"Upside/ Downside" is not a concept that I created, but I like using when it comes to addressing a multitude of questions and issues that have some correlation to each…
Upside/Downside: The 2013 NBA Finals
Author: The Sportsfan Journal Staff
Tension And Titles: How Game 7 Reminded Us Why Sports Matter
On January 30, 2000, the Tennessee Titans looked 10 yards ahead of them, envisioning Tiffany silver in the end zone sea of St. Louis Ram yellow and blue. What happened…
Tension And Titles: How Game 7 Reminded Us Why Sports Matter
Game Seven: F.E.A.R. (Face Everything And Rise)
Note: Acronym courtesy of thechosenjoshua on YouTube. About two-and-a-half weeks ago, I wrote about Game Seven and how this particular type of game can create a legend and solidify others.…
Game Seven: F.E.A.R. (Face Everything And Rise)
Podcast: Game Seven
On the most recent edition of The UC Show, the three amigos got right to the point. Shoot, why beat around the bush when every basketball fan knows what is…
Podcast: Game Seven
4 Things Boxing Can Learn From The UFC
UFC welterweight champ Georges St-Pierre (left) will be in his hometown on Dec. 11 to fight Josh Koscheck. â AFP/Getty Images files" /> This is not a story about the…
4 Things Boxing Can Learn From The UFC
It's Not Easy Being Danny Green
As you may have heard, San Antonio Spurs forward Danny Green has been going bonkers from beyond the arc during this postseason and especially in the NBA Finals against the…
It's Not Easy Being Danny Green
The NBA Finals, The Anti-Hero And The Generational War
Watching the NBA Finals annually now is as much an exercise in seeing the highest caliber basketball possible as it is watching a sociology experiment gone haywire. Since the Miami…
The NBA Finals, The Anti-Hero And The Generational War
Stanley Cup Finals: Dominant Bruins, Sluggish Ice Take Game 3
It was Socrates who said, “A wise man admits he knows nothing.” In accordance with the philosopher, the first two games of the Stanley Cup Final made a lot of…
Stanley Cup Finals: Dominant Bruins, Sluggish Ice Take Game 3If We Long For Greatness, Why Do We Root Against It?
Last week, I wrote an ad for a freelance sportswriter that included two simple questions. In order to write about sports, you must have a passion for them. The passion…
If We Long For Greatness, Why Do We Root Against It?
A Basketball Visit To North Korea
Last Friday's Vice on HBO episode was the much talked about visit by Dennis Rodman and three members of the Harlem Globetrotters to North Korea for an exhibition game of…
A Basketball Visit To North Korea
