Articles written by Adam Hoff
No Tomorrow For Los Angeles
The Los Angeles Lakers won Game 5 of the NBA Finals Sunday night to cut the Boston Celtics’ lead to 3-2 and send the series back to Boston.
Loving and Hating Chris Paul
What is the difference between loving an NBA player one minute and hating him the next? Between rooting as hard as humanely possible for the guy one year and then cursing his name half a decade later?
Context.
Context is everything. As sports fans, we invest heavily in the games we watch and our opinions are formed, [...]
Tracy McGrady: Pleasure and Pain
There’s a Ben Harper song called “Pleasure and Pain” I’ve always enjoyed, both for it’s simple elegance, and for the way in which the the song’s theme mirrors the way I feel while listening to it. It’s a bittersweet, nostalgic song and when hearing it, I inevitably feel a sense of my own bittersweet nostalgia, [...]
Calculating Chris Paul’s Bid for MVP
There is no denying that the MVP debate has gone to another level in recent weeks. In fact, you could argue that the race for the most ambiguous trophy in pro sports has even overtaken the “Wacky West” playoff race as the NBA story de jour.
This is one of those years where you probably can’t [...]