Walking into a new sports arena is always a bit of a goosebumps moment. While I’d technically been to Oracle Arena before via the corporate squares suite about a month prior, actually sitting with the people (okay, media section … let me live) is a different experience altogether. You see,...

The last time a grassroots movement was launched through a TSFJ channel, it was in 2010 when I proclaimed that Michael Vick should be the 2010 NFL Most Valuable Player. The award ended up going to Sir Thomas Brady, with Vick coming in second and earning the NFL Comeback Player of the Year Award. So...

Once again, our old friend has come to join us. He came to ruin the once-sacred. His delight increases with each waking hour. The crooked grin he wears shows how much he cares. With both feet in the pool of athletics, he earmarked and curtailed. His proficiency remains clear to the observer. The bottom...

You all like lists, right? Well, try to make these lists: top five shooting guards NOT named Kobe Bryant or Dwyane Wade in the NBA today and future Hall of Fame shooting guards NOT named Kobe Bryant, Dwyane Wade or Ray Allen since 2000. Shockingly shorter lists than you imagined, right? It was once...

You remember back in high school when there was always that one kid who was cool with a lot of people? Everyone knew not to mess with him though because, for whatever reason, he just had “don’t fuck with me” written on his forehead. The entire school knew it without even saying a...

There is a poignant moment in “Field of Dreams” when Ray Liotta’s Shoeless Joe Jackson laments his role in the “Black Sox Scandal.” Upon issuing a soliloquy on his love of the game — “the sounds, the smells” — Shoeless Joe ruefully proclaims, “I’d play for nothing.” This...

We here at The Sports Fan Journal have spent a lot of time debating who the best point guard in the NBA is. Anymore, if you don’t have a legitimate man running the point, your squad is already doomed. The NBA has become a point guard league. With that, I thought it would be prudent to look at...

By Brandon Caldwell / @_brandoc Ed’s Note: The internet is a beautiful thing. One of the good guys out here on the net is Brandon Caldwell of the Houston-based music and culture blog Day and a Dream, a site I peruse on a daily basis. The H-Town native has been in my doghouse ever since James Harden...

Ed’s Note: This is an evolution of the Starting Lineups. The feeling here is, “less is more.” Plus, you deserve quality reading in your life. So support good words and get a good read in the process.  The Basketball Jones’ Seth Rosenthal on Jay-Z, LeBron and D-Wade Possibly...

Monday morning, the Los Angeles Lakers shied away from 11-time world champion Phil Jackson and plucked Mike D’Antoni to be their next coach. Um, what? Darius Soriano of, ‘Forum Blue and Gold,’ gave his reaction last night. My initial take is twofold: first, I’m a bit disappointed...

By Alex Wong / @steven_lebron I’m not sure if anyone’s ever seen this TV ad for The Mob Doctor. At the 22-second mark, the main character gets handed a note that says “KILL HIM.” This is kind of how I imagine things ended for Mike Brown this week: Kobe handing a note to Jim Buss with the words...

Inside The NBA has become a permanent staple in my NBA television viewing experience. No matter if its a 30-point blowout or a triple-overtime thriller, even if I got to get up early the next morning I’m watching the best post-game show in sports history. Period. For the last 13 years, the combination...