All Sports Everything: Dishing What's Relevant Across The Board
Dishing What's Relevant Across The Board
Does Geno Smith signing with Roc Nation Sports hurt CAA?
After firing his agent immediately following the NFL Draft, it was widely speculated that Geno Smith would eventually hire Jay-Z's Roc Nation Sports to represent him. Today, all speculation was put to rest as Smith confirmed that he has indeed signed with Roc Nation Sports. Smith joins Robinson Cano (New York Yankees), Victor Cruz (New York Giants), and Sklyar Diggins (Tulsa Shock) as Roc …
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VIDEO: Stephen A. Smith on Knicks, “Nobody’s untouchable.”
Before Game 5 between the New York Knicks and Indiana Pacers, I had the opportunity to catch up with ESPN's Stephen A. Smith. During our brief conversation, I asked him to grade the Knicks overall performance on the season, and to also give his opinion about what the team's offseason priorities should include as they look to improve. Per ususal, Stephen A. didn't hold back. Watch the video to …
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#ThrowbackThursday: The eight NBA teams who rallied from 3-1 to win series
The New York Knicks face elimination tonight. And although they need to take one game at a time, Knicks fans remain hopeful that Melo and crew will defend their homecourt to force a Game 6 on Saturday. But let's be honest, hard to please Knicks fans won't be satisfied unless the team goes on a three-game winning streak to eliminate the Indiana Pacers in seven games. Last …
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10 random thoughts about the New York Knicks as they face elimination
Last night was ugly. After the Knicks game, I wanted nothing to do with anyone. Truth be told, I still don't. But since writing tends to be therapeutic at times, I decided to write a quick blog with random thoughts and questions about the Knicks. They're not in any particular order. My mind doesn't work like that, lol. Instead, it's just a brain dump or rambling list of things that have …
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Titus Young’s father speaks, says son has brain disorder
Over the past week and a half, Titus Young, former Detroit Lions wide receiver, has dominated the headlines for troublesome behavior that led him to getting arrested three times in one week. His rampage first became news last Monday when he was arrested on DUI charges. Shortly after he was released from jail, he was arrested again for allegedly hopping a fence and trying to steal his car back …
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#ThrowbackThursday: Larry Johnson’s Four Point Play!
Larry Johnson's four point play is one of my fondest Knicks memories of all time. It's also an extremely fitting #ThrowbackThursday moment given the current Knicks-Pacers series, so here we go. My brother and I attended Game 3 of the 1999 Eastern Conference Finals between the Knicks and Pacers. We were, without exaggeration, seated at the very highest level of the Garden. Talk about …
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2013 MET Gala: Sports Edition
Last night, A-listers and some not so A-listers, attended the 2013 Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. This year’s theme, Punk: From Chaos to Couture, was cause for celebrities to push the envelope and tap into their inner rocker chic with bold eye makeup, short hemlines, loud patterns, and hard and soft embellishments. [...]
Lone MVP Voter explains why Carmelo Anthony got his vote over LeBron James
Over the weekend, it was announced that LeBron James was voted Most Valuable Player for the 2012-2013 NBA season. The news wasn’t surprising at all as LeBron was undoubtedly the most consistent and dominant player of the season. While there were many other strong candidates, such as Carmelo Anthony and Kevin Durant, also up [...]
WATCH: Damian Lillard x A$AP Rocky for adidas #QuickAintFair ad
Damian Lillard, of the Portland Trailblazers, is having the best week ever. The newly crowned NBA Rookie of the Year, is also featured in a new adidas spot, #QuickAintFair, along side the Washington Wizards John Wall, Philadelphia 76ers Jrue Holiday, and Harlem rapper A$AP Rocky. The spot is promoting the launch of adidas’ CrazyQuick shoe. [...]
Jason Collins is gay. It matters, but it shouldn’t.
So, yesterday it happened. A male athlete, Jason Collins, of a major American professional sport announced that he’s gay in a cover story for Sports Illustrated. The reactions have been pouring in nonstop. Here’s my obligatory response. Honestly, it bothers me that this is a thing. That gay athletes feel they must hide who they [...]
2013 NFL Draft: New NY Jets GM, Same Questionable Picks; Experts and Fans React
Entering tonight’s NFL Draft, I had few expectations for the New York Jets. I barely followed any mock draft analysis because I always consider it to be useless. Aside from the first three picks, and that’s a stretch, it’s extremely rare that NFL insiders, experts, pundits or whomever, accurately predict how the chips will fall. [...]
You got the juice now, Melo.
Tonight I stumbled upon this photo on pinterest and instantly became obsessed with it. So obsessed that I’m seriously considering blowing it up, making it poster size, printing it out, and taping it to my bedroom wall. No joke. -@sdotrenee
NFL Draft: ESPN and NFL Network to take Twitter timeout, CBS Sports will play spoiler
Twitter is usually the perfect companion while watching live events — sports, award shows, political debates, whatever. However, there are occasions when Twitter can become a nuisance for broadcast partners, and the NFL Draft ranks among the top. ESPN and the NFL Network produce months of programming and content about the many potential outcomes of [...]
Kevin Durant Covers SI, says: “I’m tired of being second.”
If you haven’t heard, Kevin Durant is no longer a Mr. Nice Guy nor is he complacent with routinely being overlooked as the best in a myriad of categories. On this week’s Sports Illustrated cover, Durant is quoted as saying, I’ve been second my whole life. I was the second-best player in high school. [...]
WATCH! J.R. Smith Top 10 Plays of the Year and More!
I know I’m a day late, but the flu knocked me out of the game the past few days. I could barely stand for five seconds without feeling like I stepped in a ring with Muhammad Ali. But I’m slowly on the mend and couldn’t live with myself if I didn’t at least attempt to [...]
Dissecting the New York Jets 2013 Schedule
I love this time of year. The MLB season is just heating up, and the NBA and NHL playoffs are literally right around the corner. Yet on an NBA less night, I recognized myself going through a bout of withdrawal. Thankfully, the NFL did all of us a solid and made a slow sports [...]
2013 TIME 100: The World’s Most Influential Sports Figures
It’s back, Time Magazine’s ranking of the 100 Most Influential People in the World. As I’ve done in the past, I’m covering this from a sports perspective, seeing who the most influential sports figures in the world are, according to Time Magazine. Usually I just focus on athletes, but because of the Jay-Z factor, I’m [...]
2013 Tribeca Film Festival Carrying Nine ESPN Films
NYC, today the Tribeca Film Festival kicks off throughout the city. But more importantly, for us sports heads, it also marks the return of the Tribeca/ESPN Sports Film Festival. In its seventh year, ESPN is screening nine films, including four titles from its much hyped “Nine for IX” series which features nine films by female [...]
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#ThrowbackThursday: The eight NBA teams who rallied from 3-1 to win series
The New York Knicks face elimination tonight. And although they need to take one game at a time, Knicks fans remain hopeful that Melo and crew will defend their homecourt to force a Game 6 on Saturday. But let’s be honest, hard to please Knicks fans won’t be satisfied unless the team goes on [...]
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