Welcome back to Triple Threat Weekly! This week, Jim Armstrong and Tyler Michels will continue their NBA discussion by sorting through the mediocre Eastern Conference. Who are the pretenders, who can we see making a playoff run, and who is our December choice for the NBA Finals? Who are your pretenders in the Eastern Conference? […]
Triple Threat Weekly: The Wild Wild West
December 5, 2014 By 1 Comment
Welcome to the latest addition to Back of the Jersey – NBA Triple Threat Weekly. Each week, we will pose three questions which will be answered by us here at Back of the Jersey. This week our focus is on the Western Conference. 1. Through 17 games, Kobe Bryant is shooting a career worst 39.0%, […]
The Giants Steady Decline
November 19, 2014 By Leave a Comment
I hate to sound unappreciative or short-minded but the Giants, winners of two Super Bowls in the span of five seasons, have fallen into disarray in an even shorter amount of time. Although a 4,000-word exposition could be crafted detailing the different reasons for the Giants slow and steady decline, I will instead focus on […]
Why I’m Psyched for the NBA Season – Wide Open West
October 28, 2014 By Leave a Comment
The NBA snuck up on me. I have chatted with many of my buddies during the last couple of weeks and they all echo the same sentiments. I’m excited for the season if nothing else because this marks the beginning of an incredible six months in sports. The NFL and NBA overlap for 3+ months, […]
Week 7 Thursday Night Picks & Story Lines From the First 6 Weeks
October 16, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Rory Goulding Let’s, briefly, talk about Tom Brady still being an elite quarterback. This has all been acknowledged; been said in countless articles and blogs and video hits, but it warrants mentioning again. In sports world where Skip Bayless can declare that Tom Brady is no longer a star-level quarterback by blindly looking at his […]
Week 2 Thursday Night NFL Picks: Rivalry Week
September 11, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Rory Goulding: The Ravens were my pick to win the AFC North when the season began, and despite a Week 1 hiccup against the Bengals, I still like that pick. The Ravens have a little underrated tone to their season this year, and I think the Bengals reign at the top of this division ends […]
Musings From a July that we Won’t Soon Forget
July 13, 2014 By 1 Comment
It’s Sunday evening, the 13th of July and my sports mind is reeling from 72 hours of full 360 degree LeBron-mania media immersion. In a way, I feel similar to how I felt in April when the NBA and NHL playoffs were in full swing and Bubba Watson was torching his peers at Augusta. April […]
The Greatest Basketball Player No One Ever Knew
June 11, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Imagine being at the top of your profession for the better part of a decade, only to fade into oblivion and leave no lasting legacy. Sadly, due to a confluence of factors, Shareef Abdur-Rahim is the rare case of a player who dominated his profession (basketball) for nearly a decade, only to be categorically forgotten […]
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 Guys Who Traded Jerseys and Hung on Too Long
February 8, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Last night Steve Nash dipped into the fountain of youth and put together one of his better games as a Laker, posting 19 points, 5 assists and 4 rebounds. LA’s injury-riddled bench (most of whom were in suits) were hooping and hollering as Nash, on his 40th birthday no less, was jab-stepping, pump faking and […]
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