Blogs

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 – Dan Favale It’s not all fun and games in Oklahoma City. The Thunder are approaching a crossroad. I know it, you know it, they know it, and most importantly, James Harden knows it. The savvy combo-guard is a restricted free agent at the end of this upcoming season, and there is [...]

September 13, 2012 – Mohamed Abdihakim The uniformly exaggerated statements of ESPN’s Skip Bayless are something of a marvel. Beyond the fact that there’s a tangible desire for ratings behind his “opinions”, there’s something else. There’s this sort of…self assurance. Skip Bayless, I imagine, wakes up in the morning, goes to work, gets make-up put [...]

September 13, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors In the past week or so, the Knicks have reportedly offered Isiah Thomas and Patick Ewing a job. And is Kevin Durant working out with LeBron James still OK? Kevin Burke provides answers. [...]

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 [...]

September 13, 2012 – Ben Berry Exclusive sneakers have become something of a bragging right with NBA players.  Outlets like Instagram & Twitter provide these athletes with a more efficient way of showing them off to the world besides on the hardwood, especially if they aren’t getting as much game time as other team members. [...]

September 12, 2012 – Jonathan Lee Recently ESPN.com and the TrueHoop network began their offseason project to rank every NBA player. Every player will be ranked from 500 to 1 by the 104 experts on the panel and counted down on ESPN.com. The players will also be rated on a scale from 0-to-10, with 10 [...]

September 12, 2012 – Mohamed Abdihakim This off season, the Oklahoma City Thunder took a step towards a promising future. Serge Ibaka was signed to an extension through the 2016-2017 season. The talented Congolese big man is set to receive $50 million over his tenure in OKC. Money well spent? Ibaka has become a force [...]

September 12, 2012 – Ben Berry It seems that for the 2012 run of Under Armour basketball sneakers, they have found a winning formula in taking their new running silhouettes and retooling them for basketball. Alongside the upcoming basketball version of the Under Armour Spine, UA will also release the Charge RC in a hardwood-ready [...]

September 12, 2012 – Dan Favale Kevin Durant needs to become the face of the NBA. Not LeBron James, not Kobe Bryant—Kevin Durant. Why? Because Durant is as close to the perfect superstar as the Association currently has. Cue the backlash. Don’t be too hasty in ripping apart this assessment; I’m well aware James is [...]