Author Archives: Perry Green and Stephen D. Riley

It was the kiss seen around the globe. With the seventh round of this weekend’s National Football League (NFL) Draft ebbing away, the St. Louis Rams selected openly gay defensive end Michael Sam at pick 249 before ESPN cameras aired Sam emotionally kissing his boyfriend in front of millions. The former Missouri Tiger and Southeastern […]

It took some time, but the Oklahoma City Thunder finally advanced over the Memphis Grizzlies in a Game 7 grudge match to cap a turbulent first-round playoff matchup. Despite winning the series, Thunder star swingman Kevin Durant was often picked on and poked at by the Oklahoma media. Memorably, he was dubbed “Mr. Unreliable” on […]

New NBA commissioner Adam Silver is on a warpath. As the newly appointed face of the NBA, Silver needs to make his mark somewhere—and if that involves changing the current NBA age restriction which requires players entering the league to be 19 years old, then he’s all for it. The “one-and-done” rule has allowed the […]

After an abrupt exile from the Philadelphia Eagles, diminutive but explosive receiver DeSean Jackson is looking for a new home. Released last week due to multiple issues the Eagles’ brass apparently held secret about Jackson, the Eagles cut the three-time Pro Bowler after signing him to a five-year, $51 million-dollar deal in 2012. With Jackson […]

In search of some serviceable competition for current starting quarterback Geno Smith, the New York Jets recently acquired Michael Vick. After a rocky first year, Smith showed hints of impressive play last season in between stints on the bench. When the Jets landed Smith in the second round of the 2013 NFL Draft, many thought […]

It doesn’t take much to get rumors rolling in sports. A whisper here or a rumor there could start a landslide of propaganda and intrigue in which the thought sometimes has more substance than the actual truth. Such rumors ran wild this past week when word broke that Chicago Bulls center Joakim Noah pitched New […]

It’s been a combination of the worst for the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the National Football League (NFL) over the past few weeks. After surveillance video captured Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice in a very uncomfortable situation dragging his fiancée across an elevator floor prior to his arrest at an Atlantic City casino, […]

Oklahoma City Thunder star Kevin Durant was so dominant during the first half of the season that many basketball pundits were ready to name him this year’s NBA MVP. The Prince Georges County, Md. native averages a league-high 31 points and went on an unprecedented 12-game streak during January in which he scored at least […]

Fresh off their impressive showing from NBA All-Star Weekend’s opening two days, John Wall and Bradley Beal have firmly established themselves as players to watch going forward as the basketball season carries on. Beal’s 21 points in the NBA Rising Stars Challenge and his runner up finish in the Three-Point shootout added a little more […]

There’s no need to look any further, if there was any need to do so in the first place. There’s no need to get cute and try to look for “sexy” dark horse picks to come out of the NBA’s Eastern Conference this year. Two eyes is all it takes to conclude that the Eastern […]

The NBA has seen the greats before. The Michael Jordans and the Larry Birds all the way to the Kobe Bryants and Wilt Chamberlains. The Association has seen some of the best scorers drill shots with ease while making it look effortless. Jordan’s game was revolutionary while Chamberlain simply couldn’t be stopped. Bird still garners […]