Over the past few weeks the NBA has seen a surge in intentional fouls on poor free-throw shooters, particularly the Clippers’ DeAndre Jordan and Rocket’s Josh Smith and Joey Dorsey. In the last couple of seasons, the league has also seen players such as Dwight Howard, Andre Drummond, Omer…
It seems the NFL may have finally begun to fix one of its biggest problems- the growing number of head injuries, especially concussions, occurring in the league. The NFL stated that the rate of concussions fell 25 percent during the 2014 season, and 36 percent over the last…
The NBA Playoffs are upon us, and over the next two months we will see 16 teams all vying for the title. It is my personal belief that, as I’ve stated here: http://toplevelsports.blogspot.com/2014/10/ranking-playoff-formats-of-big-5-sports.html, the NBA has the best playoffs out of every major team sport in the USA. I’m…
*This is a research paper done for my English class, debating the pros and cons of giving college athletes compensation for their hard work from a neutral perspective. There are more than 460,000 NCAA student-athletes in the United States, and their games are watched and loved by millions. However, while…