by Matt Zemek | Jun 13, 2015
As a two-day break between Games 4 and 5 allows for at least a partial reset of the 2015 NBA Finals, a specific tension point has emerged for the Cleveland Cavaliers. At the very least, if this tension point existed in previous games, it seems even more urgent now. If...
by Matt Zemek | Jun 12, 2015
The psychology of sports can so easily be overrated and overestimated, leading to simplistic conclusions that wind up being very unfair to coaches and players alike. Kobe Bryant suffered through a terrible Game 7 of the 2010 NBA Finals, but Pau Gasol and other Los...
by Matt Zemek | Jun 11, 2015
As the 2015 NBA Finals become a best-of-three series and move back to Oakland this upcoming Sunday, basketball lovers — who have not been treated to a particularly well-played series, but certainly an endlessly intriguing one — have so many questions to...
by Matt Zemek | Jun 9, 2015
It was one of those moments when talk radio and the internet blow up. Remember when David Blatt imitating LeBron James’s play signals was a thing? Remember when that story hit the airwaves just over two months ago, and Blatt became a pinata — again —...
by Matt Zemek | Jun 8, 2015
The championship match of a major singles tournament always influences and changes the larger story of tennis, but much as some points in a tennis match are more important than others, some title tilts acquire more importance than others. Let’s be clear: What...
