Driving The Lane: You Jealous?
Saturday night, the No. 3 Duke University Blue Devils defeated the No. 5 University of Miami Hurricanes 79-76 at Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, N.C. There were two main points that I took from this game. First off, the Cameron crazies (Duke’s devoted student fan base) did not storm the court. In a season where [...]
The Inner Edge: Resisting Failure
One of the hardest things about sports is accepting failure and facing the odds. Whether in the form of individual chokes or team downfalls, every athlete has been there. That’s just the nature of competition. No matter what, there is always a loser. When trailing by more than five runs, or when down by a [...]
Driving The Lane: Age Restrictions
University of Kentucky rookie phenom Nerlens Noel’s recent ACL tear has sparked a debate over when a player should be allowed to declare for the NBA Draft. Currently, the NBA’s age minimum is 19 years, which equates to one year out of high school. Noel, who almost certainly would have been the number one pick [...]
The Inner Edge: Academic Advice
There is one name in baseball that is synonymous with conning organizations into agreeing to long-term, overinflated contractual prices that are well over players’ market values: The one-and-only Scott Boras. Boras, commonly referred to as the “Napolean Bonaparte” of Major League Baseball, is to blame for MLB contracts skyrocketing substantially within the last 28 years. [...]
Driving The Lane: No Star Power
A couple weeks ago, I went to get some food with my roommates at Late Nite Kitchen. On one of the TVs, there was a basketball game between the University of Texas and West Virginia University. Being a huge Longhorns fan (I’m not really sure why), I naturally started watching. For a good five-minute stretch [...]
