As usual, we reach the end of another interesting season with the same reaction: thank god it is finally over, now let’s get to main event already! At the outset, the 2013-14 season finds us, for the first time in…
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Knicks-Hawks and The Worst Eight Seeds Ever
With only a few games to go, the East is staging its usual crapfest for the eight seed. The Knicks appear to be surging (relatively speaking), while the Hawks, who were once 25-21, have gone 7-21 since that point. This…
Too Much Hubris for Action Jackson?
The Golden State Warriors are an interesting mix. They have the enthusiastic new ownership of Joe Lacob, an ambitious coach Mark Jackson, and some pretty good young talent in Stephen Curry. The Lacob/Jackson dynamic is particularly interesting because Lacob expects…
Q&A With Jeff Pearlman on Showtime
Jeff Pearlman is a bestselling author and former Sports Illustrated writer. He has written fascinating books on Barry Bonds, Walter Payton, the 1986 Mets, Roger Clemens and the 1990s Dallas Cowboys and also has a fun blog, Jeffpearlman.com, where he…
A Look At Tanking
Down the stretch of the NBA season it seems that the issue on everyone’s mind is tanking. The assumption is that Philadelphia purposely dumped its best players and is trying to lose to accrue ping pong balls for the lottery. …