Let’s Look Back At The Bulls After ‘The Last Dance’ And Ponder How Michael Jordan Could Have Saved ThemIf you saw ESPN’s entrancing docuseries, The Last Dance, you’re aware of the roadblocks that finally led to the breakup of the Bulls’ championship team prior to the lockout-shortened 1999 season; particularly if you saw the closing minutes of Sunday… May 18 20May 18, 2020Article at UPROXX
Jerry Rice On The Changing Ways Of The NFL And Why He Never Got Into CoachingThe GOAT debate is always difficult in football, because it’s tremendously hard to pick a best player ever when every position on the field is so unique. However, Jerry Rice’s sturdy dominance and stunning longevity — not to mention records for most… Oct 30 18October 30, 2018Article at UPROXX
Don’t Call Jed Lowrie And The Oakland A’s UnderdogsIt’s September and the Oakland A’s have punched their ticket to the postseason. Beset by a reload loop that has seen them shed the occasional name player and tally a lot more losses than wins since a brief run of contention from 2012-14, this team of… Sep 25 18September 25, 2018Article at UPROXX
Mets Third Baseman Todd Frazier Thinks Baseball Is Doing Just FineTodd Frazier is no stranger to moments that seem so perfect that they must be scripted. In 1998, Frazier led Toms River to a Little League World Series title and was rewarded with a trip to Yankee Stadium to stand next to his idol, Derek Jeter,… Jul 09 18July 09, 2018Article at UPROXX
The ‘Intentional Talk’ Guys Are Baseball’s Much Needed Ambassadors Of FunA sense of self-seriousness has fallen over baseball over the last 25 years following the sobering 1994 strike, the Mitchell Report, and an explosion in salaries that has widened the gap between regular folks and hundred-millionaires. The game hasn’t… Jun 08 18June 08, 2018Article at UPROXX
The Montreal Expos Can Fix Baseball’s Free Agency ProblemThe World Series was pretty great for the second year in a row, and we’re in the middle of a dinger golden age. Is baseball great? You bet. But it’s very possible that the sport is also broken on some level. Some of the principals seem to think so,… Feb 12 18February 12, 2018Article at UPROXX
The Year You Almost Forgot To Hate The YankeesIt’s been 25 years since “Yankees Universe” endured a losing season. The team has won the World Series five times since then. That’s an insane amount of good fortune for those fans. But they’ve won one title in the last 16 years, and in the new… Oct 27 17October 27, 2017Article at UPROXX
John Smoltz On Announcing The World Series And The Death Of Starting PitchingA Hall of Fame career conditioned John Smoltz to avoid the noise of praise and criticism from the outside world. But despite that stance, it’s quite clear Smoltz cares deeply about doing well in his work as an analyst for MLB Network on MLB Tonight… Oct 24 17October 24, 2017Article at UPROXX
The ‘MLB Tonight’ Crew On Postseason Impact Players, Cinderella Teams, And The Meaning Of ClutchWho are the players that are poised to make or break their team’s postseason chances? Can this year’s Cinderella teams do some damage? Is there such a thing as “clutch?” The MLB playoffs bring the promise of excitement but also a lot of questions.… Oct 03 17October 03, 2017Article at UPROXX
Ranking The Player’s Weekend MLB Jersey NicknamesBaseball has a grand history of amazing nicknames. The Babe, Goose, Baby Bull, Crime Dog. I could go on for a long long time, but you get it. For whatever reason — chalk it up to an abundance of other sports and entertainment options or free agency… Aug 10 17August 10, 2017Article at UPROXX
What’s Going To Happen To Jimmy Butler’s Massive Boombox Aquarium Now That He’s Been Traded?As a Bulls fan, a Jimmy Butler trade always felt inevitable with the team seemingly stalled in the NBA’s middle class. But that doesn’t make it any easier. I’m happy for Butler, though. He’s going back to former Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau and he’s… Jun 23 17June 23, 2017Article at UPROXX
Making ‘MLB The Show’ Better: Inside The Exhaustive Fan-Led Pursuit Of Total AuthenticitySuperior consoles have allowed sports games to consistently improve year after year with better graphics and more features, allowing fans to edge closer and closer to something approaching realism, but there are still limits. Licensing rights, for… Apr 06 17April 06, 2017Article at UPROXX
Tabitha Soren On Photographing The ‘Moneyball’ Draft Class And The Baseball ‘Fantasy Life’Sometimes it takes an outsider to see something in a new way. Even something you’re likely to miss. Photographer and former MTV News correspondent Tabitha Soren has, over the last 14 years, tracked the careers and lives of the members of the 2002… Mar 27 17March 27, 2017Article at UPROXX
Marlon Byrd’s PED Suspension Showed Us The Harsh Reality Of An Old Man Trying To Stay In The LeagueMarlon Byrd is a 38-year-old one-time All-Star and a middling slugger (who inexplicably got better with age) with 159 home runs spread across a 15-year career spent with 10 teams. He isn’t on your fantasy team, and he isn’t going to get a Hall of… Jun 02 16June 02, 2016Article at UPROXX
The Hardest Punches In Baseball Brawl History, RankedThe phrase “bench clearing brawl” is a bit of a misnomer in that most baseball skirmishes consist of little more than a few shoves and a collection of players standing around staring at each other. But occasionally the sports gods confuse baseball… May 17 16May 17, 2016Article at UPROXX
The Greatest New York Sports RivalriesEvery sports team has a rival, but none are as poetic and enticing as the ones that include New York’s many sports teams. From coach swaps, jaw dropping heroics, questionable trades, and maybe a little bit of magic, the New York sports rivalries help… Oct 05 15October 05, 2015Article at UPROXX
Why ‘Major League’ May Be A Perfect Baseball MovieMuch like the game itself, there are a thousand little threads that tie your favorite baseball movie to you. From those that make you feel nostalgic (The Sandlot) to those that unlock that father/son thing (Field of Dreams), or speak about romance as… Sep 03 15September 03, 2015Article at UPROXX
Dominate ‘Madden 16’ With These Pass Catching TipsThere’s a violent kind of ugly poetry to smashmouth football and blowing someone up over the middle while playing Madden, but as in the NFL, you almost certainly need a dominant quarterback to win a championship. The thing about having a dominant… Aug 28 15August 28, 2015Article at UPROXX
For Casual Players, Is ‘Madden Football’ A Bad Habit Or A Tradition?Happy Madden Day! Did you pick-up your long-awaited copy of Madden 16 at your local Babbages Funco Boutique Buy Mart? Good. I’m gonna get mine tonight and then I’m gonna play me some video game football till I pass out. Then, I’m going to sit down… Aug 25 15August 25, 2015Article at UPROXX
The Seven Baseball Records That Will Never Be BrokenJoe DiMaggio’s 56-game hitting streak came to an end on this day in 1941. The streak is considered by many to be unbreakable, with Pete Rose mounting the most serious offensive in 1979 with a 44-game streak. The anniversary of DiMaggio’s streak and… Jul 17 15July 17, 2015Article at UPROXX
