The middle of July usually means Major League Baseball goes on its mid-season break and is an unusual period in the calendar when none of the four major sports will have any live action. ESPN capitalizes on this docile…
July is often a period of lull in the American sports calendar. The NFL regular season will not start until September, basketball and hockey in October leaving the marathon baseball regular season to dominate the landscape. However, beginning on…
Playing quarterback is considered the most demanding job in all professional sports. A quarterback is expected to be a leader, motivator, highly intelligent, and deliver for his team on the field. A quarterback carries the burden and expectation of…
At one-point in the 2021-22 season, Liverpool FC was well-positioned to capture an unprecedented quadruple. To explain this to my non-soccer audience, an elite English football team play in four competitions each season, and no team has ever won…
The intrigue, suspense, and drama of the NBA off-season is at times equally compelling as a tight game in the playoffs. NBA fans have spent the past five days refreshing their Twitter timeline to hear the latest breaking news…
The 2021-2022 Boston Celtics fell short in their goal to hoist banner 18 in the TD Garden after losing to the Golden State Warriors. However, every fan should view the season as a success given that the team had…
The 2021-2022 season ended on June 16, and the Golden State Warriors crowned as NBA champions. However, in the aftermath of the season, it became clear that the team was motivated by the critics and their rivals. At the…
The NFL sits as king of the American sports kingdom but the NBA is considered the prince due to the superstar players and the theatre of the playoffs. However, the NBA has a slight advantage over the NFL based…
The Golden State Warriors were crowned last Friday as champions of the NBA after defeating the Boston Celtics on the road. It was the Warriors' 4th title in 8 years and a defining win for Steph Curry's legacy to…
Game 6 of the NBA Finals has delivered some of the most iconic moments in NBA history. In the 1980 Finals, Magic Johnson filled at center in his rookie season to seal his first championship. In the 1988 finals,…
In a tied series 2-2, Game 5 is usually decisive because the loser has to win back-to-back games to capture the series. The Boston Celtics did not lose full strength back-to-back games in about four months, and there was…
The narrative of a series changes so quickly in the modern NBA. Fans and analysts overreacted to the Celtics' Game 2 performance by concluding that the inexperience on the finals stage was coming to the fore, and they would…
After a remarkable shooting display in the fourth quarter of Game 1 to outscore the Warriors 40-16, the overreactions were off the charts from some basketball analysts and fans. Some declared that the Warriors were overhyped, and the Boston…
Adam Silver must be the happiest man alive. You may ask, why? In the next two weeks, the sports world will be tuned into his sport for whats expected to be a riveting contest. The Warriors and the Celtics…
Twenty-eight teams will be jealous when the ball tips off on June 2 between the Warriors and Celtics. Eleven franchises have never won an NBA championship, and six of them have never played in a Finals matchup. Hall of…
I know- Game 5 was an ugly win. However, at this stage of the playoffs, it is all about getting that W. The game was a tough watch, the offenses of both teams looked broken against the other's defensive…
The Celtics and Heat are playing out one of the most unpredictable series in recent memory. The game-to-game and even quarter-to-quarter swing in momentum and quality of play by either team have been jarring. The most surprising statistic is…
It was looking good for the Celtics as they led the Heat 62-54 at halftime. The team outplayed the Heat without two starters in Al Horford and Marcus Smart. Then came the disastrous third quarter where the Heat outscored…
Down 3 games to 2 in the East Conference Semifinals, many thought the Celtics would fold on the road to the reigning defending champion. However, the Celtics showed the same resiliency that they have shown all season in starting…
After Payton Pritchard nailed a short jumper with 10:08 left in the fourth quarter, the Celtics led the bucks 93-79 in the pivotal Game 5. It felt as if the Celtics had the champions on the ropes, and all…