Teo: The truth behind bandwagon fans
As another LeBron James jersey flashes before our eyes, our minds naturally scream “bandwagon fan” — a title used to describe fans who only support a team during its successes, and not in times of...
View ArticleRussell Westbrook Reaches Pinnacle of NBA Pre-Game Fashion, Ascends to Higher...
Russell Westbrook Reaches Pinnacle of NBA Pre-Game Fashion, Ascends to Higher Sartorial Plane Rock on, Russ. Rock on. (Image credit @BleacherReport) Friday night, the Oklahoma City Thunder strolled...
View ArticleRussell Westbrook and the Changing NBA Dress Code
Oklahoma City Thunder point guard Russell Westbrook has a history of flaunting unique game day outfits, as he did last Friday at Los Angeles’ Staples Center. A quick Google Images search should return...
View ArticleChasson Randle joins New York Knicks in return to NBA Summer League action
The last time Chasson Randle ’15 stepped on the court at Madison Square Garden, he walked off a two-time NIT champion. Now, after signing a deal with the New York Knicks’ Summer League team, Randle...
View ArticleWomen’s basketball alumna Nneka Ogwumike named 2016 WNBA MVP
Former Stanford standout and current Los Angeles Sparks forward Nneka Ogwumike was named the 2016 WNBA Most Valuable Player, the league announced Tuesday. The honor comes to little surprise to those...
View ArticleRosas: Let the NBA games begin
What a glorious time in the year, as yet another hoops season has bestowed us with greatness — and in no bigger fashion than watching the championship favorites, the Golden State Warriors, drop their...
View ArticleRosas: Kawhi Leonard’s my pick for MVP
At the free throw line in Game 5 of the 2014 NBA finals, LeBron James reached the charity stripe during a pinnacle final stretch of the first half with his Miami Heat down by six, when the King saw...
View ArticlePicking a side: Sports advice from an uneducated fan
In a country that has more people watching the Super Bowl each year than the presidential debates, admitting that you “don’t follow sports” can be a bit damning in certain contexts. But when the time...
View ArticleRosas: A nation upside down
Wow, what a week it has been since the last edition of my Thursday column. Over these past couple of days, I’ve struggled to understand the complexities of reality presented in front of me and I...
View ArticleZiperski: It’s time to kill the super-team
Almost all basketball fans remember the LeBron James “Decision” saga during the summer of 2010, when he left his hometown Cleveland Cavaliers and joined forces with Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh in Miami...
View ArticleRosas: Westbrook is doomed to fail in quest for NBA immortality
Monday night in New York City, Russell Westbrook willed himself forward in his crusade for basketball immortality by finally reaching a triple-double average on the season against the lowly Knicks. In...
View ArticleRosas: The hypocrisy of marijuana policies in professional sports
In a CSN Bay Area podcast released this past Friday, Warriors head coach Steve Kerr divulged that he experimented with using marijuana medicinally during the long and arduous recovery from his back...
View ArticleRosas: A superstar in Sacramento
Following a rallying win while also basking in the wake of alleged multi-hundred million dollar contract extension negotiations, Sacramento superstar shooting center Demarcus Cousins was asked, “Do you...
View ArticleRosas: Knicks’ situation displays unique dynamic of NBA
Last Wednesday, a fight broke out in the lower echelon of the historic Madison Square Garden in which Knicks legend Charles Oakley, a member of their 1994 NBA finals run, was not only forcefully...
View ArticleGolub: Athletes are worth more than their net worth
There’s been a lot of talk lately about how athletes get paid. While that can be a productive conversation, I’m going to ask that for the remainder of this column you forget about gender pay gaps and...
View ArticleGolub: Liking Lonzo in the era of hate
I feel bad writing this, but I kind of want Lonzo Ball to succeed in the NBA. Yeah, I know his father is a deranged megalomaniac who can’t seem to go a day without pissing someone else off. Lonzo is...
View ArticleSpar: WNBA isn’t unsuccessful
On Oct. 4, I watched a former number-one overall draft pick and an all-star guard hit a winning shot in the last minute of the deciding game of the finals to give their team a championship. It was a...
View ArticleSolano: Rose, reform and recovery
It’s April 28, 2012. The Chicago Bulls are leading the Philadelphia 76ers 99-87 with 1:25 left in the fourth quarter. 2011 NBA MVP Derrick Rose goes up for a layup, but by the time he hits the ground,...
View ArticleSolano: NBA All-Star preview
Team James versus Team Curry. Now doesn’t that sound familiar? Except, this time, it’s not the Golden State Warriors versus the Cleveland Cavaliers. Rather, on Feb. 18, the NBA’s All-Star Game will...
View ArticleNaidu: Faux All-Stars
If the NBA wants its increasingly tangential All-Star game to retain any credibility, it must reduce the impact of fan voting on the game’s starters. Lonzo Ball is averaging 10 points, seven rebounds...
View ArticleGolub: A dehumanizing trade deadline
Yesterday morning I excitedly talked with a friend about the flurry of trades the Cavs pulled off to pretty much swap their entire backcourt for a new one. We were yapping about how the Lakers stole...
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Ziperski: Cavs did enough to keep LeBron
Andrew Ziperski (THE STANFORD DAILY) Last Thursday’s trade deadline was one of the most memorable in recent history, headlined by the Cleveland Cavaliers completely overhauling their roster and several...
View ArticleZiperski: Abolish NBA age rule
Last week’s bombshell news that several top college basketball programs are the target of an FBI corruption investigation has renewed the debate around the NBA’s age rule and the practicality of the...
View ArticleZiperski: The NFL needs franchise tag reform
Back in January, Steelers star running back Le’Veon Bell claimed that if the Steelers forced him to play under the franchise tag for a second consecutive season (they tagged him for 2017), he would...
View ArticlePragada: Processing in person
I’ve returned to the United States after finishing up my quarter at Oxford in the Bing Overseas Program, and let me just say that it is GREAT to be back. Sports are televised at normal hours of the...
View ArticleGolub: Where is the love?
I prefer to save this space for discussing issues vital to society. I seek to illuminate intersections of sports and race and politics to demonstrate larger themes present in our country and our world....
View ArticlePragada: Dressed for success
On Thursday, the Jacksonville Jaguars will unveil their new uniforms. This statement may mean absolutely nothing to you, but to me, it couldn’t be more exciting. Actually, to be completely honest, I’ve...
View ArticleGolub: Russell’s reading rooms
I have more to say about Russell Westbrook. If you missed my column last week, do me a favor and check it out. Today, I want to talk about Russ’ far-reaching impact beyond his explosive on-court...
View ArticleGolub: Russ and Kanye
Not like this. Not like this. This wasn’t how it was supposed to happen. Sure, I thought they might not win the Finals. I knew, deep down, that this team was fatally flawed in a way Golden State would...
View ArticleZiperski: LeBron’s greatest achievement
Prior to this season, LeBron James had won three NBA titles, three Finals MVP awards, four season MVP awards and two Olympic gold medals. He’s a fourteen-time All-Star and has been named to the All-NBA...
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