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Embiid, Harden, and Brooks' VERY personal fouls in the NBA Playoffs | Andy Reacts

Hey NBA— stop allowing players to 'defend' with bogus charge callsI was born decades after the Great Depression, so I never had the opportunity to meet Dr. James Naismith. I know that he wanted a game without contact but to make an honest attempt at that goal, players on defense should not be allowed to slide in front of players on offense whose feet are at most o...

Presenting the ‘You Gotta Be Kidding Me’ Team from opening day of March MadnessIf you’re like me — an NBA fan who pivots to college basketball for a few weeks in March — the best part of the NCAA tournament is the unknown. What I don’t know about draft stock, a coach, a player, a team, or anything, makes the discovery all the more entertaining....

The NFL could easily make its unnecessary roughness penalties more tolerable for the masses

Penalties that turned all of social media into Atlanta Falcons fans and made the crowd at Arrowhead Stadium even angrier than when they booed Unity in 2020 are not new. It only feels like the illegal contact to/with-the-head penalties are a result of the NFL being forced to admit the long-term effec...

Jaren Jackson Jr. is showing off his talent on a national stage against the Warriors because, for once, he’s fighting through his biggest weakness

For those who watched the Minnesota Timberwolves vs. Memphis Grizzlies first-round series, their assessment might fall in line with how they feel about The Beatles’ Revolution No. 9. Some people think it’s one of the highest forms of entertainment that a person can consume, exquisite excellence in t...

You might want to close your sportsbook app for a few hours to watch this Netflix Tim Donaghy documentary when it comes out

Are you ready for FanDuel and Caesar’s Sportsbook commercials during your favorite sporting events to be followed by trailers for the Tim Donaghy story? If not, buckle up, because that is gonna be one helluva dichotomy as the big leagues dive into sports gambling in synchronized tandems, while we ge...

The NBA is walking a fine line with new foul rules, but Draymond is into it

The NBA finally listened to the outcry and decided to turn back the clock on the game and make things more balanced where foul calls are concerned. The league is walking a fine line and must be careful not to reel the game back too far. Some of the more prolific scorers in the league have already be...

The Analysis The NBA Wants You To Read

The TrueHoopheads have gone through Tim Donaghy's book and done the yeoman's work of checking some of his claims against box scores, play-by-plays and betting lines. They've found a few implausibilities. Go read. [TrueHoop, also]...