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Why Tennis Needs a Healthy Rafa Back

With Roger Federer having been crowned almost unanimously by the greats of the game as the greatest tennis player of all time, Nadal fans, veteran tennis enthusiasts, and even casual fans (who ...

Written by Akshay Madhavan about 4 months ago 1,077 reads 4 comments
Five Things the Lakers Should Be Thinking About

Even champions have issues to address sometimes. If the Los Angeles Lakers intend to become a dynasty, they'll have a busy offseason trying to avoid some problems that affected the Celtics from last year to this season...

Written by Akshay Madhavan about 5 months ago 765 reads 5 comments
Kobe Bryant Is Not Michael Jordan; But Neither Is He Allen Iverson

Why do grown men and women stop themselves from fully appreciating a quality athlete by being childish, immature, and dishonest about how that athlete compares with other stars in the game? And I am looking at both extremes here...

Written by Akshay Madhavan about 5 months ago 2,023 reads 38 comments
Jerry West: Manna from Heaven

As every human with a larynx holds forth on LeBron vs Kobe, as John Hollinger tries to settle the debate using his statistics, and ESPN has a roundtable of bloggers for their take on the matter, ...

Written by Akshay Madhavan about 6 months ago 194 reads 4 comments
Los Angeles: The Fake Show?

What is up with the Los Angeles Lakers, everybody asks. There cannot be a single basketball fan in the world who has not asked himself over the last two days; why are the Lakers playing like this? Opposing team fans are freaked out...

Written by Akshay Madhavan about 6 months ago 333 reads 14 comments
Lakers-Rockets Without the Technicalities

Yes, we all know the Lakers have the superstar and the HOF coach, the Rockets have the perimeter defense and the center. What do we not know but? 1. Brandon Roy is better than Kobe Bryant and LeBron James: So maintains Ron Artest...

Written by Akshay Madhavan about 6 months ago 246 reads 4 comments
A Lakers Fan's Awful Deja Vu: Postmortem of a Disastrous Game Three

Will somebody please tell me if this is 2008 or 2009? After seeing Game 3 of the Lakers' series against the Jazz, I can't tell. Everything is as it was a year ago. I am as upset as I was then, nothing has changed...

Written by Akshay Madhavan about 7 months ago 221 reads 14 comments
NBA Western Conference Expectations

Utah Jazz A year after losing to the Lakers in six games, Utah was expected to fight for the 2 or 3 seed to avoid meeting the Lakers till the conference finals at least this year. Unfortunately, that's not how things have played out...

Written by Akshay Madhavan about 7 months ago 280 reads 0 comments
Why Kobe Bryant Has To Win It Now

To most NBA experts, players and fans, Kobe Bryant is one of the top 20 best players of all time and one of the top five guards the league has ever produced...

Written by Akshay Madhavan about 7 months ago 417 reads 0 comments
NBA Playoffs: Eastern Conference Expectations

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Written by Akshay Madhavan about 7 months ago 16 reads 0 comments

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Akshay Madhavan Article Archive

Why Tennis Needs a Healthy Rafa Back

Five Things the Lakers Should Be Thinking About

Kobe Bryant Is Not Michael Jordan; But Neither Is He Allen Iverson

Jerry West: Manna from Heaven

Los Angeles: The Fake Show?

Lakers-Rockets Without the Technicalities

A Lakers Fan's Awful Deja Vu: Postmortem of a Disastrous Game Three

NBA Western Conference Expectations

Why Kobe Bryant Has To Win It Now

NBA Playoffs: Eastern Conference Expectations

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