Kevin Burke

The closest thing we’ve seen to Michael Jordan has been Kobe Bryant. And I don’t mean from a basketball skillset standpoint, I mean from an emulation point of view. Ever since he entered the league in 1996, Kobe has walked, talked, pointed, chewed gum, shot free throws and fade-aways just like Mike. The similarities were [...]

Over the weekend, LeBron James of the Miami Heat was named NBA MVP for the 4th time in his career. It’s scary because if you take a look at his career stats, LeBron seems to be getting better, as tough as that is to believe. Yesterday, we learned that of a possible 121 first-place votes, [...]

You don’t have to be a basketball fan. In fact, you don’t even have to be a sports fan. But if you have on a pair of Jordans, you’re considered cool. Jordans have forever re-written the sneaker game to a level that will never be approached. And even though he’s retired, Jordan Brand set a [...]

The NBA can be a very unpredictable League, where it’s tough to take any team too lightly. We saw that last night as the NBA-worst 4-28 Washington Wizards hosted and defeated the NBA-best 26-7 Oklahoma City Thunder, and I represented The Hoop Doctors at the Verizon Center in D.C. to cover the game. Now, it’s [...]

The National Basketball Association can be a very opportunistic place. Occasionally, things may go your way, or “fall in your lap”, and you must simply seize and capitalize on this. From the very moment James Harden was drafted 3rd overall by the Oklahoma City Thunder in the 2009 NBA draft, he has done just that. [...]

September 13, 2012 – Kevin Burke Gatorade and NFL Films have partnered for the second season of “Everything To Prove,” the online series that chronicles the journeys of 11 rookie NFL players trying to make a league where everyone must prove themselves each and every game. The series begins this week with new episodes posting monthly throughout [...]

September 13, 2012 – Kevin Burke Everything comes to an end. Nothing is forever. Nothing. The writing has been on the wall for a while, and it was finally announced Wednesday that hall of famer Jim Calhoun will retire as UConn head basketball coach. I spent four of the greatest years of my life roaming the [...]

July 26, 2012 – Kevin Burke Ball Up, Presented by Simple Mobile, is the hottest thing going on the street-ball circuit these days, and they just wrapped up the portion of their tour that made its way to the east coast. [...]

July 19, 2012 – Kevin Burke It’s summertime, so that can mean only one thing: streetball. The Ball Up Streetball Classic presented by Simple Mobile, will be invading New York this Saturday, July 21. City College of New York (Nat Holman Gym) will be the venue and on display will be notable streetballers such as [...]

June 12, 2012 – Kevin Burke Last season proved to be a transcendent year for the National Basketball Association. On the heels of the much heralded summer of 2010 free agency class came one of the most anticipated campaigns in the League’s history. [...]