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Author: Eddie Maisonet, III

Eddie Maisonet is the founder and editor emeritus of The Sports Fan Journal. Currently, he serves as an associate editor for ESPN.com. He is an unabashed Russell Westbrook and Barry Switzer apologist, owns over 100 fitteds and snapbacks, and lives by Reggie Jackson’s famous quote, “I am the straw that stirs the drink.”

Listen To This: Rick Ross Feat. Jay Z- The Devil Is A Lie

Eddie Maisonet, III December 19, 2013 No Comments

Social media is great. I was in the middle of working in my usual spreadsheets and sipping on coffee on a typical Thursday morning when I saw this tweet scroll…

Listen To This: Rick Ross Feat. Jay Z- The Devil Is A Lie

Starting Lineups: Why Jamaal Charles Is The Devil, Or, Why Jamaal Charles Is The Greatest Man Ever

Eddie Maisonet, III December 16, 2013 No Comments

Sometimes, even the National Football League can't keep my eyes open. I'd had a long Saturday and I woke up relatively early on Sunday because business needed to be handled.…

Starting Lineups: Why Jamaal Charles Is The Devil, Or, Why Jamaal Charles Is The Greatest Man Ever

Because You Need This Mitchell & Ness Chicago Bulls ‘Champions’ Collection In Your Life

Eddie Maisonet, III December 13, 2013 No Comments

I am not a Chicago Bulls fan. I feel like I should get that out the way first. Not because it really matters, but when you tell people that you…

Because You Need This Mitchell & Ness Chicago Bulls ‘Champions’ Collection In Your Life

Starting Lineups: Mike Gundy, John Cooper And Continually Failing To Beat Your Rival

Eddie Maisonet, III December 9, 2013 No Comments

The Oklahoma Sooners and the Oklahoma State Cowboys engaged in the annual collegiate state championship on Saturday morning, also known as Bedlam. Blake Bell, the third QB off the bench…

Starting Lineups: Mike Gundy, John Cooper And Continually Failing To Beat Your Rival

Starting Lineups: Nike Unveils Their NikeID Player Edition Program

Eddie Maisonet, III December 4, 2013 No Comments

I had a debate with one of my friends who is a bonafide sneakerhead a few weeks ago. I debated that Ray Allen had arguably the best shoe deal of…

Starting Lineups: Nike Unveils Their NikeID Player Edition Program

Starting Lineups: Can Someone Tell The Jacksonville Jaguars To Stop Winning, Please?

Eddie Maisonet, III December 2, 2013 No Comments

I had just finished enjoying my last sip of  coffee and a smirk had crept onto my 5 o'clock shadow face. It was Sunday afternoon at my Uncle's house and…

Starting Lineups: Can Someone Tell The Jacksonville Jaguars To Stop Winning, Please?

20 Years Later: We Remember Leon Lett's Thanksgiving Giveaway Versus Miami

Eddie Maisonet, III November 27, 2013 No Comments

Thanksgiving is a time when friends and family come together, take part in the sacrificing of a wild bird and have fellowship around the glowing shrine that is a big…

20 Years Later: We Remember Leon Lett's Thanksgiving Giveaway Versus Miami

Derrick Williams Got Traded Today, So Let's Reminisce Back To When He Single-Handedly Destroyed Duke

Eddie Maisonet, III November 26, 2013 No Comments

A trade was made between two middling teams in the NBA's Western Conference that might not raise a blip on basketball fan's radar. The Minnesota Timberwolves will send the 2011…

Derrick Williams Got Traded Today, So Let's Reminisce Back To When He Single-Handedly Destroyed Duke

Starting Lineups: Derrick Rose's Season Is Now Officially Over, Now What?

Eddie Maisonet, III November 25, 2013 No Comments

In the news that made all basketball fans cringe, Derrick Rose has undergone his second knee surgery in 18 months on Monday after tearing the medial meniscus in his right knee on…

Starting Lineups: Derrick Rose's Season Is Now Officially Over, Now What?

Making Sense Of The Prince Fielder And Ian Kinsler Trade

Eddie Maisonet, III November 21, 2013 No Comments

While the sports world was busy dealing with the aftermath of the Marcus Smart Experience vs. Memphis and the pending news of Jameis Winston's DNA being found in a woman's…

Making Sense Of The Prince Fielder And Ian Kinsler Trade

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Eddie Maisonet, III


Eddie Maisonet is the founder and editor emeritus of The Sports Fan Journal. Currently, he serves as an associate editor for ESPN.com. He is an unabashed Russell Westbrook and Barry Switzer apologist, owns over 100 fitteds and snapbacks, and lives by Reggie Jackson’s famous quote, “I am the straw that stirs the drink.”


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The Sportsfan Journal Staff September 3, 2020 No Comments

By Piper Westrom (@plwestrom) & Adam Cribbs (@a_cribbs23) With virtually every professional sport in America back up and running, as well as football looming on the horizon, it’s been no…

TSFJ NBA Re-Draft: The Class of 2008

The Sportsfan Journal Staff August 25, 2020 No Comments

Revisionist history is something that permeates throughout sports. "What could have been" resonates when another scenario could have been better than the chosen reality. This is especially true years after…

Meet The LA Galaxy's Rising Star, Diedie Traore

The Sportsfan Journal Staff August 24, 2020 No Comments

Every January, the LA Galaxy staff host an event providing an opportunity for undiscovered players to demonstrate their skills. In 2018, it netted some real-time results. Diedie Traore is the…

'Chasing Indiana's Game: The Hoosier Hardwood Project' Is A Journey Into Indiana's Rich Basketball Culture

The Sportsfan Journal Staff August 19, 2020 No Comments

'Chasing Indiana's Game: The Hoosier Hardwood Project' Is A Journey Into Indiana's Rich Basketball CultureBefore the game of basketball evolved into today's dynamic game with position-less players, deep threes from…

TSFJ NBA Re-Draft: The Class of 2006

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Ed The Sports Fan

Larry Johnson Reflects on Becoming 'Grandmama', Converse Kicks And Winning Titles In Las Vegas

The Sportsfan Journal Staff May 28, 2020 No Comments

Growing up as a kid, Larry Johnson was one of the coolest people on the planet. In my pee-brain mind, there was nothing like Larry Johnson. NCAA champion on the…

The Day Michael Jordan Got Put On A Poster

Eddie Maisonet, III April 11, 2020 No Comments

If you play the game of basketball long enough, you'll inevitably be put into a conundrum while playing defense under the rim. You could get dunked on at any moment.…

Thierry Henry Made Me Fall In Love With Soccer

Eddie Maisonet, III March 11, 2020 No Comments

It's the dirty little secret that really isn't a secret at all. I love soccer. While some of you are sitting there saying, "Tell us something we don't know, Ed.…

15 Takeaways From The Oral History Of 'Love & Basketball'

Eddie Maisonet, III February 17, 2020 No Comments

In my opinion, Love & Basketball is one of the few films in the world that both men and women will have no issue sitting down and watching. Although the…

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Remembering The Peter Warrick Experience, 20 Years Later

Eddie Maisonet, III July 29, 2019 No Comments

When Notre Dame and Florida State, two of college football's blue bloods, did battle back in 1993, I wasn't old enough (or aware enough) to appreciate it. See, I didn't…

A Sports Scribe

Speaking Up About Our Pain - Again

The Sportsfan Journal Staff June 3, 2020 No Comments

A few years ago in this very space here at TSFJ, we mourned about a country reminding us of its preferred citizen hierarchy in violent ways. Professional and amateur athletes…

Youngest In Charge: Kyrie's Kingdom

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The Sports Fan's 3-Point Guide To The NBA All-Star Snub Argument

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NFL First Quarter Report Card: Who’s Hot And Who’s Not

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100 Miles And Running: 5 Things I Learned When I Started Running

Eddie Maisonet, III April 29, 2016 11 Comments

The 5 Coolest Of 2012: #3 - LeBron James

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