The on-court product in the NBA has been in decline for years. Defenders of the league give all sorts of excuses for poor television ratings. But take a look at the TV ratings for the First Round of the NCAA Tournament — the official March Madness kickoff — and you’ll see the problem isn’t basketball.
It turns out that fans like exciting basketball games where the players talk about things like, oh I don’t know, basketball.
There has not been a single national anthem controversy during March Madness.
Author: Michael
The controversial host’s comments weren’t just limited to criticism about the NBA legend’s ownership tenure.
Shortly after a reports emerged Thursday detailing that Michael Jordan is involved in “serious talks” to sell his majority stake in the Hornets, Colin Cowherd of Fox Sports roasted the six-time NBA star on his podcast.
Perhaps that’s not too surprising, considering that the Hornets have not won a playoff series since Jordan joined the franchise in 2010. But Cowherd, who is well known for his controversial takes, didn’t just criticize Jordan’s ownership tenure.
While plenty of players have switched teams in free agency, these players have been helped and hurt the most from these moves.
The 2023 free agency period continues to roll on, but we now have a clearer picture of how many rosters are going to look heading into the summer months. That means it’s time for fantasy managers to dig deep into the depth charts and start getting their rankings ready for the best-ball and re-draft madness that is just around the corner.
Alabama basketball is still dancing after the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament, Auburn is not. The two in-state foes landed in the same region, but only one advanced.
Despite their differences, the Tigers and Crimson Tide united under one roof (at least to some extent) in Birmingham over the weekend. Even Charles Barkley was rooting for his alma mater’s rival squad.
Although the two sides mostly got along to begin March Madness, that didn’t stop Alabama fans from taking joy in their team’s success and in Auburn’s failures.
Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images
Let’s rank the Sweet 16 by their national title chances.
The first weekend of March Madness produces some stunning results and dramatic moments every year, and the start of the 2023 men’s NCAA tournament was no different. We saw a No. 16 seed beat a No. 1 seed for only second time ever when Fairleigh Dickinson did the unthinkable vs. Purdue. We saw a No. 15 seed beat a No. 2 seed for the third year in a row with Princeton knocking off Arizona, and the Tigers’ run isn’t done yet.
Here’s something you never thought you’d hear: Detroit is a destination for top free agents. Chicago is also moving in the right direction.
It’s one of the most interesting OWGR updates of the year. We’re a week out from the top 50 cutoff from the Masters.
Over six glorious days of the NCAA Tournament, 52 teams were eliminated from the field of 68. Only 16 remain. Next week, there will be four.
Cinderella – aka No. 16 seed Fairleigh Dickinson of New Jersey – has left the building. Yes, the Knights lost 78-70 loss to No. 9 seed Florida Atlantic Sunday. But how beautiful she was with just the second No. 16 seed victory in NCAA Tournament history. Maryland-Baltimore County did it first in 2018 over Virginia. So FDU, at least you have a better name than that one, which sounds like a high school.
He dropped a detailed review after attending the concert.
1. Sunday night, I was scrolling through TikTok and saw a bunch of videos on my “For You” page from the opening night of Taylor Swift’s new tour. One of the videos ran down the 44 songs—yes, 44 songs—that Swift performed during the show.
View the original article to see embedded media.
I saw Billy Joel back in November. He did 27 songs and I was impressed (partially because he’s 73 years old, but I don’t want to age-shame).
New York Mets relief pitcher Edwin Díaz tore his right patellar tendon during a matchup in the World Baseball Classic (WBC). He will now miss the entire MLB season after signing the largest contract for a closer on record.
If you are upset about the injury, you need to look yourself in the mirror and understand how colonial that is of you.
That is according to an MSNBC columnist.
Last week, MSNBC penned the headline “Some MLB fans are too arrogant to see why Edwin Diaz took the mound for Puerto Rico.