No Player in the League is Safe Photo Credit: x.com / @NBAWORLD24 As we all know by now, the Dallas Mavericks traded twenty-five-year-old superstar Luka Dončić to the Los Angeles Lakers for Anthony Davis, Max Christie, and a 2029 first-round draft pick on 2 February 2025. While the immediate fallout has centered on the Mavs’ less-than-credible decision-making and fan outrage, this transaction...
Rehabilitating Pete Rose is an Insult to Baseball and to America Photo Credit: AP When I scrolled through The Athletic’s featured posts for the last month, I was not expecting to read a headline that would make me mad. Gobsmacked? Sure—after the Luka Dončić trade, one expects the unexpected, you know? But not physically angry. There is apparently a debate going on about whether Pete Rose should...
Toronto Blue Jays Season Outlook Photo Credit: Chris Young/ The Canadian Press I recently saw a pre-season power rankings list from The Athletic, in which the Toronto Blue Jays were listed eighteenth out of thirty. Imagine telling someone this three years ago when this team was the up-and-coming perennial contender in the making, with the superstar talents of Bo Bichette and Vladamir Guerrero Jr...
He Has Delivered When It Matters Most Photo Credit: Joshua Gateley / Getty Images The Most Valuable Player (MVP) race remains too close to call, with only weeks remaining in the National Basketball Association (NBA) regular season. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Nikola Jokić have put together dominant, season-defining performances, leading their respective teams to first and second seeds in the...
Toronto Maple Leafs’ “Playoff Push” Photo Credit: Michael Chisholm / GettyImages With the seventy-game mark fast approaching, teams are beginning to be locked in—or out—of the playoffs. The San Jose Sharks had the honour of being the first team with such distinction, being mathematically eliminated from the playoffs on 16 March 2025. While the Toronto Maple Leafs have not officially taken a...
How Nike Uses IP to Dominate the Sneaker Market Photo Credit: Nike.com In a fiercely competitive sneaker market, signature brands that effectively utilize intellectual property are propelled into faster growth Nike, a leader in the industry, expertly capitalizes on the success of their elite athletes and branding. With the advent of NIL (Name, Image, and Likeness) agreements, Paige Bueckers of...
Kansas City Chiefs Fall to Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl LIX Photo Credit: David J. Phillip/AP The Eagles rose as the Super Bowl LIX Champions. The Philadelphia Eagles beat the Kansas City Chiefs in New Orleans’ Caesars Superdome to secure the franchise’s second championship. In doing so, they denied the Chiefs a third straight title, which would have been a first in National Football League...
2025 Spring Training: What Fans Can Expect to See as Opening Day Approaches. Photo Credit: Instagram/ @sportsnet Ah, late February—one of my favorite times of the year. The Shamrock shake is back at McDonald’s, it is no longer minus twenty degrees, and of course, football is over which means that BASEBALL IS BACK! I caught a glimpse of the New York Yankees and Toronto Blue Jays first spring...
New York Yankees Repeal Facial Hair Policy Photo Credit: Charles Wenzelberg/New York Post A buzz cut, an archaic policy, and a weird press conference. What do these things have in common? Over the reading break, I was after a particular experience. Not just a haircut. A four on top and mid-skin fade on the sides, “not too high though.” Anything less than four feels too short to the hand and looks...
Reflecting on Misogyny and Internalized Misogyny in Sports Spectatorship and Fandom Deborah Roberts, “Fight the Power,” Photo Credit: Thelma Garcia Jack Hughes, Quinn Hughes, Matthew Knies, Vince Dunn, Juraj Slafkovský, Connor Bedard, Mitch Marner, Nico Hischier, Matt Rempe, and Ethan Edwards from the University of Michigan. That was not a complete sentence but rather a list of hockey players I...
Nascent Beginnings of the Long-Term Consequences of the Sports Betting Sector On 14 May 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the Professional and Amateur Sports Betting Act of 1992 (PASPA). PAPSA had previously outlawed sports betting across the country, save for a few jurisdictions. Sevens months later, sports gambling markets had rapidly expanded across thirty-eight states. Since then, the...
Luka Dončić Swapped for Anthony Davis in Blockbuster Trade › It is the equIValent of a player like Connor McDaVId or Patrick Mahomes being made available for trade. Photo Credit: Daniel Cole/Reuters On 2 February 2025, the Dallas Mavericks traded Luka Dončić, Maxi Kleber, and Markieff Morris to the Los Angeles Lakers for Anthony Davis, Max Christie, and the Lakers’ own 2029 unprotected first...
(Or On His Last Legs?) Photo Credit: Instagram / @photodre There are few transfers in the sports world that have shocked both hardcore fans and the general public: LeBron James’ move to the Lakers, Cristiano Ronaldo to Real Madrid, or Wayne Gretzky leaving the Oilers after winning four consecutive Stanley Cups. That nonexclusive list gained another name on 1 February 2024 when it was announced...
The Dodgers Have Certainly Caused a Stir for the Upcoming Negotiations Photo Credit: MLB/Getty Image The highest payroll in Major League Baseball (MLB) is currently held by the Los Angeles Dodgers at $383 million, according to FanGraphs. This far surpasses the second-highest team, the New York Mets, who are $81 million shy of the Dodgers at $302 million. These two teams are the only ones to crack...
Photo Credit: PWHL The Professional Women’s Hockey League (PWHL) represents a transformative moment for women’s sports. For decades, female athletes have fought for recognition, funding, and equitable opportunities in professional hockey, and the PWHL’s establishment signifies a long-overdue step toward addressing these disparities. As the league progresses it also raises deeper questions about...
Photo Credit James Moy/Alamy Stock Photo When it was announced on 18 December 2024 that Sergio Pérez would not race for Red Bull in 2025, the news shocked no one. While the first five races of 2024 seemed to suggest that Pérez had solved the issues that had plagued him last year, he would end the season eighth in the drivers’ standings with only four podiums, no wins, and 285 points behind his...
The 2024-2025 Toronto Maple Leafs Photo Credit: Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press The Toronto Maple Leafs faced skepticism after beginning the season with a 4-4-1 record. However, they have since defied pessimistic predictions, winning five out of their last six games and currently standing at 11-6-2 at the time of writing. Notably, one of these games featured Anthony Stolarz’s first shutout, and...
Photo Credit: Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images I settled into my seat in the Meridian at Island Gardens, an arena pulsing with energy, crowded with spectators donning curated designer ensembles, gaudy jewelry and impossibly pristine sneakers. It was 30 January 2020, a mere week after the novel coronavirus ominously debuted in North America, casting a sense of global unrest. Another viral phenomenon was...
Photo Credit: Soobum Im/Getty Images Rebuilding an NBA franchise into a serious contender is a big challenge that spans many years and involves tactical trades. While it is normal for a team to go through a rebuild, not every team gets the result they want in the end. For the Oklahoma City Thunder, it looks like they have rebuilt into a great team with significant potential for continued future...
In every major North American sport, the combined average annual value of your players’ contracts comprises the team payroll for each season. Major League Baseball (MLB) remains the only major North American sport without a salary cap on that payroll, of some kind, in its Collective Bargaining Agreement. Additionally, it is also the only sport not requiring teams to meet a salary floor for their...
The 2024-2025 Toronto Raptors What would a successful season for the Toronto Raptors look like this year? I imagine that is a question that garnered much interest after the trade deadline last season. Would fans this season be content to see the Raptors go 0-82? The current situation is one many Toronto sports fans have not had to experience for some time. The Maple Leafs have been largely...
Photo Credit: Richard Lautens/Toronto Star When I learned I was going to be spending the next three years of my life in Toronto, I was fresh off watching two disappointing wild-card losses. Since then, the Toronto Blue Jays have lost seven straight post-season games. Although any major league baseball is better than no major league baseball, I am concerned that Ross Atkins is deliberately trying...
Top 5 Storylines to Follow as the 2024 Formula 1 Season Wraps Up It is that time of the year when law students scramble to finish summaries and readings, and pray that they end up on the right side of the curve (especially as a 1L student). Some of these students will also be asking a burning question: when will I fit the time to watch the last three races of the Formula 1 season? 2024 has...
There is a seminal debate in Formula 1: what is more important, the car or driver? While some would correctly assume it is a balance of both, most believe the car makes the difference. Lando Norris and the McLaren F1 Team seem determined to prove those fans wrong. The United States Grand Prix summed up McLaren’s 2024 season. Despite starting on pole position, Norris failed to defend his lead...
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