kings finally ended the NBA’s longest playoff drought. All it took was De’Aaron Fox straightening out his […]
Amateur sports at higher ed. U.S. institutions are dead
On Wednesday, the performative set of elected officials who gather in Washington D.C. to raise money and occasionally draft legislation held a meeting to discuss the future of Name, Image […]
NBA stars relatively healthy heading into postseason
The people over at the National Basketball Players Association have the bubbles on ice with “Mission Accomplished” banners and balloons ordered. We’re about a week and a half away from […]
Steph Curry’s biggest flaw? His Under Armour sneakers
I’m going to talk about Steph Curry in a negative light for the next 400 to 600 words, so all you super fans should just hop off now, or steal […]
Aussies in the NBA awards for 2022-23 in bumper season for (nearly all) the Boomers stars
We’re on the verge of awards season in the NBA where trophies will be handed out in all sorts of individual categories. It’s been a pretty good season for just […]
2023 Women’s NCAA Tournament overshadowing the men
It’s only been a few short weeks since Outkick’s David Hookstead blamed some non-existent woke-ism manifesto for the placement of women’s college basketball dominating ESPN.com’s front page. A few weeks […]
NFL players can now wear 0, so let’s look at athletes to don it
Look at the NFL trying to be looser as an organization. First, it relaxed restrictions on player numbers in 2021, and the league has decided that in 2023 a forbidden […]
Ramadan fast looms for UConn’s Sanogo, Diarra, and Johnson
UConn’s Adama Sanogo (left) and Hassan Diarra (right) are two of the team’s three players who will need to contend with hunger as they face Miami in the Final Four.Photo: […]
Rob Manfred wants to make prude fans happy
This year’s MLB Opening Day feels different than recent iterations because the media doesn’t have (most of) its usual talking points to complain about. The rule changes are going to […]
Bronny James won’t speak to media before McDAAG
What say you, Bronny?Photo: Getty Images You’ve known about him for years. You’ve read about how he’s worth millions via NIL. And you’ve seen his highlights. But, have you actually […]