NBA

NBA Basketball Going the Way of Baseball?

by James Folsom • September 24, 2012

The NBA instituted a salary cap to try to be less like baseball and more like the NFL. The NFL is the most popular sports league in the nation, maybe even in the world. One of the reasons for the success of the NFL is parity. Anyone can win a Super Bowl. You can be […]


If You are a Hoops Junkie, I Have a Web Site For You

by James Folsom • October 27, 2011

If you get a bit antsy when the season is about to start and you wish it would hurry up already, check this out: vault.ncaa.com. Here you can watch NCAA Tournament games from your favorite schools, with no commercial breaks. This site is fantastic! You want to watch Duke? Just click on the “by teams” […]


Basketball’s Greatest Rivalries #1

by James Folsom • October 14, 2011

1. Celtics- Lakers: The Boston Celtics. 17 NBA Championships. The Los Angeles Lakers. 16 NBA Championships. 33 World Championships between them in a league that is 65 years old. The two have combined for over half of the NBA’s Championships. 12 times the two teams have met in the NBA Finals. The Celtics have won […]


Basketball’s Ten Greatest Rivalries 8-10

by James Folsom • October 12, 2011

Ah, rivalries. They are when sports are at their best. Nothing beats a great game between two teams that REALLY want to beat the other one. Here are basketball’s ten best: 10. Tennessee (women)- UConn (women): One of the fiercest rivalries in any sport. This has all the elements of a great rivalry. It has […]


Basketball’s Ten Greatest Rivalries 2-3

by James Folsom • October 12, 2011

3. Bulls- Pistons: The Chicago Bulls of the Michael Jordan/Scottie Pippen era had few rivals. Those Bulls ran off six NBA Championships in an eight year span. The two years they didn’t win were because Jordan was trying to play baseball. There just wasn’t anyone who could hang with them. Thus, no rivalry. But on […]