Posts By: James Folsom

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 […]

When we hear the term rivalry, we immediately think college football. Notre Dame-USC, Ohio State-Michigan, Auburn-Alabama, Cal-Stanford, Miami-Florida State, Georgia-Florida, Oklahoma-Texas, etc are what makes college football season special. But what about college basketball? College basketball has some rivalries that are just as intense or maybe more so than football. Is there a more intense […]

He still puts on an Orlando Magic uniform every game, but Dwight Howard has left the Orlando Magic. It’s a shame really. Because with Dwight there in body only, the Magic have remained competitive in the Southeast Division at 6-3 with Howard putting out a half hearted effort on the court and feeding the fans […]

According to All-Star Center Dwight Howard, the reason he is wanting to leave Orlando is because he has not been asked to participate in the personnel decisions in building the team. Now I’m sure many people are going to say, “Dwight.You’re job is to play basketball. Running the team is someone else’s job. Shut up […]

The two biggest names in the NBA as far as soon-to-be free agents are Dwight Howard and Chris Paul. Rumors are rampant about where the two will be playing in the 2012-13 season. Here in sunny Central Florida, scuttlebutt is that the Orlando Magic are willing to break the bank wide open to keep Dwight […]

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” […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

No NBA this year would be a very bad thing. For some though, it could be worse than that. The Orlando Magic fit into this category. Because Orlando has one more shot to show its star player, Dwight Howard, that he can win there. Right now, I don’t think Dwight is convinced. He says all […]