Posts Tagged ‘ESPN’

Another Reason to Hate Former Duke Blue Devil Jay Williams

Of all the reasons to hate former Duke Blue Devil Jay Williams – blowing his fame and fortune, his use-to-be-deadly jumpshot, overall arrogance and enrollment at Duke – this has to take the cake. That’s right. Jay Williams is kind of amped after catching an oop from Doug Gottlieb and throwing it down on a [...]

Buster Olney Knows Not of What He Speaks

You may ask, why is Buster Olney the subject of a reborn Baltimore-Washington sports blog? Well, because Olney was a sportswriter for the Baltimore Sun, and was the lead writer on Cal Ripken Jr. breaking the all-time consecutive games played record. So, that makes him a local guy of sorts. And being a local guy [...]

Stephen A. Smith is Rarely Right

When it comes to NBA Draft analysis, a constant presence for the last several years has been ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith. Unfortunately, many of his predictions surrounding the NBA’s annual talent auction are often wrong. And not wrong like he predicted someone to win Rookie of the Year and they came in second or got [...]

Q&A with ESPN.com College Basketball Writer Kyle Whelliston

Originally Published at HBCUSportsBlog.com Meet Kyle Whelliston. He’s a college basketball writer for ESPN.com, and he’s one of the leading authorities on mid-major conference basketball. If you consider yourself a true college basketball enthusiast, you’ve visited his blog, The Mid Majority. Check out his views on college basketball at historically black colleges and universities, Billy [...]