To celebrate the 20th anniversary of Major League Soccer, ESPN gave an anonymous poll to 61 current players in the league asking them various questions about the structure and state of the league. Since this is a great chance to understand the players’ on many important issues in…
In math, there is something called the transitive property. Essentially, it means that if a and b have a relationship, and b and c share that relationship, than so will a and c. It sounds complicated, but it’s really not. For example, if 3 is greater than 2,…
One year ago today, I finally decided to take to the blogosphere to share my insight and beliefs on the world of sports. It was a big change in the sense that for the first time ever anyone who wanted to could look at my take on sports…
If I had to pick one idea in sports that I hate above all others, it very well might be tanking. For the uninformed, tanking is when a sports team intentionally loses games, usually in an effort to receive a higher pick in the upcoming draft, but also…
*Gripes with Sports Fans is a new weekly series where I discuss some of my biggest problems and pet peeves with sports fans, and attempt to explain why these issues are unreasonable or unacceptable. In game 4 of the NBA’s Western Conference Finals on May 25, Warriors…
On April 30, 2015, the Oklahoma City Thunder hired former Florida head coach Billy Donovan to replace Scott Brooks, who was surprisingly fired after what was by any measure an impressive seven-year stint with the team, including a .620 winning percentage, five playoffs appearances and an unsuccessful trip…
Today EA Sports revealed the four finalists to become the Madden 16 Cover Athlete. They are the Patriots’ Rob Gronkowski, Steelers’ Antonio Brown, Giants’ Odell Beckham Jr., and Cardinals’ Patrick Peterson. So how do I feel about the choices made, and who do I believe will win the…
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…