Author: Michael

No sport’s success is more contingent upon individual star power than American basketball. That is one reason why the NBA and men’s college basketball are struggling to keep pace with the popularity and growth of other sports. Viewership for the NBA is down 48% since 2012.
The NBA’s one-and-done rule, which requires players to spend only one year in college, has prevented collegiate males from emerging as household names while in school. Players go pro before fans learn their first name.

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Here are our picks for the second week of the playoffs.
We’re drawing ever closer to the Super Bowl. It’s the NFL Divisional Playoff round and in a lot of ways this bodes to be even more exciting than the Conference Championships.
That’s largely because of one reason: Ravens vs. Bills. The game of the weekend is also the game of the season, and it feels like whoever wins in Buffalo will eventually move on to represent the AFC in the Super Bowl.

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