Sometimes, it’s hard to tell when fandom started and where naivety ended. Sometimes, it comes back like yesterday. The smell of the bar where you watched a game that converted…
The Manifesto Of An Out Of Town Sports Fan
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The Case That Nearly Killed Kobe’s Career, A Decade Later
In July 2013, the most important items on Kobe Bryant's "to-do" list are fully recovering from a season-ending Achilles heel injury and ensuring Dwight Howard returns to Los Angeles next…
The Case That Nearly Killed Kobe’s Career, A Decade LaterIf 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?
Belichick And Tebow: A Match Made In Heaven And Hell
It had to end like this. There was no other way. Somewhere in the sports history books, there would be a footnote about Tim Tebow on the Patriots. It seemed…
Belichick And Tebow: A Match Made In Heaven And Hell
Sports Guy, Where Art Thou?
Call it personal preference. Maybe it’s inability to embrace the mainstream. It could be disappointment or fatigue. Regardless of reason, what Bill Simmons became seems wrong. Make it clear from…
Sports Guy, Where Art Thou?Why No One Will Ever Live Up To Michael Jordan
As a teenager, my brother got us tickets to a Washington Wizards game. The only memory that remains is of a player at the free throw line wearing a tucked-in…
Why No One Will Ever Live Up To Michael JordanSports Are The Ultimate Friendship Finders
A close friend lives in Oklahoma. He works in Oklahoma City. My Gmail account sent him an email recapping a conversation about the NCAA tournament. It sent before a deadly…
Sports Are The Ultimate Friendship Finders
The Thrill Of Victory, The Agony Of Defeat And The Sanctity Of Game 7
On April 24, 2011 – my 24th birthday – the Philadelphia Flyers gave me a gift. A 5-4 win over Buffalo sent the teams’ first-round playoff series to a seventh…
The Thrill Of Victory, The Agony Of Defeat And The Sanctity Of Game 7
The Memphis Grizzlies Offer Salvation To Old NBA Fans
If you've ever encountered the species of former NBA fan-turned-anti-NBA viewer, you've grown familiar with their excuses. Once Michael Jordan left the NBA, many people shut the league out. Maybe…
The Memphis Grizzlies Offer Salvation To Old NBA Fans
Jason Collins, Personal Opinions And The Pursuit Of Happiness
Whether or not you like it, Jason Collins is gay. There’s no debating that fact. We don’t know if his courage will inspire others. But, no matter what happens in…
Jason Collins, Personal Opinions And The Pursuit Of Happiness
