Summer survival guide
A few weeks ago, I partook in one of my annual summer rituals when I signed on to ESPN.com to try my hand at a fantasy football mock draft. Read More…
Small-market supremacy: long live the Sacramento Kings
For more than two years, basketball has been missing from my life. I mean, it’s not like it went anywhere. It’s not like I couldn’t turn on the TV right now and watch the NBA Playoffs. But for more than two years, I haven’t been able to enjoy basketball. That’s Read More…
Mike’s Musings: Sorry, Kings — it’s time for the Sonics to return
Dear Mayor Kevin Johnson, I feel your pain. It sucks to see the Sacramento Kings, an enterprise on which your entire city stakes its identity, a team with countless playoff runs as well as memories and heartbreaks, and thousands of diehards as devoted as any other franchise, this institution you’ve Read More…
Slam junk
This year's NBA Slam Dunk Contest failed to impress or inspire
The defining moment in Saturday night’s slam dunk contest was when Philadelphia’s Andre Iguodala, not only a preeminent defender but also one of the game’s most acrobatic dunkers, folded over his “10” placard to award Jeremy Evans, a rail-thin forward from southeastern Arkansas, a “0″ for his effort. Evans’ dunk, Read More…
Linsanity has reignited NBA linterest for fans
As if an already over-saturated story needs another loony putting his opinion in print, I am indeed writing about the savior of the NBA: Jeremy Lin. Media members and bloggers have already covered how Linsane and Lincredible this story is (OK, I know that was bad, but it had to Read More…
Adonal Foyle visits Cal, talks politics
It’s always a little entertaining to see a professional athlete get passionate about something other than sports. For the eccentrics such as Ron Artest, there’s always an off-hand name change or a Dancing with the Stars cameo to spice life up. For Adonal Foyle, it’s the possibility of a clean Read More…
Athletes can help strike out bigotry
There’s a major problem in sports. It’s not steroids; it’s not cheating. Not the NBA lockout or the BCS. A couple weeks ago, Eagles wide receiver DeSean Jackson went on a radio show and called someone a word that no one, in polite company or otherwise, should ever utter. The Read More…