HBO's Winning Time drama series based on the 1980s "Showtime" Lakers aired its final episode Sunday night as it was canceled after only two seasons. Ironically, the show about the Lakers dynasty ended ...
This year's World Series was a dose of conflicted news for Major League Baseball in the ratings department. On the one hand, the Red Sox and their six game victory over the Cardinals finished up 17% ...
The Over and Back NBA podcast is celebrating the NBA at 75 by rewatching some of the greatest Slam Dunk Contests in NBA history. There’s only one place we can begin a series on slam-dunk contests: the ...
Have you heard about the legendary 1984 NBA Draft, which is quite possibly the greatest draft class of all-time? Let's get in to it! At the end of every season in American sports, a champion is ...
In the 70’s, the NBA was a floundering league. Rampant drug use. No lucrative sponsorship deals. No big TV contracts. No real superstars. That all changed in 1979, when Larry Bird and Magic Johnson ...
Looking back at the two greatest NBA Drafts in recent history in 1984 and 2003, both appear eerily similar. The 2003 draft produced some of the greatest players in the league today. No. 1 pick LeBron ...
Thursday marked the 30th anniversary of the 1984 NBA Draft. It’s an event that’s become synonymous with greatness, not only because of the Hall of Fame players (there were five of them) that came out ...
DALLAS (105.3 THE FAN) --The 1984 NBA Draft is widely considered the best draft ever, featuring names like Hakeem Olajuwon, Michael Jordan, Charles Barkley and John Stockton. Also drafted by the ...
Wolves color analyst Jim Petersen understands how difficult it can be to find a place in the NBA. That includes hearing your name called on Draft night. Back when Petersen entered the league in 1984, ...
In fact, it wasn't just good -- it was legendary. There were future All-Stars, NBA record-setters and soon-to-be living legends. Sam Bowie was infamously a bust. But even Bowie played 10 pro seasons, ...
The reverse race for Andrew Luck going on right now between the Dolphins, Rams, Cardinals and Colts could turn very silly, very soon. In the meantime, the NFL really ought to study the 1984 NBA ...