After the excitement of Round 1, the playoffs seem have hit their stride. Sadly, LeBron and the Heat seem to have found a stride of their own, just one win away from reaching the Eastern Conference Finals for the 4th consecutive season. The West, however, seems to be a little bit more up-in-the-air. I decided […]
Manziel’s Magic: Why Johnny Football will be Johnny the Great
May 8, 2014 By Leave a Comment
30 players will attend Thursday night’s NFL Draft. Some of them will wait and wait, anticipating, hoping and praying to be selected in the first round. Some of them won’t be. Johnny Manziel will be one of the 30 players in attendance. And he will be selected in the first round. If the Texans are […]
NBA Playoffs Preview: A Lesson in Hip-Hop (Part II)
April 18, 2014 By Leave a Comment
If you missed Part I of our NBA Playoff Preview from yesterday, go ahead and check it out now. Before we dive into the Western Conference playoff preview, let’s start with some personal history. My adolescence was spent in the heyday of streetball’s peak, when two of my greatest affections, basketball and hip hop, formed […]
NBA Playoffs Preview: A Lesson in Hip-Hop (Part I)
April 17, 2014 By Leave a Comment
The end of the NBA regular season is always exciting. It signals the end of the spring semester in college and the beginning of summer. It’s one of my favorite times of the year, when the best teams and players in the NBA actually start trying in EVERY game, not just some of them. I […]
5 Storylines I’ll Be Following Closely this NBA Postseason
April 13, 2014 By 2 Comments
Although March is widely regarded as one of the most exciting sporting months of the year, I argue that April nearly tops March from an excitement standpoint (I know, I know…this after we experienced 7 overtime games in the men’s NCAA Tournament, which tied an all-time record and a #7 seed beating a #8 seed […]
The Masters: A Tradition Unlike Any Other
April 6, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Golf’s greatest spectacle reinvigorates golfers worldwide Jim Nantz’s CBS-pitch line of The Masters could not be truer. Augusta National, where the Masters is played, is not just another golf course. It is not just another major championship. It is golf’s version of football’s Super Bowl or baseball’s Opening Day, all wrapped into one event. For many of us […]
Stop the Madness!
March 24, 2014 By 1 Comment
A Salute to the All-First Week Team & Those Who Busted Our Brackets Each year it seems like the NCAA Tournament cannot get more exciting. It’s impossible, I tell myself. But, every year it exceeds my expectations. This year has to be one of the best first weeks in recent memory, with plenty of upsets, […]
BOTJ NCAA Bracket Challenge
March 18, 2014 By Leave a Comment
It’s Tournament time! Go head-to-head against the Back of the Jersey staff in ESPN’s Tournament Challenge! It’s free to enter, and the winner gets a $100 prize and will be mentioned on our site! What are you waiting for?? Enter the the challenge here. Or here: http://games.espn.go.com/tournament-challenge-bracket/2014/en/group?groupID=330848
Bracket Destruction, Cinderella Style
March 16, 2014 By 2 Comments
Rory Goulding It’s Thursday afternoon, the first day of the NCAA Tournament. You’re sitting at work, monitoring 4-8 games on your ESPN Gamecast (constantly refreshing because your job slows down streaming speeds to a comically snail-like pace) when the unthinkable happens. Ever since you filled out your bracket days ago, you’ve been psyched, knowing that […]
NBA Trade Deadline Madness Euphoria Absurdity Stupidity
February 21, 2014 By Leave a Comment
That took a few tries, but I think I found the right adjective for the surely tempered expectations following the conclusion of yesterday’s NBA trade deadline. There were no big names on the move, no Pau-Gasol-to-the-Lakers or Ray-Allen-to-the-Sonics, but enough happened over the NBA landscape to warrant talking about. Or at least enough happened to […]
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