OK, OK, OK. I cheated. I've ignored my self-imposed boycott of the NBA because of hypocrites such Commissioner Adam Silver and LeBron James. It has slowly been evaporating with the playoffs going on. I'm a sports junkie. What can I say? It's my job, my life. I have a love-hate relationship with the NBA. I marvel at the incredible athletes. You'd have been called a nut job back […]
The surest way to make an NBA highlight reel is to dunk the ball. The more ferocious the dunk, the better. Have you ever seen Steph Curry dunk a basketball? Me neither. In fact, you seldom see Curry make a flashy play. So why is Curry one of the greatest players ever, ranking right up there with Michael Jordan, LeBron James, and a handful of 7-footers? The best […]
Baseball's a noncontact sport, right? So why do MLB locker rooms look like M.A.S.H. units? The season is a month old and there are already enough players, many of them stars, on the disabled list (DL) to make up several competitive rosters. The No. 1 position for injuries is, not surprisingly, pitcher. Many simply are asking their arms to do too much. Consider that a decade ago 100 […]
Sports is one of the few places where grades are handed out before tests have been taken. Maybe the only place. College recruiting classes are graded before any of the recruits enrolled in school. NFL draft classes are given grades before any of the players draw a paycheck. Last week's NFL draft class is obviously where I'm going with this. Nearly every draft expert has handed out "A's" […]
In case you're among the many who haven't been paying attention to Major League Baseball, the Tampa Bay Rays are going where few teams have ever gone. The Rays are off to a 20-3 start, matching the '87 Brewers. Of course, there's still a lot to do. Note: those Brewers finished 3rd in their division. But there's nothing fluky about what's going on with the Rays. As usual, […]
Most of the Jaguars fans' attention is focused on the 1st round of the NFL draft. It's the same throughout the league. But the difference between winning and losing, between remaining in the upper half of the league, is determined how teams do later in the draft, down to the 7th round. WR Jimmy Smith, MLB Mike Peterson, C Brad Meester, RB Maurice Jones-Drew and CB Rashean Mathis […]
Neither Mel Kiper nor Todd McShay of ESPN nor Pete Prisco of CBS Sports nor any of the other NFL draft experts really know what's going to happen in this week's three-day draft that starts Thursday. The same is true for all of the NFL insiders. I'm not criticizing these people. They work year-round watching players, studying film, and developing contacts. They just have an impossible job. What […]
It's difficult to know when the switch was flipped, but everything the NFL touches turns to gold. Forget the actual season for a moment and consider these things: In late February, with the NBA, NHL, NASCAR, PGA Tour, and college basketball seasons underway, the NFL Scouting Combine often tops sports reports; The sports news in the months of March and April is loaded with draft talk, and […]
Catching up on college football now that the spring games are over at FSU, Florida and Georgia: Quarterbacks are usually the main topic in the spring, and this year is no different. Good news at FSU and Georgia. Bad news at Florida. Jordan Travis' return for the Seminoles should be classified as great news. He emerged last year as an all-star worthy signal-caller and should fill his trophy […]
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