Mark Milner

When the Seattle SuperSonics lost their franchise a few years ago, many fans held on to the dream of a triumphant return of the NBA to King County, WA. With news of trouble in several other markets, this dream may come true sooner than later, but a lot of that is up to the city itself and resolving the issue of a desperately-needed new arena.

Toronto’s Andrea Bargnani has been hampered by a calf injury for much of the season already, but when he’s on the court, he’s shown a tremendous improvement in his defensive game compared to years past. What’s the cause for this change? Is he finally ready to lead the Raptors back from extinction?

Joe Paterno, the famous – or infamous – former head coach of the Penn State football program, passed away last Saturday. Affectionately known as “JoePa” to many, his legacy reaches over five decades, yet may be defined by a single moment in time. Is this fair?

Tim Tebow is beyond quarterback. He’s beyond football. He’s a phenomenon. And he’s polarized fans, Christians and pretty much everybody else through his blatant show of religion. Is his following justified, or is this just a flash in the pan that’s destined to pass as quickly as it began?

It’s almost game time at the GM Centre in Oshawa. Downtown, in the shadow of the car factories to the south and the university at the north, is a changing place. The city invested heavily in revitalizing the downtown and it doesn’t look much like the place I left in the spring of 2009. I’m back to get my first taste of the upstart National Basketball League of Canada.

The NBA lockout cost millions of fans the opportunity to sit back and enjoy some hoops. The NFL and NHL seasons comforted a few people, but many, like The Good Point’s Mark Milner, waited on basketball’s millionaires to settle their differences so they could get back to watching the sport they love.

“Lysistrata Jones” is a Broadway play that combines unsuccessful basketball with Greek comedy. The woes of decades worth of losses forces one player to come up with an unconventional way to turn fortunes around, and The Good Point’s Mark Milner breaks down the play.

The quarterback situation with the Denver Broncos this season has been discussed ad nauseum, and it will continue to dominate the headlines for as long as there remains a debate over who should fill the starter’s role. The most recent shift – away from Kyle Orton and towards Tim Tebow – has one of football’s most anticipated projects at the center of it.

Though a future Hall of Famer, Chris Pronger has been somewhat of a journeyman over the course of the past half decade, bouncing around from team to team but somehow always finding his way to a winning club. Is there a reason behind the nomadic lifestyle and what does it mean for the rest of his career?

It wasn’t that long ago that the media was spinning the baseball postseason. Not this season’s postseason, next year’s, when an extra team is added. It’s not much of a surprise why. At the beginning of the month, each of the races looked wrapped up. The AL West was the only place in baseball where [...]

In Week 2, both the University of Florida and Michigan State University posted huge, shutout victories. The Spartans shut down Florida Atlantic’s offense, limiting them to just one first down. The Gators blew the University of Alabama-Birmingham out with in a 39-0 win. These wins don’t just speak to offense over defense, but to a [...]

The NBA is no stranger to rumors. Every once in a while you come across a rumor that may actually be true, and it peaks your attention and has you contemplating every angle. This is what happened to me the other when I heard that the Indiana Pacers were considering Reggie Miller for a front office job, [...]

Moments after Game 6 of the Finals, after thinking about how great it was to see Dirk Nowitzki finally win a championship, I started thinking about the rest of the team. As I wrote a while back, the 2011 Mavericks were a team made up of people who had been close before but had never [...]

Rating: 8.5/10 I never cared about Cal Ripken. Ty Cobb is a name in the record books and Hank Aaron’s a grainy highlight reel of a man running the bases. Pete Rose exists to me only for the controversy, not for the phenomenal athlete he was. I care about Derek Jeter and I cared about [...]

When you think about Yao Ming, the image of him running the court comes to mind. You wouldn’t necessarily call his stride graceful but it was never awkward, either. It just looked so out of place. He looked out of place. He was so massive he stood out in a crowd of some very tall folks. [...]

It’s been two seasons now since the Minnesota Timberwolves drafted Ricky Rubio, three since he burst onto the NBA stage in the 2008 Olympic Gold Medal game where his Spanish club was the first to really challenge the fabled U.S. Redeem Team. It’s been a few weeks since the Timberwolves’ 2010-11 season ended, where they [...]

There have been a lot of words about words this spring, especially in NBA circles. Words uttered in anger, words yelled in frustration, words said like a joke. Words that hurt, words that annoy and words that result in a fine and a public tongue-lashing. But mostly, words seem to inspire more words. The words [...]

Rewind to June 20, 2006. Dallas is at home, playing Miami in Game 6 of the NBA Finals. There’s about 30 seconds left and Miami is holding a slim lead. The shot clock is winding down as Dwyane Wade holds the ball and moves to his left. Dirk Nowitzki stands there, they collide and Wade is awarded two free [...]

Rating: 9/10 On April 5, 2011, a Toronto Maple Leafs loss officially ended their playoff run. Almost like clockwork, the Toronto Sun began a series on what’s wrong with the Leafs in the next day’s paper. The regularity of this kind of sportswriting, where a columnist takes it upon themselves to explain why a team’s [...]

Russell Westbrook is sitting on the court, head lowered, arms resting on knees. It’s the end of the second overtime in Memphis and the game is going to a third overtime. He’s tired and it’s not hard to see why, he’s been on the court almost the whole game. Before it’s over, he’ll end up spending [...]