At what point in golf history did the USGA decide to make the U.S. Open a circus? These days, it seems, the USGA tries to make it more about themselves than about the game of golf. Why does Chambers Bay look like a course from Scotland? Isn’t this the U.S. Open? And why is the […]
An Orange and Blueprint: The Knick Fan’s Guide To The 2015 Off-Season
June 16, 2015 By Leave a Comment
A detailed, comprehensive plan to improve the Knicks – now and into the future. Let me start off by explaining what inspired me to write such an article about the Knicks off-season plans. Despite the impending draft and free agency being covered at nausea by bloggers and mainstream sports media alike, I have been waiting […]
Fifteen Years of Garden Ringmasters
May 26, 2015 By Leave a Comment
The Rangers, the Knicks, and those who have run MSG since the century’s turn. It was the summer of 1994. New York sports fans over the age of 30 remember it quite well. The Rangers, mired in a 54 year Stanley Cup drought, won the ultimate prize. The championship ended the drought and cemented players […]
The Untold Legacy of Andy Roddick
May 6, 2015 By Leave a Comment
Often criticized and rarely praised, Roddick’s retirement in 2012 marked the death of the American men’s tennis player. Andy Roddick, following his U.S. Open victory in 2003 at just 21 years of age, was predictably labeled the real deal. A stunningly powerful forehand and a hulk-like first-serve, Roddick possessed a marketable skill-set even for the […]
April 30th, 1992 – The “Lister Blister”
April 30, 2015 By Leave a Comment
There’s a thing that really bothers me with professional sports. Specifically, certain fans of professional sports. If you’ve been a fan of something your whole life, your experience is obviously going to be more extensive and just plain different than someone first being introduced to it. Not that every johnny-come-lately is less of a fan; […]
The Impending Sports Analytics Doom
April 29, 2015 By Leave a Comment
How the latest obsession with statistics and data are sapping the drama from our sports world. Following the dramatic conclusion of the Super Bowl a couple of months ago, the sports world exploded into a frenzy of overreaction. Most notably, the final sequence of events, in which Seattle’s offense elected to throw the ball on […]
Heir Jordan: Predicting Golf’s Unpredictable
April 24, 2015 By Leave a Comment
Jordan Spieth is not Tiger Woods. He doesn’t need to be. The race for golf’s next big star is on. Golf’s “Chosen One” – Spieth’s Rise to Stardom It was the year 2010, and Jordan Spieth was about to play his first professional golf tournament. He was an amateur, receiving a sponsors exemption. This […]
Triple Threat Weekly: 2015 NBA Playoffs Outlook
April 17, 2015 By Leave a Comment
With the NBA regular season coming to a close Wednesday, and the NBA playoffs starting up this Saturday, the most exciting action is finally here. In this week’s Triple Threat, Tyler and Jim bring in their Back of the Jersey colleague, Rory, to make some playoff predictions. Reader Warning: With how wide-open this year’s playoff […]
Air Canada: A Look Back at the Unparalleled Career of Vince Carter
April 15, 2015 By Leave a Comment
A year ago I wrote that we should enjoy what could be the last we see of Kevin Garnett and Tim Duncan, two of the best power forwards to ever play the game. Well they’re still playing, albeit only Duncan is still playing at a ridiculously high level. I don’t think the same will be true […]
Triple Threat Weekly: Bringing Home the Hardware
April 10, 2015 By Leave a Comment
In this week’s NBA Triple Threat Weekly, Tyler and Jim explore this year’s top performers. Despite a long list of candidates for league MVP, Rookie of the Year and Coach of the Year – the Back of the Jersey duo dish out their season ending awards. Coach of the Year Candidates: Steve Kerr (Golden State […]
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