by Ben Koo | Apr 30, 2015
For sports fans who have thus far abstained from participating in daily fantasy, I imagine you feel similar to myself in that the mammoth onslaught of advertising feels similar to high school peer pressure. If you’re hoping that the industry will throttle down...
by Mike Ferguson | Apr 30, 2015
With the NFL Draft in full swing, fans and analysts alike will go back and forth as to which players and will boom and which ones will bust at the next level. While the excitement of the draft is sure to capture the headlines this week, a former third overall pick is...
by Joseph Coblitz | Apr 30, 2015
Major League Baseball released their All-Star ballots yesterday afternoon, for the first season ever an all electronic endeavor, yet the same problems from the analog editions still exist. Back in 1970 when the right to vote for the All-Star game was given back to the...
by Matt Yoder | Apr 30, 2015
ESPN has been touting the network’s expansive SportsCenter coverage going all-in for the Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquaio fight in Las Vegas. This has produced some unique moments in the history of ESPN’s flagship program, including live coverage of...
by Matt Zemek | Apr 30, 2015
On Wednesday, the day after “The Tweet Heard ‘Round The NBA,” I did not think I’d need to write a straightforward news article about emojis. I also did not think I’d need to write a follow-up commentary about emojis. Then the Houston...
by Tyler Lyon | Apr 30, 2015
Last week, Warner Brothers released two images from their upcoming remake of Point Break. As with any remakes, the Internet blew up claiming blasphemy and urging the rest of the World Wide Web to grab their digital pitchforks in anger, despite the images being fairly...
by Tyler Lyon | Apr 30, 2015
Last week, Warner Brothers released two images from their upcoming remake of Point Break. As with any remakes, the Internet blew up claiming blasphemy and urging the rest of the World Wide Web to grab their digital pitchforks in anger, despite the images being fairly...
by Liam McGuire | Apr 29, 2015
Bud Light has found themselves in a bit of hot water over with their latest #UpForWatever campaign. Their brand of Anheuser-Busch beer was printed with the line, “The perfect beer for removing ‘No’ from your vocabulary for the night,” which can...
by Liam McGuire | Apr 29, 2015
Bud Light has found themselves in a bit of hot water over with their latest #UpForWatever campaign. Their brand of Anheuser-Busch beer was printed with the line, “The perfect beer for removing ‘No’ from your vocabulary for the night,” which can...
by Jeff Pryor | Apr 29, 2015
Manny Pacquiao has been knocked cold, collapsing to the canvas on his face. He laid there motionless in front of millions. A monster defanged. An idol toppled. It is from this dramatic evidence that we can predict the result on May 2. Floyd Mayweather is a more...
by Jeff Pryor | Apr 29, 2015
Manny Pacquiao has been knocked cold, collapsing to the canvas on his face. He laid there motionless in front of millions. A monster defanged. An idol toppled. It is from this dramatic evidence that we can predict the result on May 2. Floyd Mayweather is a more...
by Ian Casselberry | Apr 29, 2015
What are the Texas Rangers thinking in making a trade for Josh Hamilton? The question was posed to me on a radio show this week, a day after the deal in which the Angels sent Hamilton back to Texas for a player to be named later or cash considerations. The terms of...
by Kevin Causey | Apr 29, 2015
This morning we opened up our Wednesday roundtable by discussing Ohio State quarterback Braxton Miller. This afternoon we are back as TSS Associate Editor Bart Doan joins staff writer Kevin Causey and a rotating guest in our weekly roundtables discussing all things...
by Sam Sheppard | Apr 29, 2015
A common aphorism around professional prizefighting states it is nothing more than a means to an end. Boxing as a career, rather than mere spectacle, is a route out of poverty and societal neglect open to those willing to offer up a grizzled part of themselves. In...
by Joseph Nardone | Apr 29, 2015
The San Antonio Spurs have a pretty solid track record of fitting round pegs into square holes. Outside of Tim Duncan, and David Robinson before him, many of their key players shouldn’t belong… at least, not in the way we assumed they would at the time....