In my almost 29 years of existing on this earth, no matter what the socioeconomic conditions may be, there’s always one guy in the crew who is just “that guy.” You see, “that guy” is the person that may or may not be a good dude, he may be extremely smart or as dumb as the coffee cup holding my caramel macchiato. None of the descriptions of the person really matter, except for one. No matter what that person has come...

Well, it’s finally here, that part of the summer where the major team sports world is a one-trick pony. It’s the heart of the summer, also known as BASEBALL-ONLY SEASON. The NBA has drafted and Hard Knocks is months off. Now I am not naïve in the slightest, for I know that stretch of the year seems like Death Valley for a lot of sports fans. The NBA and NFL are big business/high interest. Life without them seems unbearable for some, and Sportscenter...

When you think of a franchise player, you think of an athlete who is not simply the best player on his team, but a player that the team can build its “franchise” around for the foreseeable future. The misunderstanding that a franchise player is only “the best player on a team” disregards the fact that an inordinately bad team will undoubtedly still employ a player with superior skills, relative to his team. There seems to...

The 2012 NBA Draft officially came and went. Teams like New Orleans, Sacramento and Houston came up immensely in the draft. Other teams like Cleveland and Toronto left us scratching our heads per usual. Players like Jared Sullinger, Perry Jones and Draymond Green fell down the draft board – players who were once revered were now draft casualties. Of course, one of the interesting subplots of the NBA Draft is always the suit game. In our childhood,...

By Dr. Jeff A. Glenn / @jagadelic The celebrating has begun. College football appears certain to institute a four-team playoff and add a Championship Game starting in 2014. The fans are making a joyful noise. The university presidents and AD’s are delighted. ESPN is delirious. Jerry Jones, who everyone expects to win the bidding for the first Championship Game, is doing backflips. Just one thing, did college football fans forget about the players? Another...

It’s virtually impossible finding worthwhile pictures of fantasy football online. The only thing worse I’d imagine is Google’ing “air.”  There’s rules to everything in life. Relationships. The workplace. Ten crack commandments. Prison. Spades. Hell, even sex. On the flip side, these same rules are broken every day, making for this strange form of normalcy we’re used to in life. Another facet of how the Earth...

It’s been over a week since the Miami Heat won the NBA title, yet it’s hard to be sure if the vitriol towards the franchise or LeBron James has abated or not. If you caught the post-championship appearance on “Late Night” where the three-time MVP was given a standing ovation from the crowd, you’d probably have a little more hope for humanity after all. Or, you probably seethe even more at the mere mention of his name than eight nights ago,...

On this edition of The UC Show, Justin Tinsley’s long-awaited celebration came to life for LeBron James and the Miami Heat. The man was as joyous as anyone associated with the show could be, and that was due to the Heat winning the NBA Championship one week ago. We had Cuffs the Legend join us, and he gave us his experiences being down in South Beach to witness The Coronation, as well as the parade and other celebrations taking place in Miami. Bryan...

Baron Davis really is that dude. The current (former?) New York Knicks point guard is standing up for New York City’s Department of Transportation and encouraging the locals to be “Heads Up” when traversing Gotham City. Yes, if anyone can prevent folks from walking like zombies with their headphones on, driving into a crosswalk full of pedestrians and generally obeying the rules of the road, it would be the bearded based God Baron...

If the echoes that came my way from the first half of this article mean anything, then the outcry over the second half of my countdown of the 30 best fitteds in baseball should be deafening. But that’s all good, the spirit of a lot more than just the game is tied up in the headwear it puts out. This is the soul of cities, of lifelong allegiances we’re talking about here. It’s only right it goes to the heart. In this second-half finale to the...