1. Kobe Bryant Has To Go and the Chicago Bulls Have To Take Him

    The Lakers shouldn't trade Kobe Bryant.When you trade away the best player in the world, you can't get equal value.In addition, Kobe draws a bigger crowd than any NBA player, so from a business standpoint a trade doesn't make much sense...

    Josiah Hager Written by Josiah Hager about over 4 years ago 3,666 reads 20 comments

  2. NBA by the Numbers: I Don't Want My P-E-R

    I think NBA analyst John Hollinger is a brilliant guy. Hollinger is arguably the flat-out smartest writer working for ESPN...

    Josiah Hager Written by Josiah Hager about over 4 years ago 1,467 reads 3 comments

  3. NBA Camps Open, Playoff Predictions, and Those Amazin' Losers

    The Best Basketball Player Alive arrived in camp showing nothing but grins and optimism. What else could he do? Perhaps more than anything, Kobe is trying to sell himself on the idea that this Laker team has a prayer...

    Josiah Hager Written by Josiah Hager about over 4 years ago 968 reads 2 comments

  4. Bad Rex, Bad Bears, and a Few Other NFL Thoughts

    As a brand-new, still-unpacking-my-bags resident of the Chicagoland area, I've encountered a lot of what I expected: Cold days that seem to suck the color from the world, bad drivers, ...

    Josiah Hager Written by Josiah Hager about over 4 years ago 470 reads 0 comments

  5. Timberwolves Draft: Looking Beyond Kevin Garnett

    The Minnesota Timberwolves face several tough decisions this off-season—most notably whether or not to trade Kevin Garnett...

    Josiah Hager Written by Josiah Hager about over 4 years ago 402 reads 2 comments

  6. Excuses, Excuses: The Continuing Saga of Ron Artest

    And you thought Floyd Landis was digging himself into a verbal hole. Ron Artest, that excitable athlete who is immature at best and insane at worst, spoke on Wednesday to a group of children at the Judge Mathis Community Center in Detroit...

    Josiah Hager Written by Josiah Hager about over 5 years ago 363 reads 2 comments