The NCAA’s tyrannical reign of emptying student-athletes pockets with the same vigor Suge Knight displayed while dangling Vanilla Ice upside down over a balcony for the rights to his album royalties, is approaching its denouement. On Monday morning, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed HB 206, named the Fair Pay to Play Act on HBO’s The Shop alongside LeBron James, Maverick Carter [&hellip

At its core, professional sports are predicated on motion and kinetic energy. During game action, fans are conditioned to keep their eyes on the ball’s kinetic energy and ignore what’s occurring away from the action. Flawlessly orchestrated screens and weakside player motion are the gears that ultimately produce resplendent offensive highlights. Yet, in a profession where torn tendons, muscles and [&hellip

Kawhi Leonard is a uniquely oracular figure in an era where players participate in the year-round, around-the-clock, all-access content generating. Whereas his contemporaries are extremely online, airing out personal drama and planning superteams with one another in plain sight, Leonard has skulked beneath the surface. As a consequence of his social media anathema, his humble beginnings as a mid-first round pick [&hellip

Despite the valiant efforts of Damian Lillard, CJ McCollum and special guest-star Meyers Leonard playing out of his mind, the Golden State Warriors, sans half of their Death Star Lineup(s), imposed Carthaginian Peace upon the insurgent Portland Trail Blazers in a demoralizing sweep. If Durant had a spirit animal, it would be a dog and once he went down, the [&hellip

For the last three seasons, Golden State has been the lone superpower lording over a captive league, courtesy of its long-distance weapons of mass destruction. However, a new world beckons. Spindly upcoming free agent Kevin Durant will be taking overtures from interested suitors. DeMarcus Cousins is thriving, but he was always  a one-and-done experiment and his high-caliber play thus far [&hellip