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Houston Rockets – Jeremy Lin is the Right Direction, James Harden the Wrong One
The Houston Rockets want to win an NBA championship, but the direction they’re taking, giving James Harden complete control of the offense and the team while relegating Jeremy Lin back to the bench in a reduced sixth man role isn’t going to get them anywhere anytime soon.
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Broncos vs Seahawks – Keys to Victory
The Super Bowl clash between the Denver Broncos and the Seattle Seahawks is also a contrast of styles: The best offense in the NFL who go wherever their hall of fame quarterback, Peyton Manning, takes them, and a team that’s a lot more smash mouth in orientation: Running the ball and having the best defense in the league.
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NBA Rumors – Is Steve Nash Ever Coming Back to Play for the Los Angeles Lakers?
The return of Steve Nash keeps getting delayed with more back problems being reported, which means that the Los Angeles Lakers aren’t quite sure when he’s actually going to play for the first time since early November, while some are even suggesting a retirement isn’t that far fetched to consider.
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NBA Rumors – Toronto Raptors Undecided on Kyle Lowry Trade
Are the Toronto Raptors trading or keeping Kyle Lowry? Their success, winning record and his ability point towards him remaining until the end of the season, while his contract situation and the overall direction the franchise is trying to take suggest he’s still out there for teams to try and get.
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6 Most Important Super Bowl Records
It’s rare not to have one or two memorable moments in each Super Bowl, even the bad ones. But great players and great games are often remembered for the records they broke on the greatest stage of all, like Joe Montana winning three Super Bowl MVP awards or Jerry Rice catching three passing touchdowns twice in a Super Bowl game.
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Is This the End of the Top 4 Era?
Stanislas Wawrinka beating Rafael Nadal in the final of the 2014 Australian Open hopefully signals some sort of change in men’s tennis and ushers in some sort of new era of parity, which means that it’s not going to be about Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray and Roger Federer winning Grand Slam titles.
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Minnesota Timberwolves – It’s Easy Against the Injured Chicago Bulls
The Chicago Bulls are used to playing with injuries, but there comes a point when it’s too difficult to make up for some of them. Joakim Noah didn’t play against the Minnesota Timberwolves, which made things quite easy for Kevin Love, Ricky Rubio and a very surprising Ronny Turiaf.
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Dallas Cowboys – Scott Linehan Hiring Means More Unnecessary Drama
The Dallas Cowboys have an offensive coordinator, Bill Callahan. That didn’t stop them from hiring Scott Linehan for what right now is unspecified role, but it should involve calling the offensive players, marking another offseason of major change under Jerry Jones and Jason Garrett.
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Oklahoma City Thunder – Kevin Durant Playing Perfect Basketball
We’re running out of superlatives, but that doesn’t really matter to Kevin Durant, who keeps leading the Oklahoma City Thunder to wins through his amazing scoring ability, this time saving his best for last, including a game-winning shot with 2.1 seconds left in the game to beat the Atlanta Hawks 111-109.
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Duke Beats Pittsburgh – Things Are Looking Up
In a game that was very important to both Pitt and Duke, the Blue Devils were the ones who came away with the impressive 80-65 road victory thanks to big nights from Jabari Parker and Andre Dawkins, showing it’s way too soon to count them out.