If you’ve ever encountered the species of former NBA fan-turned-anti-NBA viewer, you’ve grown familiar with their excuses. Once Michael Jordan left the NBA, many people shut the league out. Maybe Allen Iverson’s tattoos pushed them away. It may have been the game’s tick-tack foul calls that sent them packing. If those things didn’t shut off the television, LeBron James’ televised decision probably did. One way...

Everyone is up in arms about Andrew Wiggins holding back on his decision on where he will play college basketball next season. The kid is really taking his time, and plenty of people are getting very frustrated about where the high school phenom will land. He has it narrowed down to about four schools, and they are all keeping an offer open because this kid could be the difference between a second- or third-place team and a national champion next...

“The Sandlot” is one of the greatest baseball movies of all time, and if you don’t agree, you can just stop reading this right now. I’m not even joking. Go away. If you’ve never seen “The Sandlot,” first off, shame on you. Secondly, where the hell have you been the past 20 years? Third, go watch it right this instance. It is a classic … a timeless classic at that. If you have seen it and don’t like it, there’s a better than excellent...

By Johnathan Tillman / @thetillshow (I began this immediately after Game 6.) I am a 49ers fan. I watched that team lose painfully in consecutive years, within reach of the Lombardi Trophy. I saw them lose and did not watch a sports broadcast for days. I say all that to say this: I have never felt like this. For the first time in at least five years, I am fully invested in the New York Knicks’ season. I placed expectations on them. Success was...

By Paul L. Navarro / @fightlikesugar Floyd Mayweather Jr. has often warned would-be challengers, “It’s different when you get in [the ring].” Mayweather’s critics, from pundits to those hoping to dethrone him, say that he’s slowed down, has started to fight flat-footed, and has spent more time in the pocket where he can be hit. They bring up statistics, like Mayweather’s modest KO percentage since stepping into the welterweight class....

Watching Nate Robinson play basketball is infectious, even if at times it feels like a train wreck ready to happen. When I watch Nate Rob hoop, I used to be compelled to make all the short man comparisons to his game with other diminutive hoopers like Spud Webb and Muggsy Bogues. However, now that I’m in seven seasons in with Nate, there’s only one person he reminds me of. The reigning Sixth Man of the Year, J.R. Smith. Yep, it’s...

In case you haven’t heard, J. Cole, aka “light-skinned Jermaine,” dropped off another EP last week titled “Truly Yours 2.” It’s the second version in this series, which finds Cole trying to re-establish himself with the listeners and ramp up new interest in his sophomore album, “Born Sinner.” Cole is infamous for his raps about Sallie Mae and student loans, but he’s also known for having a remarkable affinity to pen songs dealing...

On this recent edition of The UC Show, Ed leads off by going crazy on the newly-drafted quarterback of the New York Jets, Geno Smith. See, it’s one thing that Geno didn’t get drafted in the first round. Teams are going to do what’s in their best interest. It’s been like that since day one. However, for Geno to commit this abomination is something that none of the three amigos could let slide. All three of us went in, but Ed...

I don’t write about my favorite teams often. Reason being, sifting through my emotions when trying to process what’s happening to the players and teams that I really care about can be quite difficult, therefore I usually refrain from doing such things. However, what transpired in Oklahoma City at Chesapeake Energy Arena as the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Houston Rockets squared off in Game 5 of the first round in the Western Conference...

Geno Smith’s been all in the news today, as word has come out that the now rookie quarterback of the New York Jets has decided to leave his agency representation, Select Sports Group. The choice of Smith was made for a variety of reasons, including the fact that he felt he was sold a dream that he would be the No. 1 overall pick of the 2013 NFL Draft. Moreover, news from Smith’s camp has leaked that the former West Virginia signal caller...