A 12-year-old African-American boy in Cleveland, Ohio is dead because he was toying around with a pellet gun. Tamir Rice will never see 13. Never play sports, never go to high school prom, never get what is supposed to be guaranteed in this country: Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Instead, he’s relegated to a long list of unarmed black citizens who have been fatally shot by police. The police officer — Timothy Loehmann — who fired multiple shots into that child’s body is free to go back to his job and live his life, thanks to Monday’s Grand…
Author: Brady Rhoades
With basketball season here, this year marks the 30-year anniversary of the most excellent stretch of hoops ever played. It occurred on the biggest stage evolved from Naismith’s game —the NBA finals — and in a spotlight that might have puddled lesser men in their own sweat. After showing all the road-wear of his career in Game 1 in that pesthouse known as Boston Garden in a 114-148 loss that came to be known as the Boston Massacre and cast him as the Willie Mays of roundball, stumbling on the downside of a hill, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar rebounded, inexplicably, manhandled the most…
We’ve heard the reasons the NBA forbids players to play in the most elite league in the world until they’re 19 years old. It’s unfair to the kids; they can’t handle it. It robs them of a college experience. It’s bad for the NBA brand because once you allow high schoolers to jump to the pros, the result is a sloppier pro game. Let’s face it, an 18-year-old kid hasn’t developed his skills yet. He doesn’t understand the game. He’s in over his head, and that reflects poorly on the association. NBA Commissioner Adam Silver will likely up the minimum…