Being a New York Knicks’ fan is a lot like the way I feel about Game of Thrones and Mad Men this season, what’s the point? All three have been flashy at times and shown moments of greatness, but in the end have left you wondering why you really wasted your time on it.

Now, Mad Men is starting to redeem itself, Game of Thrones is too good of writing and acting to suck for an entire season, but the Knicks? They just got my hopes up for no reason and showed yet again why rooting for them has been the most frustrating thing in my life since 2000 other than women.

They started off the season on a tear, went through some weird mid-season lull, tore apart everyone down the stretch, then fizzled out against an Indiana squad they were badly overmatched by. The reason? Carmelo Anthony. Continue reading →

Last night’s epic Game 7 between the Toronto Maple Leafs and Boston Bruins was simply one of the greatest events for any one city in recent memory. There are cities that love their sports, and then there are cities/fan bases that are bat$&@! crazy about them. Boston fans (note: the Pats are excluded from this because despite recent success, the Pats are third at best in the pecking order, and even then, most Bostonians would rather see a World Series, NBA or Stanley Cup championship over a Super Bowl) are amongst the most passionate, desolate and loyal fans of any out there, and given what happened at the Boston Marathon, Boston’s survival (after a 3-1 series lead collapse) was an awesome moment for a city that needed to exhale, and uses sports to breathe. Continue reading →

Jason Collins became the first male professional athlete in the four major North American sports leagues to come out public ally as being homosexual yesterday. And while this is landmark, in the respect that he is the first, I personally can’t wait for these types of issues to be non-issues.

First off, I want to commend Collins for having the courage to come out. Being a high profile athlete (even if you are declining in your sport, and play for the Washington Wizards to boot) definitely does not make this sort of thing easy to come out in admit, especially with the high-testosterone locker rooms. I’m glad Collins came out, it’s progressive, it means we’re starting to embrace the culture in different areas, it means that in 2013 we are finally starting to move forward with this. Continue reading →

The main news floating around the NFL world this week was the trade sending Darrelle Revis out of New York and on his way to the Tampa Bay Bucs. The trade, which long term helps the Jets, had to happen, but the deal makes no sense for Revis, much less Tampa Bay.

The deal basically makes it the elephant in the room for the Bucs knowing that Revis will pretty much demand a new contract in two years, given that the deal has absolutely $0 in guaranteed money. It calls for $32 million in years one and two, but after that, why would Revis voluntarily play for a contract in which he can be cut at anytime, with no safety? Continue reading →

If any of you have followed what sides I take in sports, you would know that I am a players’ writer. I can’t stand professional owners, and much less any commissioner of any league. The fact that suspensions or bans are passed out without due process or a real way to appeal them is just sports’ dictatorship.

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This week’s Sports Illustrated cover is focused on the upcoming Master’s at Augusta National. The cover, shows one Tiger Woods, with his back to the camera, and the cover simply says “back.” When I first saw this, all I could bring myself to think was “back? Really?” Now don’t get me wrong, I regard 1996-2008 Tiger Woods as a top-five athlete, ever. No one was more dominant, no one could command a crowd and instill fear into his opponents like that version of Woods. But 2009-2013 Woods? Unhealthy, inconsistent and has clearly lost his mojo since his ability to pick up Applebee’s hostesses was taken away from him. Continue reading →

Unless you’ve lived in a bubble for the past three days, you’ve undoubtedly heard of a few things. 1. Jesus beat out LL Cool J for best “don’t call it a comeback.” 2. April, fools. 3. Louisville basketball player Kevin Ware had one of the most gruesome injuries we’ve seen, ever, and the kid with a compound fracture was crying for his team.

First things first, props to Louisville’s training staff for going out to cover up the injury and shield Ware from having anyone see his leg that had just snapped at a 90-degree angle. They knew how to protect their player. Second things first, CBS should be ashamed of themselves for replaying that injury as many times as they did. Unnecessary not only for the general public, but for Ware. Majority of us will never go through anything as painful as having one of your legs snapped in half, and CBS kept playing for ratings.

The classiest of the entire situation ended up being Ware himself, who while writhing in pain was yelling for his team to win the game, thus in a painful situation, shows us occasionally why college athletics has more passion than the pro game.

College basketball has a lot of one and done kids who are using college simply as a stepping stone for the NBA, a lot of kids are there for education, and playing because they truly love the game. Before Sunday, I had never heard of Ware, but when I did, and I read about his injury, what struck me is that in the midst of the most pain in his life, he was crying out for his team, not about his leg.

The Philadelphia Phillies’ AAA affiliate, the Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs, are set to unveil the biggest splash in team history, a urinal gaming system. The system, which, go figure, was designed by the Brits, turns everyday fans’ pee into a game, it’s the ultimate race against time.

Essentially when Fan A decides to throw a few back because, you know, he’s at a AAA game for the Phillies, and our subject needs to let the excess run the base paths before the seventh inning stretch, he steps into the bathroom and at the urinal there is a TV monitor. Now apparent, this monitor knows you’re there, and activates the urinal gaming system that is designed to turn the direction and force of your urine into a game played on the monitor.

What we want to know is how is this even possible, and it took Philadelphia this long to adapt something like this? The Guys don’t know many things (that statement is false, we know a lot of things, and if we don’t, we’ll make up a believable sounding answer that, while incorrect, makes us look like geniuses) but we do know that we’ve been turning going to a men’s urinal a game far longer than this game has been out, and have not been getting paid for it.

But it does make you wonder, if someone is going to develop this, why stop there? Is there a model for the other toilets in a restroom? Why are they having a biased model that doesn’t lend itself to be used in both men’s and women’s restroom areas? Are they developing one for New York City subways since everyone just pees where they want to there anyways? Is there one behind the Green Monsterif Manny Ramirez ever comes back to Boston?

There have been more questions than answers posed, but all we really know for sure is, we want one.

It’s that time again, loyal readers. The time of year when local governments turn a blind eye to illegal gambling happening in every office, the time of year where everyone is a college basketball expert, the time where our brackets screw us out of the office pool and the new guy wins, it’s March Madness folks, and this year, I have no freaking clue.

My experiences in actually filling out a bracket is not as deep as one would think. My first bracket that I filled out was in 2007 when I had Kevin Durant’s Texas Longhorns cutting down the nets, wrong. Fastforward to 2009 when I had Syracuse bringing home the trophy instead of a clear cut champion, UNC. So needless to say my picks haven’t always been those of an expert. Continue reading →

Today at 4:01PM EST the free agency era for 2013 got underway with some really confusing cuts (Nnamdi Asomugah, Darrius Heyward-Bey), retirements we we weren’t real (I’m looking at you, Tony Gonzalez) and the beginning of overspending on wide receivers. Continue reading →