Last week, ESPN broadcaster Jeff Van Gundy decided to go on a rant during a live broadcast about the current playoff format. It’s no secret the Western Conference is the crème de la crème of the NBA. Do not even start with me on trying to say, “Look who won the...
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We adore Gordon Bombay, Willie Mays Hayes and Benny “The Jet” Rodriguez, but where is the love for the bad guy in sports movies? Without these sports villains, who knows if we’d still randomly start to yell “Quack, Quack, Quack” or “Shooter!” Sports movies need villains and today I point...
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If the Knicks only winning one playoff series since 1999 was bad, Mr. Dolan has simply outdone himself now. A fan wrote to the Knicks owner expressing his displeasure with the state of the franchise and Dolan decided to respond back by telling the fan to “start rooting for the Nets...
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Hello sports fans! I’ve always wanted to say that, though preferably on a network and not a blog with a title referencing a piece of equipment that protects my man parts. Anyways, my name is Michael Fine, and I am the new editor for The Jock Itch site. After many...
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Just days after feeling good about making what they think is their best trade in years, the Pacers were knocked down Sunday when rookie guard Lance Stephenson was arrested and charged with third-degree assault after he allegedly pushed his girlfriend down a flight of stairs in Brooklyn, N.Y., early Sunday....
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In a jarring interview with ESPN Radio in Minneapolis-St. Paul, Timberwolves general manager David Kahn explained that once-touted forward Michael Beasley, who Kahn traded for earlier this month, struggled in Miami because he “smoked too much marijuana” while playing for the Heat, but has since quit. The Heat dumped Beasley for nothing but two...
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The Charlotte Bobcats completed a wild 24 hours of trade discussions with a deal yesterday that does include center Tyson Chandler after all. He’s just not heading to the team he thought a day earlier. After a potential trade with Toronto fell apart, the Bobcats sent Chandler and fellow center...
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Dear Cleveland, All Of Northeast Ohio and Cleveland Cavaliers Supporters Wherever You May Be Tonight; As you now know, our former hero, who grew up in the very region that he deserted this evening, is no longer a Cleveland Cavalier. This was announced with a several day, narcissistic, self-promotional build-up...
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Who know where Lebron will go? Nobody! But the ESPN hype machine cannot stop producing “sources” and other things that indicate he is going here or there. My best source is Jared Dudley and Chad Ochocinco who say the Knicks.