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Can Stanley Johnson be the difference for the Lakers?
Itâs not wise to assume anything about Lakers fans, but, in this case, Iâm going to give them the benefit of the doubt and believe they know that they canât expect 7-9 from the field and 10 points in the fourth quarter on a regular basis from Stanley Johnson. He was a one-man wrecking crew on Monday...

Leave Bruce Brown alone â it was a foul, not a flop, that injured Kevin Durantâs knee
It has been an up-and-down, one-step-forward one-step-back kind of a season for the Brooklyn Nets. Their next 4-6 weeks might go down, back, and off to the side as resident MVP candidate Kevin Durant will be sidelined for that span. The Nets today announced the results of an MRI, which showed that D...

The NBA All-Star voting process seems to up the ante on ridiculousness every year and 2022 is no exception
Letâs be honest, the NBA All-Star balloting process is one of the most absurd in professional sports. Growing up, I was never a fan of the fan vote, basically determining who plays in the game. But I donât blame the fans entirely because fan is short for fanatic, after all. I blame the NBA for keepi...

There would be a beautiful symmetry to Newcastle getting relegated
Itâs unusually harsh on Newcastle supporters, who are one of the more tortured fanbases in any sport you can find. Imagine if Pirates owner Bob Nutting owned a soccer club, thatâs what Newcastle fans just went through. Mike Ashley was not only a raging asshole, but incredibly cheap when it came to t...

Man City is running away with the Premier League title, so what can the rest of the EPL teams still win?
Slow starts, midseason swoons, and collapses are ways soccer clubs can blow a title race, but if youâre Man City, those donât happen. Pep Guardiolaâs team beat Chelsea for the second time Saturday, 1-0, and are now 13 points clear of the second place Blues and 14 points clear of third place Liverpoo...

Fun is a Foreigner concept to NBA
It was a good time the other night for Sacramento, where they donât get to have a lot of basketball good times, to see future Hall of Famer Russell Westbrook come into town, shoot 2-for-14, and be lampooned on the scoreboard as the âIce Cold Player Of The Gameâ while the arena DJ played Foreignerâs ...

Canât spell ârazzle dazzleâ without grabbing an L
Perhaps LaMelo Ball wanted to get some of the ink that his brother Lonzo has been? The younger Ball made one of the plays of the year on Friday night, deflecting a pass and then racing up the court, where instead of going for an easy layup or throwing down a dunk, he weaved the ball between his legs...

Blame Dr. LeBronenstein for creating this monster
Itâs easy to just want to blame Russell Westbrook....

Baseball season wonât start on time, and itâll be mostly ruined when it does
It flew under the radar, which should be something the owners should notice, but MLB actually did make a proposal to the MLBPA yesterday, according to ESPNâs Jeff Passan and Jesse Rogers. It was their first negotiation about the core issues of this lockout now six weeks in, which shows you just how ...

Without Paul George, a Kawhi Leonard return means nothing this year
After advancing to the Western Conference Finals for the first time last season, this year has been an up and down struggle for the Clippers with key players in and out of the lineup. Kawhi Leonard hasnât played a game yet this season after tearing his ACL in the second round of the playoffs against...

Washington Football Team holding party for new name and fans two days after announcing rebrand in New York
There are a lot of things you see on the internet that you are immediately skeptical of, like âCannabis compounds prevent the virus that causes COVID-19 from penetrating healthy human cells, according to a lab study.â...

There IS a way for Kyrie Irving to play home games, and the Nets would be wise to take advantage of it
What the Brooklyn Nets are doing is ridiculous. ...

Damian Lillardâs injury, sadly, is exactly what the Trail Blazers needed
If the Portland Trail Blazers ever wondered what an unfortunate but well-timed injury looks like, Damian Lillardâs abdominal issue is it. The team announced Thursday that the All-NBA guard underwent surgery to repair it, and he will be reevaluated in six weeks, with a six-to-eight week timetable to ...

Can Russell Westbrook even fix this?
Itâs not breaking news that things are not going well for Russell Westbrook with the Lakers, but things reached a particularly embarrassing point on Wednesday night as the Sacramento Kingsâ game ops trolled the former MVP with an âIce Cold Player Of The Gameâ scoreboard graphic, on a night when the ...

Lonzoâs Ball-in
Lonzo Ball finally seems to have found the right landing spot in Chicago after playing for two organizations in his first four years as a pro. Zo is living up to all four letters of his last name and balling out for a Bulls squad with the best record in the East. LeBron probably wishes he could get ...

This is what happens when you get the aristocracyâs attention
A good portion of fans, most I would say, fail to recognize just how long the NBA season is. Goes for the NHL and MLB ones, too. Itâs always hard to explain to a lot of them that there are nights in the middle, or maybe on the second of a back-to-back or the last of a four games in six nights, when ...

The Wizards of odd
It feels like such a long time ago that the Washington Wizards were in first place in the Eastern Conference, winning 13 of their first 20 games. Since Nov. 29, however, Washington has gone 8-13, dropping it all the way down to ninth place in the East at 21-20. Talk about a fall from grace....

In a league of inconsistent-to-bad teams, Memphis is neither
There are currently nine NBA teams hovering around .500 and in or tied for the playoffs/play-in tourney. If that seems like an abnormally high number, thatâs because it is, and the Mavs barely missed out on this list because theyâre technically four games above .500....

AFCON gets some CONCACAF refereeing
The African Cup of Nations gets a rough ride from most of the soccer world, and itâs mostly because of its place in the calendar. It deprives several clubs in Europe of some of their best players for most of January every two years, which isnât exactly met with acceptance and gratitude. So it can ac...

Shaun White isnât worthy of a spot in the Olympics â discretionary or otherwise
The 2022 Winter Olympics are almost here and that means everyone needs to bone up on their winter U.S. athlete checklist. Letâs see here. Lindsey Vonn retired, so sheâs gone. Mikaela Shiffrin isnât the new Vonn, sheâs substantially better and will probably win a gold or two. Fan favorite Chloe Kim a...