Shortly after the Covid-19 virus shut everything down back in March, every interrupted professional sports league went public with plans to re-open. Some ideas were more ambitious than others, but every idea was based on uncertainties. We still don’t know where this pandemic will take us or how long it … Read more
The challenges of the last couple of months have sent many a sports enthusiast on a hunt for the opportunity to relive some of the happier moments provided by their favorite teams, particularly in the absence of live sports programming. Fans of the NBA’s New York Knickerbockers already knew of … Read more
For many sports fans, the 2020 NFL Draft is providing a much-needed diversion during the ongoing global pandemic. For most major sports, draft day has become a much-anticipated event made for both television and live viewing. Watching how this year’s version of the NFL Draft has had to deviate from … Read more
The National Basketball Association has resumed play after its annual week-long All-Star Break. Each year from mid-February through early April we see the basketball focus shift away from the NBA to high school and college single-elimination tournaments. Players at those levels leave their skin on the court knowing the game … Read more
Over the past several weeks I’ve been observing many high school basketball contests online, featuring games played on the East Coast, the West Coast and points in between. It has actually been an amazing journey through different states and cities, as well as the various gymnasiums old and new, with … Read more
For each of the National Basketball Association’s 30 teams, the one-third mark of the regular season comes with eight minutes left in the second quarter of the 27th game. With each NBA team either having reached that point or slated to this week for the 2019-20 season, now’s a good … Read more
By the time we reach a certain age, most of us have either experienced a back ailment of some kind, or know someone who has. In many cases the onset of back issues are just a matter of circumstance, while other injuries are the result of our own missteps. The … Read more
In this space we’ve talked about the college basketball blowout. There’s no real numeric threshold for determining when a game between two schools becomes a waste of time for both, but there are no on-court gains when one team defeats another by 94 points. No one wins those games. Not … Read more
Over the past several years there has been much discussion about the way the game of basketball has changed when compared to, say, a decade ago. Fans of the sport have witnessed the rise in importance of the area of the court outside the three-point arc and reduced action closer … Read more
Yes, the New York Knicks and the Brooklyn Nets collided at the sold-out Barclays Center in the 2019-20 NBA season’s second contest for both teams, both teams were cheered and both teams were booed, the fans in the building were split in their allegiances and traded taunts, and the players … Read more
