It seems Tim Tebow garners the entire craze these days. When every play you run in OTAs gets publicly tweeted and several people are following, you know that you have officially arrived. Why all the love for a backup quarterback? Why all the hype over a quarterback that really hasn’t done anything of significance to warrant the attention he’s getting just yet? Is it because he brought his team back to win a football game or two? Honestly, he’s...

By Matt Whitener / @cheapseatfan Time to say something rare, something that’s only been said six times in his last 46 games: Justin Verlander lost yesterday. Granted, he only gave up two runs in eight innings and only got one run of support to work with, but it is what it is. The thing is though, that’s often more than enough for him. See, the Detroit Tigers defending Cy Young winner is basically becoming a solid bet to make the impossible...

Well, that was fun. A few elbows here, a few slaps on the mouth there, and the resurgent duo of LeBron James and Dwyane Wade later, the Miami Heat rolled off three straight wins to finish off the Indiana Pacers in the Eastern Conference Semifinals. Give Miami a ton of credit; many thought when Indy had them down two games to one that the Heat would fold like lawn chairs at a cookout. So now we’re at a crossroads. Everyone believes that Boston’s...

During the 1991 Eastern Conference Finals, soon-to-be New York Knicks head coach Pat Riley sat down with Michael Jordan for what resulted in one of the most revealing interviews of His Airness’ career. Think of your hero. It could be your parents, grandparents, siblings, friends or whoever. It could be an athlete. It could be an entertainer. It doesn’t matter. We love heroes because we remember them at their strongest. They fit the mold...

I have a rule about writing an obituary on someone getting destroyed into oblivion, getting sonned by a superhuman feat, getting dunked on with no regard for human life, or any other form of egregious embarrassment. To that degree, I was working my usual 9 o’clock shift on The Unsportsmanlike Conduct Show, and I missed when Paul Pierce got YULEEEEEEEE’d on by Andre Iguodala in Game Six of the Eastern Conference Semifinals. The texts...

When the Miami Heat faced the New York Knicks in the first round of the NBA playoffs, the broadcasts wouldn’t go five minutes without some allusion to the league’s last great rivalry. From 1997-2000, these franchises took part in basketball that was absolutely ugly, yet sublimely beautiful. If you watched basketball with the strong belief in defensive tenet of “no layups,” then Patrick Ewing, Charles Oakley, Alonzo Mourning and P.J. Brown...

On this edition of #theUCShow, the phone lines ring off the hook as Bryan Crawford and Danielle first share views on the demise of the Los Angeles Lakers and Kobe Bryant. Soon after, Cuffs The Legend came on to share some insight, and he also touches on the impact of Allen Iverson, which has everyone on the phone taking trips down memory lane. Per usual, we also got wisdom from The Great Myles Brown and concluded the show with a call from none other...

Here are your dope kicks for the summer, courtesy of Converse’s Jack Purcell brand and Undefeated. Boasting a white, black and a limited-edition red version, Converse First String will serve as a limited-edition summertime Jack Purcell collection for fans of the brands along with casual shoes for lounging at a cookout or for that late night drink with the crew.  The following are words by a suit from Converse. “We are excited to collaborate...

Martin Brodeur has tortured a lot of opposing fan bases in his 20-year NHL career, and at the very top of the list are Philadelphia Flyers fans. I’ve watched Brodeur be dominant for so long, while my own franchise has struggled to find a man to stop the puck. It’s been amazing and incredibly frustrating to watch all these years. So frustrating that I regularly ask myself, “When the hell is Martin Brodeur going to retire?” Year...

Disappointment set in once it became clear that conference realignment had trickled down to the little ol’ Colonial Athletic Association. The Colonial, or CAA as it’s most commonly known, has always been a beacon of Virginia’s mid-major schools. At one point, six of the fine institutions in the Commonwealth were members. In 2001, the University of Richmond left for the Atlantic 10. The Spiders’ city-mate, Virginia Commonwealth,...