It looked to me like Peppers was aware of the possibility of a block-in-the-back penalty and wanted to create some more space between Ogletree and the defender, so that he could occupy that space and block the guy legally. But he just shoved him to the ground instead lol

Frankly, I’m glad the big names (or, apparently, all the names) are saying no thank you. These tournaments are more fun when the USA isn’t a sure bet to steamroll its way through the field. I’m sure FIBA is ecstatic that in the first tournament branded as the “Basketball World Cup,” there is now a greater level of…

Yes! My friends are getting really annoyed with all of the random Oklahoma City facts I keep deploying in conversation

Joe Morgan is a dumb-dumb when it comes to sabermetrics but he was OK in the booth: Good-natured, extremely knowledgable about the mechanics of the game (especially hitting), and has a nice voice to listen to.

Yeah the lack of Tapper is a big oversight.

Saying that Barkley was never close to Zion’s athleticism isn’t meant as a knock against Barkley. Zion just makes some plays that blow my mind. Look at the dunk 10 seconds into the above video. He takes his last dribble behind the 3-point line and dunks. Barkley could never do that at any age. Even if he was two…

From what I’ve seen he plays more like LeBron — preferring to attack the basket like a guard. I never saw young Barkley play, but my understanding is that he preferred to play back to the basket like a traditional power forward. And obviously Zion has a better athlete than Barkley ever did. But they have similar…

In soccer, when advantage is played, and the attacking team manages a goal, they don’t get the benefit of the foul as well. I think the same rule could work in the NBA. Giving the scorer an and-1 opportunity on an advantage foul will only lead, as Albert notes, to harder, more dangerous fouls. Call the advantage and…

I would be curious to know how many of these youngsters got the idea for this look from Naruto, with all of its resplendent ninja headband fashions. Given that guys like Allen and Harrell would have been kids/tweens when Naruto first arrived on Cartoon Network, and we’ve seen football players celebrate touchdowns by…

But don’t we all feel like this wave of Sox prospects, at least so far, has been a bust? Moncada has been disappointing, Anderson needs to develop more plate discipline, Giolito is a flop, and Kopech is already hurt...some of their young starters look great but if I were a Sox fan I would struggle to register the same…

you’re underselling a few guys in the 2016 draft tho. Malik Beasley is starting on the team with the best record in the West, he will absolutely get a second contract. And Taurean Prince when healthy has been a solid contributor on bad Hawks teams. So all things considered I feel the two draft classes are fairly…

Seriously. People are acting like this is a Kyrie problem when he’s literally been dragging them to respectability all by himself.

Yeah seriously. Like I won’t blame Chris for not watching the Knicks, because those of us who follow this team night-to-night are clearly wrong in the head, but Frank has 100% earned those DNPs. And the hate for Hardaway and Dotson is weird, since them and Vonleh have been the only Knicks worth a damn on the court…

There were better Melo games from a volume standpoint, but I’m partial to Game 1 of the 2013 playoffs, just because of how big the moment was for Knicks fans, and how much it meant for us to actually root for a team that played like it belonged in the playoffs. My favorite part is when Melo delivers the coup de grace…

Not sure if anyone has replied to you about this, but you have some facts wrong about the match. When it was 4-3 Osaka was up a break and serving. That’s why, when Serena received her game penalty, she got the serve back (because Osaka’s service game was the one Serena received the penalty for). Then Serena won on her…

the thing is, Sanchez is not a complete liability behind the plate. He caught 38% of runners last year which is a pretty good percentage. It’s just that for some reason he can’t fucking catch the ball to save his life.

Severino and Sánchez seem like the logical pairing for a play-in game

way to put words in my mouth. when did i ever say i think tax money should go to stadium upkeep and construction? but guess what, if seattle or any other city doesn’t pay for a sports team, and that sports team leaves to go to a city that will, that fucking sucks for city number one and its fans. it’s almost like the…

...you know you’re commenting on a sports blog, right? Sports are very important to us here. If you don’t understand how that could be possible and prefer to hide behind your lame “sportsball” takes, you might want to take them somewhere else.

September 8, 1998 was also the day Big Mac hit his 62nd home run, and also my 8th birthday. He hit the home run off of Steve Trachsel, who is most certainly A Guy.