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  • On LeBron James and NBA Clutch Shooting This Season

    LeBron James gave up on the final shot in the All-Star game, but his clutch shooting numbers haven’t been exactly stellar this season, so maybe he knew what he was doing. Shooting without anyone to restrain you, a-la Kobe Bryant, doesn’t always help your team, while having a Durant-Westbrook combo to share the load seems like the best idea.

  • Top Ten NBA Players in 2011-2012 – Mid Season Edition

    LeBron James didn’t win the MVP last season, which would have been his third regular season award, because of the negative hype against him, and Derrick Rose suddenly bringing back the Chicago Bulls into a championship caliber team. Joined by Durant, Bynum, Howard, Bryant, Paul, Aldridge, Griffin and Kevin Love, these are the best NBA players so far in the 2011-2012 season.

  • The Highest Paid Drivers in NASCAR

    Dale Earnhardt Jr doesn’t win many races, and has never won the title. Despite that, he remains NASCAR’s most popular and profitable driver, making more money than Jimmie Johnson, Tony Stewart, Jeff Gordon and others, with Danica Patrick also joining the 2012 Sprint Cup Series as a major point of interest.

  • Top Ten NBA Rookies in 2011-2012 – Mid Season Edition

    Kyrie Irving is the only thing stopping us from three consecutive rookie of the years from the same draft class, but despite Ricky Rubio’s impressive numbers, it looks like the number one draft pick, leading all rookie in scoring, will be the one receiving the ROY award at the end of the 2011-2012 season.

  • Athletes With the Most Olympic Gold Medals in History

    Michael Phelps stands alone on the top of Olympic Gold Medal winners with 14 and a total of 16 (two bronze), going for more in the up and coming 2012 Olympic games. He leads a list of 11 athletes who have won at least 8 Gold Medals, including fellow swimmers Mark Spitz, Jenny Thompson and Matt Biondi.

  • The Youngest Players in NBA History

    Kobe Bryant made his NBA debut shortly after his 18th birthday. So did Andrew Bynum and Tracy McGrady, the most notable names on the ten youngest players in NBA history and a group of 23, including LeBron James, to play in the league before turning 19, something impossible today.

  • Records and Milestones in the 2011 NFL Season

    The 2011 NFL season was the year of the quarterback, although kickers (Janikowski, Akers), return men (Sproles, Peterson, Cobb) and Tight Ends (Gronkowski) made an impact. Still, Aaron Rodgers, Tom Brady and Drew Brees, with Cam Newton dominating the rookie department, stood above everyone else during the regular season. The postseason was all Eli Manning.

  • Athletes Who Lost All Their Money

    Allen Iverson and Terrell Owens are just the latest example of athletes who made huge amounts of money during their careers, sometimes eclipsing the $100 million mark, and still managed to blow it all away before they even turned 40. A combination of fast living, bad friends and bad investments usually does the trick.

  • The Lost Art of the Triple Double

    Rajon Rondo’s fantastic night against the Derrick Rose-less Chicago Bulls was only the sixth triple double this season by an NBA player, with Rondo going for 32 points, 10 rebounds and 15 assists. He is the first player this year to notch multiple triple double games, which seem to be more and more of a rarity these days.

  • The Best Free Agents in the NFL – 2012 Edition

    Super Bowl gone? 2011 NFL season over? It’s time for the draft and transfer season, which means no short free agency period this time or any annoying NFL lockout. Drew Brees leads the group of names of the 2012 NFL free agents, although he’s the least likely to be going anywhere. The rest of the Top 12? Not so sure.