The big news of the week in the industry (whether it was the NBA or journalism) was the Memphis Grizzlies’ hiring of John Hollinger from ESPN.com as their new vice president of basketball operations. He has already made a promise to check out the quality of the concession stand hot dogs as a personal favor. [Read more…]
Shot selection. Every coach wants his players to use sound judgment to take good shots throughout the course of a 40-minute college game. If only it were so simple for freshmen. [Read more…]
David Stern is disingenuous. How’s that for one of those million-dollar words that the NBA commissioner loves to use when talking to the hoi polloi about basketball? In slapping the San Antonio Spurs with a $250,000 fine for resting their trio of stars in a nationally televised game, Stern said in his customary, quite lawyerly fashion, “The result here is dictated by the totality of the facts in this case.” [Read more…]
News broke early Saturday morning of a terrible tragedy that rocked the NFL’s Kansas City Chiefs. 25 year-old linebacker Jovan Belcher killed his girlfriend at their home before taking his own life at the Chiefs practice facility in front of his head coach, Romeo Crennel, and general manager, Scott Pioli. [Read more…]
Everybody who follows and watches the NBA on a regular basis knows that TNT has a superior halftime show and post-game show than ESPN. Now the folks at ESPN have come right out and admitted it. During a conference call today to introduce Bill Simmons and Jalen Rose as two of the the new co-hosts for ESPN’s Wednesday and Friday doubleheader studio shows, the two spent about as much time discussing Turner Sports’ superiority as they did discussing anything else. Here are some
By now you have probably heard that Stan Van Gundy will NOT be joining ESPN as a studio analyst, and Stan is NOT happy about the lack of an explanation. Now, the news is out about who will fill the chair that would have been Stan’s. From Jason McIntyre of The Big Lead.com: “Jalen Rose, whose star continues to rise at ESPN, has just been selected as the 4th member of ESPN’s “NBA Countdown,” sources tell me. The deal, which came together
Even for hoops addicts, watching NBA preseason games presents a challenge. The baseball playoffs are under way, the college football and NFL seasons are in full swing, and there is this small matter of a presidential election. There is no subscription package for the preseason. League Pass takes a pass until the regular season starts later this month. So the only way you can watch games right now is on NBA TV, which isn’t part of the basic package of a number
