UPDATE, 08-19-08: Rumor has it they’re going with Thunder. While it’s not the worst name in the world, it’s certainly not as cool as Outlaws. When I hear “thunder” I immediately think of “thunder thighs”—and that’s not a good thing.
A while back, I made a post about the design contest over at Uni Watch to [...]
In case you haven’t heard yet, after 41 years, the Seattle SuperSonics’ basketball franchise has up and moved to Oklahoma City, the city that recently housed the Hornets for a year due to Katrina.
I’m not particularly concerned with this in either direction; here are my thoughts off the top of my head: The Sonics have [...]
I feel like earlier in the weeks, I said Celtics in 6. Check it out. It’s in bold on that post. I’m sorry the Eastern Conference took it (especially since one of their playoff teams barely scraped in over .500), but I would really like to slam a pie in the face of Stephen A. [...]
So last summer my buddy Justin and I were floating around in his pool on a Pool Day and, he being from Colorado, was/is a huge Denver Broncos fan. We had spent a good part of the day talking crap to each other about the fantasy football draft (which we performed at said pool as [...]
Sports Illustrated has released the Top 50 American citizen athletes who made the most money the past year. (This means people like Yao Ming and Manu Ginobili and Tony Parker are out.) I was listening to the radio when the guys (John and Lance, Sean and John—geniuses) over at 1560 The Game got a hold [...]
I came across a story from Uni Watch about how the “WNBA was becoming the McNBA”, in their words. That’s all it pretty much said, so I went to check it out because I thought there’s no way they’re going to change the name of the league—especially to that. I was right; it turns out [...]
For a long time I’ve been convinced that Nike comes up—and, in some ways, defines—the sports apparel world. Just look at the Oregon Ducks, a Nike test school. They always get the best uniforms, even though some would highly disagree with me (it’s the second paragraph in the entry).
Either way, when Nike wanted to brand [...]
CBS showed the pre-game pep talk from George Mason coach Jim Larranaga (who happens to have a real hard time not showing his top row of teeth) right before they went up against Notre Dame in the first round of the NCAA tournament. While it didn’t help (Mason lost 68-50), the team was wearing their [...]
On the subject of Philadelphia, I’ve also always loved the 76ers. It’s kinda like by default, since I was born there. It also has a lot to do with how awesome their old school jerseys are.
And for anyone that knows anything about Phila, Allen Iverson—basketball god— used to play for them before he got traded [...]
I don’t have an entirely good reason to like Temple, but they are located in Philadelphia (where I was born) and that kind of started it. But I do love them for one more very specific reason: When I was just getting into college basketball, they had the sweetest home court flooring. Temple University’s mascot [...]