NCAA college basketball teams began practicing in preparation for the upcoming 2017-18 season on September 29th, which makes this the right time for another trivia quiz designed to test your college basketball acumen, this one with an emphasis on the 2016-17 Division 1 season. We always try to give the … Read more
Before home game blackout rules were lifted and cable packages eventually gave unlimited access to every game, basketball junkies were at the mercy of their local television station’s schedule of broadcast games (or their television’s ability to get a decent reception) to see their favorite team play or, if they … Read more
The Golden State Warriors already enjoy one of the best home-court advantages in the league, and with their recent title runs, they now often get to enjoy some home cooking while on the road as well. In general, during the NBA’s regular season the league’s best teams often enjoy a … Read more
Congratulations, NBA fans! You’ve survived yet another summer of social media rants, players grumbling about ESPN rankings and video game ratings and mostly unfounded trade rumors, and are now ready for the 2017-18 training camps certain to be accompanied by social media rants, players grumbling about ESPN rankings and video … Read more
We know all about the college basketball powerhouses like Duke, Kentucky, Kansas, North Carolina, etc., the NCAA Division 1 schools we’ve been watching on television and hearing about for years, along with the dozens of NBA players who once wore those school’s colors, but there are hundreds of other schools in … Read more
The National Basketball Association’s 2017-18 season must be drawing near. It must be September and the rosters must be nearly set. There’s simply not much newsworthy going on, not even trade rumors. To save the day, for the seventh straight year, ESPN’s NBA Player Rankings from 1-100 is once again … Read more
The football season is in full swing at all levels. If one could not locate a football game on television this weekend – live or otherwise – they simply weren’t trying. On the college level, there were actually some compelling contests amidst all the 55-3 coffer-filling mismatches, but for some … Read more
So far we’ve taken the basketball commentary back to the 1970’s and kept one eye on current events, so it’s only fair that we take a peek into the future for professional and college hoops, featuring an arbitrarily selected year of 2040 – 23 years ahead. Considering how much the … Read more
Here’s a quiz to test your knowledge of NBA player movement during the Summer of 2017. There was a flurry of activity in early July, then things slowed down considerably. Still, some of the league’s top players will have new addresses for the 2017-18 NBA season while others are still … Read more
There are certainly no Raptors in Toronto, hopefully there are no Bulls in Chicago, and a drive through New York City’s largest borough will reveal very few outdoor basketball hoops in Brooklyn with Nets on them. So while there is no rule stating that professional sports franchises must have a … Read more
