Straight Guy For The Queer Eye: NBA Uniforms Still Not Gay Enough

When former NBA player John Amaechi became the first pro basketball player to announce that he was gay back in 2007, I was thoroughly impressed with his courage and hoped perhaps it was a beacon of light, an invitation for other homosexual athletes -- who might have been living a double life -- to reveal their true identity as Super [read more...]

Giddy up, does Tom Brady in drag turn me on?

I'm pretty sure I don't want to know the answer to that, because it will most likely keep me awake at night, questioning my sexuality again. Is he pretty? Why do you make me sweat at night with your sexy touchdowns cute quarterback? What I do know is that Cate Blanchett playing Bob Dylan in the Zimmy biopic I'm [read more...]

Celtics Step Up

LeBron James and Paul Pierce has the kind of classic playoff duel that harkens back to the days of Bird against Wilkins. Because of Pierce's superior supporting cast stepping up and James missing key shots, the Celtics survived another seven game series. Despite the Celtics inability to play on the road, they've managed to win two series and will now [read more...]

Game 7’s to Decide Who’s for Real (Celtics vs. Cavaliers)

There is no greater phrase than "We go to game 7." All the predictions go out the window at this point because no matter what, anything can happen. For the Boston Celtics, they might be the team under the most pressure of the four teams. The acquistion of Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce should have at least made the first [read more...]

MVP Kobe Does What the Greatest Do

There are beauties and there are beasts. In the NBA both are considered for MVP consideration. Chris Paul with his 21 points, 11.6 assists to only 2.5 assists, and league-leading 2.7 steals is a beauty. Kevin Garnett, who led the Boston Celtics to 66 victories and was the Defensive Player of the Year, is a beast. But neither won the MVP. The [read more...]

Wost Pick Ever?

It was 24 summers ago, in June of 1984, that the Portland Trail Blazers made the biggest mistake since Japan provoked the United States into World War II. Equipped with the second pick in the best NBA Draft class of all-time, Portland decided to select University of Kentucky center Sam Bowie instead of future NBA Hall-of-Famers Charles Barkley, John Stockton, [read more...]

Invalidating Jemele Hill: When You Cause a Stir… Face Slaps Follow

Because articles from its computers are more often than not the first to be read by the public, the Associate Press news service monolith often acts as a tone-setter for discourse of news events. In the case of the stir caused by the LeBron James-Gisele Bundchen American Vogue cover, though, someone at the organization feels that the growing controversy is [read more...]

The MVP Debate

I've heard the NBA has an image problem . I've heard the Seattle SuperSonics, a team that won the 1979 NBA Championship and only three years ago won the Northwest Division with a 52-30 record, are on the verge of moving to Oklahoma City and their fans aren't all that happy. I know one of the league's premiere franchises, [read more...]

LeBron James and the Vogue Cover: More “King Kong” than “King James”

Tom Withers of the Huffington Post describes LeBron James on the cover of the April Vogue thusly: LeBron James is striking a pose. The Cleveland Cavaliers' superstar will appear on the April cover of Vogue, joining actors Richard Gere and George Clooney as the only men to do so in the influential fashion magazine's 116-year history. Wearing a tank top, shorts and [read more...]

The New-Look Bulls

Thursday's deadline three-way trade by John Paxson may well go down one day as the move that saved his legacy as GM of the Chicago Bulls. Doing the impossible and trading what is easily one of the NBA's worst current contracts allows Paxson to finally move on from the most egregious error of his tenure. As many have said, losing Wallace is [read more...]

FSR Daily

-I'm baffled this three-way Jason Kidd trade is still being floated around, it makes NO sense for the Trail Blazers. But it does have massive fantasy impact. While Kidd would put up similar numbers in Dallas, Jarrett Jack and Channing Frye would probably start in New Jersey, and I guess Portland would insert Devin Harris as their starting point guard. [read more...]

LeBron Changes… Everything

6/2/2007 6:00:00 PM by D.K. Wilson Bye-bye Kobe. Can you say Sisyphus? ------------------------ What franchise is worth more, the NBA or Nike? Oh, I thought so. Because Bron Bron, the Game One idiot savant with his idiosyncratic way of pounding opposing players with his body on the way to the rack like the cartoon Bam Bam, sloughed off the "idiot" and looks [read more...]

One Hit Wonders

Some thoughts that are on my mind as I take a break from jury deliberations in the Michael Jackson trial: When I make a list of must-see-TV NBA Finals matchups, Spurs vs. Pistons is right up there with Hornets vs. Hawks … Anne Bancroft passed away this week at the age of 73, and I think I speak for a legion of [read more...]

O’Neal’s Cries of Racism Worth a Listen

David Stern was not sitting by himself, reading Frederick Douglas, and thinking, "This guy is full of it." He was not perusing Mein Kampf under an apple tree when a plump Granny Smith struck a chord. Nor did he sit down to an evening on the History Channel during Black History Month and wonder to himself why Rosa Parks couldn't just [read more...]

Hart Surgery: Master Debaters, Part Deux

Following the rousing success of the first debate between me and Tom (and by rousing, I mean my mother liked it), we came back this week for round two. Just like the presidential debate Friday night, this will be in a town hall forum, with each of us responding to questions asked by a panel of sports fans. In this case, [read more...]

Lebron James vs. Michael Redd: Who Should Be an All-Star?

Look, at a certain point, we have to remember for a moment that sports are a business, and you have to do what is most entertaining, not necessarily what is most right.Which is why it’s such an unbelievably tremendous travesty that Lebron James was not selected to the NBA’s All-Star team and that other players—in particular, Michael Redd—were taken in [read more...]

Hart Surgery: Three things that make me happy about…Basketball

Three things that make me happy about the new NBA season… 1. The Wild Wild West- For the first time in recent memory, I am interested in the product the NBA is putting on the floor. I feel like Seinfeld in the episode where he discovered his emotions - all of a sudden, "I care!" To be fair, I don't really care - not about [read more...]

Hart Surgery: Clarett the Norm, Not the Exception

Can we please stop the insanity? Another athlete (surprise!) has lost his eligibility, thanks to a school bending the rules and outsiders trying to grease the wheels for him. I must say I am shocked (sarcasm). I never thought we’d see this again (heavier sarcasm). Certainly not at a big-time program like Ohio State (chart-topping, Dennis Miller-meets-David Spade sarcasm)! Pardon my language, [read more...]

Hart Surgery: Start the Carousel

Now that the season is over for all but two teams (it's just a matter of time, Dallas) in the NBA, the coaching carousel is about to get underway full-time. Already, many highly paid analysts for various newspapers, websites, and magazines have begun to weigh in on who will be coaching next season and where. Presumably these prognosticators have connections [read more...]

Hart Surgery: Chew on This

The last week has been an absolute blur to me. Driving back and forth from Syracuse to Bethlehem, PA, on Friday. Flying to Jackson, MS, on Sunday. Driving to Memphis, Tupelo, Oxford, and back to Jackson Monday and Tuesday. All this travel has left me weary, and struggling to focus on a topic for discussion for this week's column. Figuring [read more...]

Hart Surgery: It’s About Sports

This is a sports column. In this space each week, I talk about something from the sports world. There is much to talk about this week, but first I have to get this off my chest - has anyone been watching the new Jimmy Kimmel Live show? (Obviously since this is a column and you cannot answer the question, I [read more...]

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